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Robots – The Humans are Dead. Murray records the band’s first video with a camera phone.

Most phones these days are built with some sort of GPS system that allows the user to find out where they are and to surf the web and other such things. However, with this in mind it must be recognized that the GPs system can also be used when a person is looking at tracking a cell phone and therefore causes some issues when it comes down to personal privacy.

Most people will carry their phones at them wherever they go not matter what time it is. You will also find that so many of these people leave their phones switched on at all times as well, meaning that the GPS system is working twenty four hours per day, seven days per week.

It also means that when an emergency has taken place, such as a car crash or other accident, the emergency call made from a cell phone can be easily tracked in seconds without the caller having to find out too many details about their location.

The bad news is that with the help of GPS systems, telecommunication towers and the internet, a person can track your position all the time that your phone is turned on as long as they have a few minutes left alone with your cell phone.

Generally the service on the internet will need to be paid for and a text message will be sent to the tracked cell phone but if you have the phone for long enough, literally only a matter of minutes, you can enter the number, pay the fee and then delete the information message on the phone so that the real owner will have no idea that you are tracking them.

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What features/factors do you consider most important when choosing a business cell phone….and why?

I asked this question of a rather large business networking group …. and you can guess the answers were all over the board. There were some similarities and some interesting differences too.

Here’s a few for your education and enjoyment:

* “When I had to choose one, I looked one with full qwerty, touchscreen, windows mobile so I could run word, excel and one that was easy to sync with my outlook and has a full browser.

I chose the HP 6945 communicator that has, above the mentioned features, GPS and built in camera.

I use it a lot, and I mean A LOT, and I´m completely satisfied with it.”

* “How well does it receive signal, how do I sound to callers as well as how do they sound to me. Does it sync with exchange wirelessly – email, contacts, calendar. Size and speed. Can I use my voice to dial by contact name or number. Lastly – what is the monthly service bill?”

* “It depends on your business requirements. In the past, our requirements has been good service, good connectivity, less drops, good value for money, and good service. Yes, service is important.

We also have no need for picture phones, music players, video players, and a lot of the other bells and whistles. Our business has multiple phones, only one of which requires use of txt messaging. We turn off all the others.

We have been doing well with these. We have a simple LG vx3300 or LG vx3200, which has been an incredible phone for us.

We are currently researching an upgrade to a smart phone, which supports pda like features. We are a systems admin firm, we need support for secure shell access to remote servers. We are looking at the blackberry. We currently use a palm device for some remote access. We are looking for full qwerty
keyboard.”

* “First of all, globally, I look at:

- Battery Autonomy: don’t want to be disconnected during an important conversation

- Is there any kind of calendar, tasks and contact sync/management within a PC with an USB connection..?

- If travelling: triband or quadband phone (US, EUR, Asia…)

- Connexion options: bluetooth to connect accessories or use mobile as a modem, 3G or UMTS to connect to useful sites (directories, maps, email…)

- And if needed: a push email solution (treo, blackberry..)

So, you can find good phones in this list: Apple iPhone (not UMTS for the moment), Nokia N95 or any smartphones.”

* “I have a fetish about people trying to claim that they are unable to get a hold of me, which I find more often than not, a cop-out. To combat this, in a business phone, I tend to gravitate toward smartphones with software upgradability, Wi-Fi, quad-band GSM, some sort of broadband capability
(EDGE, HSDPA, etc.) and a QWERTY keyboard interface.

For now, I am using a Nokia E90. Although the phone is on the bulky side, it allows me to receive e-mail, surf the web, access enterprise mail, tether to my laptop, edit MS Office files, as well as, Skype (to keep my phone bill under control when overseas), and basic GPS functions. In emergencies, I
even use it to sub for a laptop.

Its not perfect by any means, particularly in size and form factor, but its probably one of the better phones I have had in a while.”

*  “It would be the Apple logo.  Because the iPhone reaches further into my workflow than others can, that workflow being mac and online services based. There is no better alternative.

Perhaps for corporate research purposes you could swing buying both a Mac mini and an iPhone, for the cost of another high end business phone.

