Nearly all cell phone end users have a cell phone feature that they did not even realize they possessed. Not everyone recognizes that their phone is outfitted with a GPS tracking device. All the same, the question that comes up is that does that sound chilling or pretty neat? To the majority of individuals, it feels paradoxically both good and bad. Although more individuals are frightened that a GPS function on cell phones pulls us one step nearer to a ‘Big Brother’ kind of society, however many other people are enthusiastic for the abilities it provides users.
Nevertheless, where the line gets blurred is when safety is overshadowed by the potential for invasion of your privacy when the ability to track daily movements of an individual sets in. This gives rise to concerns of who has the ability to access such private information.
However, E911 has a relevant law that is fairly explicit in its orders. It gives the ability to carriers to give tracking location information to third parties for E911 emergency calls only, however this data cannot be furnished under any circumstance at all without the prior consent of the cell phone owner.
Their features that help consumers, such as maps, directions and restaurant and Movie Theater finding abilities, the GPS equipped cell phone supplies emergency call centers with data critical to preserving lives. Regrettably, it’s rather frequently that a person dial 911 to report an accident, fire or other emergency, and whenever requested where they are, they can merely state the name of the city they are close to, or the interstate highway on which they are traveling on. In such cases, the location information is inadequate. This is why cell phones are nowadays GPS enabled; call centers can detect your position through GPS in the same manner they have been able to trace calls from land-lines for so numerous years.
What’s In It for Consumers?
Although the above-mentioned safety option is meant to be used for emergency uses, cell phone companies have brought the GPS cell phone far beyond this rudimentary 911-enhanced phone. In order to make GPS attractive to customers, cell phone suppliers have produced numerous methods that cell phone end users can utilize the GPS feature on cell phones for themselves, irrespective of whether or not the 911-enhancement is ever used.
The majority of cell phone service providers have made directions and maps ready to be used as part of the GPS feature of their phones. Before you become too charged up in regards to this, you have to recognize that this service is not a free additional bonus on your present service; employing your cell phone for maps and directions calls for an added service plan that amounts to about $10 per month. If you are averse to still added monthly subscription to be paid-up, there are software programs that, for a one-time-only-fee of purchasing the software, can add similar features to your GPS cell phone.
As technology move ahead, several of these GPS cell phones can still be used as handheld GPS devices merely to be utilized during walking or biking. The prior and less costly variations need an antenna on your car in addition to a console in your car, only the wave of the future is upon us, if users are ready to pay the price for it. It appears that even now numerous consumers are buying into the navigation generation of cell phones.
By: Korbin Newlyn
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GPS Cell Phone – Life Saver or Big Brother In Your Pocket?
February 1st, 2010How GPS Locators Help Find Lost People And Vehicles
December 27th, 2009
When your visiting a strange country or city wouldn’t it be nice to be able to push a button on a hand held device, and find out exactly where you are. With the advancements that have been made with technology people are able to do this today with a GPS locator.
For safety and convenience, there are GPS locators that have been designed to look like wrist watches for children, and they are able to help parents keep track of their children at all times. Some GPS services can be tracked through a family’s home computer, while others are designed to connect to a GPS service system and a child’s location can be learned by making a phone call. A child’s location can be tracked to within five feet. This type of service can provide the parent with the nearest street address of their child, or if its requested they can contact emergency services.
Still other GPS locator units are installed in cell phones and its location can be tracked with a simple phone call. You can contact the location unit using your telephone and the cell phones whereabouts can be quickly located. As long as your child is carrying a GPS device, you can feel comfortable knowing that you will be able to locate your child anywhere using your GPS locator unit.
Keep Tabs On Anything Important To You
You can track virtually anything you want to with a GPS locator since the size of these units have grown significantly smaller over the past few years. You could even use one to track down and locate your luggage if it does not arrive on the same plane as you did, this makes finding lost luggage a lot easier for airlines. It won’t get your luggage to you any faster, but with a GPS locator inside of your suitcase you know will know where luggage is located, and how fast it is being returned to you.
With a GPS locator unit hidden inside your vehicle, you will have an extra set of eyes on the new driver in your household that is trying to earn your trust while they are driving your car. If they tell you they spent the day in school, but the GPS locator unit tells you they were at a nearby amusement park, you can use this knowledge to teach your child a lesson in honesty.
By: G. Mira
