Thursday, April 20, 2006

Cellphone GPS services find their way into market

Cellphone GPS services find their way into market: "Cellphone GPS services find their way into market

(Boston Globe, The (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 19--The Global Positioning System devices that can help people navigate an unfamiliar city or find the nearest pizza joint are moving off the dashboard and into the cellphone.

Cellphones with location technology are already a hit in Japan and South Korea. In the United States, millions of cellphones already contain GPS technology by order of the federal government, which sought to ensure that emergency workers could locate cellphone users who place emergency 911 calls. "