Just as a heads up (my having read some of the later entries now) the next release of iPhone software includes Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync technology, including push email, push contacts/directories, push dates/calendar, and remote wipe/erase functionality and all that other good networking, VPN and centralised policies stuff.”

* “I like the BlackBerry 8320.  Mainly because the calendar syncs up with exchange/outlook.  Not to mention its keys are easy enough to be used with one hand. The battery life is good as long as you dont go installing GoogleTalk or Gmail as a third party software that continually goes out to the web. The only thing this needs to be a perfect device is the tethering capability. There are ways around it but its not designed to be an easy thing.”

* “I’m still looking for the Holy Grail of cell phones!

It naturally has to function well as a cell phone. But if it could also function as my laptop, GPS, and media player for travels, it would then become invaluable.

The iPhone is very close. It has the phone, VM, messaging, media and usability down quite well. But, it’s not 3G (yet), so connection throughput can be improved dramatically. The GPS is done through triangulating cell towers instead of a satellites (not nearly as quick or accurate).

On the very positive side, browsing with an iPhone has taken the device to the lead for business users. You get a real browser in Safari that blows IE mobile away.

Our MarketShare stats are showing that over 1 in every 1000 page views browsed today is coming from an iPhone. That’s incredible!

Anyway, can’t wait till the 3G / GPS version comes out – rumors are that it will be soon.

Side note – I have an HTC on the AT&T network, and am browsing quite successfully with Opera Mobile currently. Great solution as well!”

More real life comments on the question will be shared in Part II of this series. So stay tuned.

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With a simple program, someone could take control of your phone, listen to your calls, read your e-mails all while tracking your every move. If you have a camera phone, they can even turn it on and look at you! The infected phone looks like it’s off. But you can secretly listen in or watch you. How does the software work? Someone can trick you to go to a website you don’t know….and the spyware is installed whtout you knowing it. The best thing you can do, don’t visit websites you don’t know and don’t let anyone use your phone. It only takes a few seconds for your mobile phone to be turned into a spyphone…that spys on you. You should know, this is against federal law and is considered wire tapping. Communication specialists say the only way to take the spyware off is for phone companies to install anti-virus and anti-phisihing software on their own servers to screen it out.

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Today’s technology has made tracking a person on a cellular phone to be quite simple – in some cases, as easy as the point and click of a computer mouse. Though many people use these technologies for very positive reasons – such as making sure that their kids are where they should be – the introduction of spyware into cellular phones has made things a bit less wholesome.

Current technology, readily available, offers services that can allow users to track cellular phone handsets to within a few dozen feet of its actual location. The technology depends on GPS chip technology within certain cellular phones. It was initially designed in order to allow emergency workers to find 911 callers who have called from their cellular phones.

Spyware, on the other hand, was initially designed for cellular phones to be used by suspicious individuals who wished to have access to the calls and text messaging done by their potentially cheating spouses to prove honesty…or lack thereof.

The most recent technology, though, is the combination of both of these elements. Now, there is spyware that can be applied to a cellular phone that exploits any GPS chips that happen to be installed so that the behaviors of the phone user can be tracked.

For example, it has been confirmed that even large, well-known corporations have been sending emails to cellular phone users, who, when they open the email, become subject to a spyware in their phone that will track their location and behavior for those companies to use for their own purposes.

This has many people concerned about their own personal information and privacy rights. After all, this kind of technology is permitting anybody with the right software knowhow to be able to trace online behaviors and physical locations of anybody with the appropriate kind of cellular phone.

Personal security can become a real concern for people who could be tracked by individuals or companies with unethical intentions. This can include anything from harassment through phoning and text messages to identity theft. Rapidly, this risk is leading to a substantial market in cellular phone security technology.

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Nokia Cell Phones has flipped our original idea about camera phones around with their new phone, the Nokia 6700 Slider. Rather than going the route of smartphone and getting in on the heavy competition with that market, Nokia Cell Phones instead decided to get a choke-hold on the camera phone industry.

