GPS
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Why your next camera phone will know its place
I think one of the most exciting and useful cell phone features of the near future is the automatic geotagging of photos on camera phones. People won't fully understand how powerful, useful and fun automatically geotagged photos will be until they start taking them.
You can't hide; 'geotagging' will find you
Miami designer develops GPS shoes
An independent businessman from Miami has developed a pair of shoes with a built-in GPS sensor, which can be used to send a distress signal in case the wearer gets lost or cannot get to his cell phone. The shoes are planned to be available in March.Isaac Daniel created the shoes, which have a built-in 2" x 3" GPS device that is waterproof, shockproof, and can withstand weight of up to 300 pounds. According to Daniel, the main purpose of the embedded sensor is to be able to send out a distress signal with the wearer's precise location.
Miami designer develops GPS shoes | TG Daily
GPS That Never Fails
Drive down a Manhattan street, and your car's navigation system will blink in and out of service. That's because the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals used by car navigation systems and other technologies get blocked by buildings. GPS also doesn't work well indoors, inside tunnels and subway systems, or in caves--a problem for everyone from emergency workers to soldiers.But in a recent advance that has not yet been published, researchers at Sarnoff, in Princeton, NJ, say their prototype technology--which uses advanced processing of stereo video images to fill in GPS gaps--can maintain location accuracy to within one meter after a half-kilometer of moving through so-called GPS-denied environments.
Technology Review: GPS That Never Fails
Epson shipping GPS module for mobile phones
Seiko Epson has developed a sensitive and compact GPS module to meet demand from manufacturers of mobile phones and other handsets with GPS functionality. Volume shipment of the S4E19863 series has already begun and the product has been used for some time in all GPS-capable models of the FOMA903i series phones released by NTT DoCoMo.The S4E19863 series was developed using Epson's technology and know-how relating to GPS baseband processors and A-GPS software. Featuring a broad detection range capable of identifying both strong outdoor signals and weak indoor signals, the new module far outstrips the levels of sensitivity found in conventional GPS technology, according to the company.
Epson shipping GPS module for mobile phones
Asustek launches P535 GPS-enabled PDA phone
Asustek Computer on December 6 launched its new GPS-enabled PDA phone, the P535, in the Taiwan market, after launching the model in Hong Kong earlier, according to company sources.The P535 carries a suggested retail price of NT$23,900 (US$740), targeting the mid-range and high-end segments, said the sources.
The P535 is currently enjoying brisk sales in Hong Kong, replacing similar models from Dopod International as the bell-selling GPS PDA phone in the Hong Kong market, according to Benson Lin, president of Asustek's Asia-Pacific and Taiwan unit.
With the successful launch of the P535 in Hong Kong, the company will now focus more on the development of high-end PDA phones and smartphones, Lin stated.
Photo: Andrea Liu, DigiTimes, December 2006
