It looks like I'm years behind the times ...
Apparently the GPS circuitry has gotten so cheap that a version of it is
being used.
"The gpsOne positioning technology designed by Qualcomm subsidiary SnapTrack
uses A-GPS, or assisted GPS, a form of location detection in which cell
phone towers help GPS satellites fix a cell phone caller's position."
And later
"No carrier was able to make an October deadline to fully implement E-911.
The FCC issued waivers permitting carriers to add location-detection
services to new phones over time, so that 95 percent of all mobile phones
are compliant with E-911 rules by 2005."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,80085-page,1/article.html
Well phooey with all this nonsense. I think I'll drive over to my local
camera store and buy a new OM and some Kodachrome.
-jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Dropkin
Jeff Keller wrote:
> I doubt that many phones have GPS circuitry.
Verizon Wireless is one of the two largest (or _the_ largest, depending on
your criteria) wireless providers in the U.S. They have not allowed
customers to activate any non-GPS phone in about three years. They claim
that 95% of their customers have a GPS-enabled phone. Sprint, (Nextel,) and
Alltel also put GPS chips in their phones. Given the lifespan of most
cellular/mobile phones and the propensity of customers to trade "up" over
the last five years that GPS has been available on phones for U.S. systems,
I'd say there's a fair number of phones out there with that capability.
Steve
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