While the camera has been integrated into phones regularly for the past few years it is rarely the feature of the phone and instead it is usually considered just an addition. Enter the Nokia 6700 Slider. This phone has incredible camera features. Ok, so the 5 megapixel camera isn’t the best on the market right now. However 5 megapixels will get the user mid-level digital camera shots every time, and that’s not bad. Shooting video is also available, with users being able to capture action at 15 frames per second. But best of all is the editing capabilities that come along with the Slider. It allows user to edit the pictures from the phone before uploading them! And with the 3G connectivity, the uploading is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

In addition to the wonderful camera features of this phone it also has a rich feature set with more standard capabilities. These include an FM Radio and MP3 media player, a 2.2 display screen, 26 hours of music play back, 4 hours of talk time, 300 hours of standby time as well as Bluetooth capabilities. It also includes easy video and picture sharing and comes in six different colors with aluminum finish. These include Pink, Purple, Aluminum, Red, Petrol and Blue. It is also the remarkably compact size for such a powerful device that makes it so attractive. No worries about fitting this guy into the tiniest of pockets.

Yes, the camera phone ought to be explored more thoroughly in the market these days with so many choices and everyone wanting a smartphone. It should not be a feature that is taken for granted and just slapped onto every phone. Instead it should be well thought out with good functionality and creative features. I have a camera built into my phone but it is old technology and yet I still use it. Now, if I had a good camera phone then the things I’d be able to capture would be astounding. I like where Nokia Cell Phones is headed, by exploring the smartphone route as well as others like the camera phone, they seem to be positioning themselves to be dominate in all categories.

Nokia Cell Phones has flipped our original idea about camera phones around with their new phone, the Nokia 6700 Slider. Rather than going the route of smartphone and getting in on the heavy competition with that market, Nokia Cell Phones instead decided to get a choke-hold on the camera phone industry.

While the camera has been integrated into phones regularly for the past few years it is rarely the feature of the phone and instead it is usually considered just an addition. Enter the Nokia 6700 Slider. This phone has incredible camera features. Ok, so the 5 megapixel camera isn’t the best on the market right now. However 5 megapixels will get the user mid-level digital camera shots every time, and that’s not bad. Shooting video is also available, with users being able to capture action at 15 frames per second. But best of all is the editing capabilities that come along with the Slider. It allows user to edit the pictures from the phone before uploading them! And with the 3G connectivity, the uploading is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

In addition to the wonderful camera features of this phone it also has a rich feature set with more standard capabilities. These include an FM Radio and MP3 media player, a 2.2 display screen, 26 hours of music play back, 4 hours of talk time, 300 hours of standby time as well as Bluetooth capabilities. It also includes easy video and picture sharing and comes in six different colors with aluminum finish. These include Pink, Purple, Aluminum, Red, Petrol and Blue. It is also the remarkably compact size for such a powerful device that makes it so attractive. No worries about fitting this guy into the tiniest of pockets.

Yes, the camera phone ought to be explored more thoroughly in the market these days with so many choices and everyone wanting a smartphone. It should not be a feature that is taken for granted and just slapped onto every phone. Instead it should be well thought out with good functionality and creative features. I have a camera built into my phone but it is old technology and yet I still use it. Now, if I had a good camera phone then the things I’d be able to capture would be astounding. I like where Nokia Cell Phones is headed, by exploring the smartphone route as well as others like the camera phone, they seem to be positioning themselves to be dominate in all categories.

The attack on the Twin Towers in New York brought attention to more than just the spread of terrorism around the globe; it also showed how vulnerable our communications systems are, especially in regards to cell phones. The FCC has ordered app cellular phone companies to institute technology allowing for cell phones to be traced within 100 meters. The cellular companies for the most part have integrated the GPS technology into the actual phone itself instead of taking on the momentous task of changing and modifying their networks of towers.

Now before you get all excited about the fact that your phone may have GPS technology let me set you straight. This is not the kind that you have in your car or use on your boat when you go fishing offshore. This is exclusively for tracking where you are when you are making a call. If you are a good guy this can be great news, if you get lost or in trouble and dial 911 they can locate you. If you are a bad guy, or a terrorist, this isn’t great news for you because they can now trace your calls and find out exactly where you are to take you down.

