Cellphone GPS
December 13th, 2005 | by ka edong |The Web 2.0 discussion in Pinoy.Tech.Blog reminds me of a conversation I had 11,000 meters above the earth…
On my way back from Sydney, I had a nice chat with my airplane seatmate whom I’ll call AJ in this article.
AJ happened told me about her experience with a cellphone Global Positioning System (GPS) while in Sydney. AJ said that one time she was with a relative and her relative showed a message on the cellphone saying “you are in the ____ train station”. It gave their precise location.
At first I thought that AJ’s relative was using a GPS. But AJ said it was a cellphone, used for calls and for SMS. I’m wondering what technology the cellphone had. I was curious. I concluded it might be one of the services specific to the Telco.
But she added that the SIM inside that cellphone was a Globe SIM. Now that’s even more curious (curious-er!). It uses a Globe SIM but has a service that can indicate location. What service would that be? Was it a function of the handset? Was it a function of the telco? Did it use GPRS, SMS, MMS?
Well, I won’t be able to find out unless somebody more informed can tell more about it.
ka edong
Sydney dreaming
2 Responses to “Cellphone GPS”
By chris on Dec 13, 2005 | Reply
Hmm, your friend’s sim card seems to defy globe’s tracking services..
http://www.myglobe.com.ph/myGlobe/featdetails.aspx?title=features&contentid=1474
Curious curious
By ka edong on Dec 14, 2005 | Reply
Hi Chris,
Yup, it says that Globe’s locator services won’t work completely if the Globe handset is used in other countries.
The GPS I described in Sydney wasn’t part of Globe’s service. What I think is that it was a service of the local telco that encompassed even handsets from other countries on roaming in Sydney.
curious curious …
ka edong
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