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Article #301: Cell Phones With Gps Tracking-enabled Technology

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Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, wireless networks.
there has been an increased demand for Motorola
improved 911 emergency calling You may already know that Motorola
capabilities. This demand, in turn, has manufactures a series of cell phone GPS
resulted in better cell phone GPS tracking units for Nextel. In particular,
tracking technology. After the events of these cell phone GPS tracking units
9/11, the Federal Communications include the Motorola i205, i305, i530,
Commission (FCC) released orders i710, i730, i733, i736 and i830 iDEN(TM).
requiring all cell phone carriers to According to Motorola, the
provide the ability to trace cell phone programmability of these GPS-enabled cell
calls to locations within 100 meters or phones allows the developers to create
less. applications that make the GPS data much
In order to conform to these requirements more readily available to the user, as
set by the FCC, most cell phone carriers well as the location-based service
have decided to integrate the GPS providers.
technology into their cell phone Nextel Phones
handsets. Many have opted for this move Nextel is now offering a number of cell
rather than overhauling the tower phone GPS tracking solutions that can be
network. used with the aforementioned Motorola
However, the cell phone GPS tracking in phones. One of the most notable cell
most mobile phones is not like those in phone GPS tracking solutions that have
your handy GPS receiver which allows you been developed by Nextel is the Mobile
to take hiking in the outdoors. Most cell Locator. Affiliates of Nextel have
phones do not even allow the user direct supplied other solutions, as have
contact to the GPS data. There are also Mapquest, Trimble and other third
some units that accurate location data is parties.
only recorded if an emergency call is Beneflon
made or if special arrangements are made Beneflon has already developed two cell
with a location-based service provider phone GPS tracking devices, the Track Pro
(LBS). and ESC. As often asserted, these
There is still hope for the cell phone solutions are high-end cell phones
carriers to gain the cell phone GPS designed for use in professional security
tracking services. Actually, there are and personal safety applications. These
now fully GPS-enabled phones that can be also include a fully-functioning GPS
used in conjunction with third-party which provides accurate location data to
location-based services. To mention just the user without assistance from the
a few, these GPS-enabled phones include network. And, it is important to note
Nokia, Motorola, and Beneflon. that while these are not Internet enabled
Here is an overview of these popular cell devices, they have a number of features
phones with GPS tracking devices: perfectly suited for interactive
Nokia of Finland communication between the user and a
In recent years, Nokia announced plans to service center. And, perhaps what is best
make the Xpress-On GPS optional hardware about Beneflon cell phone GPS tracking
available to 5140 phone users in North equipment is that Beneflon itself is a
America. Their Xpress-On GPS optional multi-band GSM wireless network phone
hardware makes it possible to use that can be used in a number of countries
location service applications over GSM around the world.






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