Now, on to a brighter outlook, the cell carriers are working to enable customer accessible GPS service. Some of these are available now and able to be utilized through third party providers.

Motorola is the maker for cellular phone GPS tracking units for Nextel using the Motorola i205, i305, i530, i710, i730, i733, i736 and i830 iDEN®. As on of the leaders in bringing this technology to the market, Motorola sources say that the phones are programmable which allows for software developers to design the applications that will allow the user of the phone access to the GPS data in addition to the providers of the service.

As of now, the Nextel Corporation offers a wide variety of cell phone GPS tracking solutions made for use with the above mentioned Motorola cell phones. The Mobile Locator One is of the well-known cell phone GPS tracking solutions developed by Nextel. In addition there are other solutions are provided by the affiliates of Nextel itself, as well as by third parties like Trimble and Mapquest.

Nokia recently announced that they were offering their Xpress-On GPS available as optional hardware to the owners of the Nokia 5140 model cell phones in North America. This would allow for the phones to be used over the GSM networks through location service applications.

Hopefully with the advances we are seeing it won’t be long before the GPS technology is widely available. It is already available in smart phones like the Treo as an upgrade with additional software.

A few years ago, the FCC mandated that cell phones have GPS capacity or some form of location mechanism so that the phone and its operator could be located in the case of a 911 call. The law took effect at the beginning of 2005. Today, over one hundred million cell phones in this country have a chip that provides GPS capacity and increasingly, software services are emerging that put them to use.

GPS stands for Global Positioning Software and it simply means that an equipped device can be located by the satellites overhead in geosynchronous orbit that are built to pick up GPS signals. While the cell phone companies initially were reluctant to participate, they have begun to develop subscription services that provide software to help you use the tracking system.

The GPS technology without bells and whistles simply pinpoints the location of your cell phone. A techie named Chuck Fletcher developed a freeware program called Mologogo that allows one Mologogo equipped phone to locate other, similarly equipped phones. It’s become a method for a few thousand cell owners to keep track of each other, but hasn’t moved much beyond that.

Verizon and Sprint have developed subscription services that will allow your phone to pinpoint your location, complete with overhead map. It’s a mobile driving assistance tool that should enjoy some degree of popularity. The cell phone companies have been reticent to provide general access to the GPS feature in their phones, because it can be a sensitive privacy issue – especially if you’re somewhere you’re not supposed to be.

More to the point, however, is the fact that the cell operators see the GPS technology as a potential profit center. One way to get driving directions with a GPS cell phone is to subscribe to a GPS navigation service. Nextel offers two: Televigation’s TeleNav and Motorola’s ViaMoto. Using the GPS and Nextel’s network, TeleNav and ViaMoto can send driving directions to a Nextel phone. If you make a wrong turn or miss a street, the service detects that you’re off the route and new route is calculated to put you back on track.

Aside from the basic mapping and location support, if you’re a Sprint-Nextel customer you can subscribe to a service called Smarter Agent. This GPS supported technology is tied to a real estate database and can provide you with information on home sales in the neighborhood where you and your cell phone happen to be located. It will identify which homes have sold in the neighborhood in the last few years, and for what price.

Verizon has a service called getGOING. You can download applications such as AtlasBook Places. With AtlasBook Places you can get maps and directions and navigate to nearby places. An option is a web-based planning tool. These functions are available on selected Verizon phones.

There’s an inherent privacy issue here that is a challenge for the major cell providers. Sprint-Nextel is the only company that has always allowed access to the GPS chips in its handsets. They have a strict privacy agreement with any third party service providers such as Smart Agent. If you download software that is not provided through Nextel, however, you have no such guarantee of privacy. This issue, aside from dollar signs, is what has kept GPS functionality largely an in-house development of the cell phone companies.

Cell phone technology has really improved, and today’s mobile phones are equipped with a variety of nifty features including games, movies, music, the internet, email and even Global Position System (GPS) technology. GPS is a satellite-based navigation system that allows users to determine and communicate their precise location from anywhere on Earth.

