gps

FCC requires built-in GPS for phones by 2018

Published on: 30th October, 2011

A new rule has been put by the FCC, requiring carriers to sell phones with built-in GPS. Cellular, VoIP and landline providers will have to be found in a 911 call by 2018. Carriers do not have o limit themselves to GPS-capable phones, this way preventing worries about an eventual tracking of phone owners by [...]

Windows Phone camera believed to mark locations illegally

Published on: 8th October, 2011

Rafael Rivera, Windows Phone 7 jailbreaker, has made the demonstration that the WP7 camera application gathers user information without permission. While testing Microsoft’s assertion that it does never collect data without having the permission, Rivera observed that data packets were sent back to Microsoft even in case users chose not to share their location. Tests [...]

Lawsuit against Apple over location tracking

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

Location tracking on iPhone and 3G iPad recently led to a lawsuit filed against Apple, according to Bloomberg. A federal complaint has been filed by two customers in Tampa, Florida, claiming privacy invasion as well as computer fraud. Additional details of this case are supposed to be revealed in the near future. The problem resides [...]

Nike+ SportsWatch GPS by Nike to come soon

Published on: 11th January, 2011

Nike has presented its new creation at CES 2011, the Nike+ SportsWatch GPS, which leverages the Nike+ sensor, shoe-based, to track distance, time, pace, calories burned as well as heart rate. The device uses Tom Tom navigation technology and is able to track what the user does, how he/she does it. It also motivates the [...]

For a limited time, FREE GPS with an iPod touch purchased

Published on: 23rd October, 2010

BestBuy offers, for a limited time, a FREE GPS with every purchase of an iPod touch. When an 8GB, 32GB or 64GB iPod touch is ordered, the customers also receives a FREE Insignia GPS. Prices for the iPod touch models go from $179.99 for a second generation 8GB device up to $399 for a fourth [...]

Android applications accused of sending GPS and phone numbers to advertising companies

Published on: 5th October, 2010

A joint study from Intel Labs, Penn State University and Duke University has revealed that some Android applications were sending potentially dangerous levels of personal and location information to ad producers. The study found that of thirty free applications, about half were providing advertisers with the positioning of the user and even phone numbers, beyond [...]

Nike+ GPS to give Nike+iPod experience with no adapters needed

Published on: 9th September, 2010

In a Labor Day twist, Nike has posted a special stand-alone version of its application Nike+iPod. Nike+ GPS can be found in the App Store and costs $2. It uses a built-in accelerometer and location finding of an Apple device, which could be an iPhone’s GPS or even an iPod touch player. The goal is [...]

Ultra-cheap Android-powered Huawei handset for Cricket and MetroPCS

Published on: 6th September, 2010

Huawei has recently introduced it’s the company’s first Android-based handset, the Ideos, at a pre-IFA media event. Huawei’s Ideos will be sold in Europe, Asia and the Americas and will be made in both CDMA and GSM configurations. The device comes with Android 2.2 preloaded; the GSM-based U8150 will support 850/1900/2100 MHz HSPA networks for [...]

MobileMe-style remote storage and tools for Windows Phone 7

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

Windows Phone 7 is supposed to have remote storage as well as security options like Apple’s MobileMe, according to recent updates made by Microsoft. Consequently, Windows Phone Live is expected to synchronize calendars, OneNote updates, photos and contacts. It will also provide as much as 25GB of memory on Microsoft’s SkyDrive. There is also a [...]

Garmin scares drivers who use free smartphone GPS

Published on: 14th July, 2010

The GPS maker Garmin has tried to scare European travellers who used smartphone navigation by saying it would be very expensive. It also claimed that services provided free of charge like, for example, Google Maps Navigation, would actually be more expensive due to costly international data fees that are needed to maintain the maps updated. [...]

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