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Thursday, May 17, 2007
BlueSky offers GPS on a SIM card
Might not seem so special at first, but note that it will take a long time before a majority of phones have (A-)GPS integrated. Switching to a SIM card with GPS makes existing GSM non-GPS phones location-enabled, and without the need for an extra Bluetooth GPS gadget.
BlueSky Positioning
'BlueSky Positioning’s A-GPS solution for (U)SIM appears as a SIM/USIM Toolkit application'
I wonder how sensitive this solution can be, considering there's hardly any space for an antenna, and the phone might be too shielded to allow the GPS waves to come through.
BlueSky Positioning
'BlueSky Positioning’s A-GPS solution for (U)SIM appears as a SIM/USIM Toolkit application'
I wonder how sensitive this solution can be, considering there's hardly any space for an antenna, and the phone might be too shielded to allow the GPS waves to come through.