Although GPS was originally created and used by the U.S. military, it is now available to the public. This has allowed the general public to enjoy a convenient tool that enables them to keep track of their loved ones. However, on the flip side of the coin, GPS can also be a tool used by a third party to invade the privacy of others.

In regard to cell phones, GPS Tracking is available in both software and hardware forms. GPS Tracker software is a program that is downloaded into your cell phone, while GPS Tracker hardware is a physical chip installed on your mobile phone. Complimentary software can then be installed on any PC which can monitor the location of the cell phone, and even make a summary of the cell phone user’s movements.

Since a GPS tracker can allow you to locate anyone, this tool has become very popular for people who wish to install GPS Tracker hardware on their partner or children’s cell phones in order to keep track of their whereabouts. However, you need to be aware that just as easily as you can apply this hardware to their phones, so can this hardware be applied to yours. Moreover, any person can install GPS Tracker hardware on your cell phone or the cell phone of a loved one, and track your movements without your knowledge. This is a scary, but very real possibility. Therefore, you need to keep a watchful eye on your cell phone to safeguard your privacy.

The best way to protect your cell phone from GPS Tracker hardware installed by a third party is to keep your phone on you at all times; leave your phone safely at home when you don’t need to bring it with you; and don’t lend your phone out to anyone, including your family members, unless it is absolutely necessary.

Finally, if your children have cell phones, make sure you keep a close eye on their mobile phone use. This also means paying attention to the people who call their cell phones so you can find the owner of a phone number here if you come across the number of a caller you don’t recognize and wish to learn their identity.

Since the terrifying events of September 11, 2001, there had been pressure on cell phone providers to integrate some kind of GPS tracking system so that a suspicious cell phone call could be traced to the location of the caller. At the end of 2005 all cell phone service providers were mandated to update their equipment so that they would have the capabilities to trace any cell phone calls within 100 meters of the location where the phone was being used. Instead of incurring the extra expense of restructuring their whole tower network, these companies decided to put the GPS technology in place in the cell phones themselves. These built-in tracking devices are not available for personal use, however. Most of these systems require assistance from a wireless network and are only put into use if a 911 call is made or if it is a law enforcement matter.

There are certain models of cell phones that have the GPS feature included on them. When deciding to purchase one of these phones you should keep in mind that it is illegal to track someone without his knowledge as this is an invasion of his privacy. You must have the cell phone subscriber’s permission before you can enable a GPS device. In matters of the person’s personal safety, however, a judge can waive the need for this permission, such as in the case of an elderly person who is known to “wander” off and become lost and disoriented. A GPS tracking system could be the difference between life and death and would probably be allowed in this situation. This law is also not in effect when you are tracking your children, as long as the cell phone is in your name. For children over eighteen years of age, however, it is probably is not a good idea.

As well as tracking seniors and children, there may be times when you need to be tracked yourself. If you are an avid outdoorsman who enjoys going off into the wilderness alone, it is a good idea to give your spouse or a close friend permission to track your cell phone in case of an emergency situation where you may be alone and miles away from any help. This is also a good idea if you are traveling in bad weather, especially if your vehicle does not have a GPS system of its own. In these cases, it is better to take the extra precautions than to suffer for it later.

Some of the companies that offer GPS tracking are T-Mobil and Sprint. Some of the cell phones available with this feature that are on the market include Motorolla, iDEN, and Blackberry. Disney Mobile and Wherify Wireless both offer their own versions of GPS cell phones. Most of these companies have a call center and a Web site that enables you to pinpoint a person’s location easily.

Again, GPS tracking devices and cell phones are wonderful tools to use to track someone when it involves a safety issue. Using it for the wrong reasons, however, is illegal as well as unconstitutional. You should use your best judgment when deciding to make use of a GPS system.

