GPS Embedded in a... SIM!?

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/gps_sim/' target='_blank'>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/gps_sim/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Just as we were predicting the end of SIM technological development, along comes a technology which really could be a killer application - a complete GPS system embedded inside one. At the SIMposium in Berlin, Blue Sky Positioning announced it has developed a complete GPS system, including the antenna, which physically fits in, and works from within, a mobile phone SIM slot."</i><br /><br />That's a pretty remarkable feat of engineering, but I remain skeptical as to its utility. Not only must the antenna be microscopic, but the phone device's integration may be spotty at best. I'm reserving judgement on this one, although I still do have to utter "cool! :)" for the engineering marvel that it is.

[inteller]

ah, the better for law enforcement to track you with.

no thanks.

[mmidgley]

inteller wrote:
ah, the better for law enforcement to track you with.

do you wear tinfoil on your head so they can't read your thoughts? come on... even if they can get decent performance out of such a gps, it won't be used to track you.

the good news is that if a working gps chipset can be made that small and sell for anything reasonable, it should be in every future ppc.

m.

ps- don't go to sleep or they'll insert a tracking chip in your brain. 0X

[T-Will]

Does this mean we could add GPS to any Smartphone/Pocket PC with a SIM slot?

[moriahcom]

They could use the phones antenna. This is a nice direction to take. More room for other goodies :D