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Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Jul 26, 7:45 am, wrote: Thomas Borchert wrote: With the new phones with built in GPS There are but a very few. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) Well, yes and no. First, E911 is a US program, so obviously it doesn't apply anywhere else. --Simplified Explaination-- The E911 program mandates cell carriers increase the accuracy of cell phone location. The program is implemented in phases. In the intial phases, carriers have the option of either increasing their triangulation accuracy or going to GPS phones. Some carriers have chosen one method, some the other. The majority of the major cell carriers chose the GPS method. So now the gov't is setting the minimum cost for a cell phone by essentially requiring me to pay for a phone with GPS. Damn, you let those liberals get anywhere near power and prices start going up. AFAIK, it isn't a mandate that phones ever go 100% GPS, but as discussed elsewhere, since the majority of carriers have choosen that route, it will eventually probably be hard to find a phone without a GPS chip. And since the trend these days is to cram piles of none-telephone features (take pictures with your telephone, who'd a thunk it?) into cell phones, I doubt it will be long before phones will let the users actually use the GPS data. So, not too far in the future, you will be able to listen to the Grand Canyon Suite on your phone MP3 player while taking pictures of the Grand Canyon on your phone, e-mailing the pictures to Aunt Agatha from your phone, while noting your precise location on the GPS display on your phone for future reference (Aunt Agatha, this is the spot to go to) all while getting the ball game scores. The mind boggles. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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