The Motorola i850 cell phone is a camera phone with latest communication features. Recently, i850 has been launched by Motorola for Nextel Communications. The i850 is equipped with unique walkie-talkie options and depending upon the carrier and their coverage area users can talk coast-to-coast and country-to-country with a touch of a single button. With the help of Nextel’s nationwide ‘Group Connect’ service, users can enjoy group walkie-talkie conversations with up to 21 participants nationwide. Not only this, but the groups can also be easily set up on the handset within no time.

In every sense, the i850 cell phone is targeted for high end mobile users with latest enhanced communication features with a compact, sleek design. Basically, there are three main features which give this cellular phone an edge over others, like walkie-talkie functions, MMS and integrated 310K digital camera. On the other hand, Motorola’s new mobile phone combines a big bundle of features that you can expect from any new age mobile phone. For example, it has a built-in speaker phone, which can prove useful in a car or in other situations where you need to use your hands while talking. Similarly, other striking feature of this cell is a 2.2 inch color display that helps in browsing the wireless web or viewing pictures with 262K color mode with 176 x 220 resolutions.

Nextel And Motorola Launched Motorola i850

To offer great features to their customers and to let them reap all the benefits from a true functionally rich and fully compatible phone, the Motorola i850 has been recently launched by Nextel Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. We know both these companies are leaders in their respective fields. As a result, this cell allows a high level of expression and personalization by enabling messages to include text, images and audio altogether along with great pictures using 310K digital camera. No doubt, the Motorola i850 can take your communication experience to a new level, no matter whether you are a busy professional or want a cellular phone for your personal use. With support for both Nextel Direct Connect, as well as Nextel’s new Group Connect Services, the new i850 allows flawless communication facilities. In the words of Rey Moré, senior vice president and general manager, “The Motorola i850 mobile phone is packed with advanced features that make it easy for users to stay connected. At the same time, it keeps users entertained with its integrated camera and downloadable games.”

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Yes, it is the age of science and technology, advanced computerization and electronic road maps – what you thought would be a dream seen only in secret agent 007’s movies is actually a reality today with the vehicle GPS system and even the intelligent mobile phone with GPS fitted for traveling abroad with ease of a talking road map! For, that is exactly what the international GPS mobile phone is all about – enabling easy navigational aid via the knowledge it gains from various satellites in space, which it transmits to the user so he or she knows just how to get from point A to B or even further on, in a matter of minutes.

Initially developed for the American ministry of Defense, the GPS system was later released for the public use also as it was a boon for senior, single or teen drivers besides parents and spouses wanting to keep a track of the whereabouts of their family and property, namely their precious set of wheels. Guided by the global positioning satellite in space, the magnetic navigation system which was formerly fitted on vehicles to update drivers about their position on a certain route or to tell the owner of the car where the car has been or is currently located, the GPS is an advanced system contained in a small box but big on features.

Whether this is mounted on the car’s dashboard or beneath the carriage, the auto navigation system helps direct the driver to track the vehicle’s location and future routes to take, depending on the command prompt instructions asked for by the driver. In much the same way, the international GPS equipped cell phone works to update the mobile user about where he is located currently in the scheme of a given travel plan and the destination info having been fed in, so it guides the user towards the last point through various set-routes.

The international GPS fitted cell phone offers the unique and convenient advantage of being a ready and accurate travel guide for the person traveling to a foreign land and sometimes, many international holiday makers, students or business travelers purchase the international GPS cell phone for an important trip, especially when going to an exotic locale. This electronically guided cell phone with GPS mechanism is not only far more convenient and space-saving, but always eliminates the fuss of handling paper maps, guide-books and other hard copy versions of directions that can be easily torn or fly-away – something that is not likely with the mobile navigation system of your international cell phone, now, is it? Not only is the mobile navigation system of the international GPS cell phone compatible to foreign languages, it also allows for multiple uses for the phone itself – emailing, making phone calls, playing electronic games, taking photographs and videos, making audio recordings and even storing new data – all in a compact size that is easy to carry with you on any foreign trip!

You can even make your regular cell phone GPS compatible, though it does pay to do some research on the cost factors this may entail for you – so, do enquire the same from your cell phone company before heading off to some pretty, foreign locale.