I’m Not Lost – My Cell Phone Knows Wherever
I Am
by:
Gary Ruplinger
Do you remember the days once
a cell phone was simply a cell phone? You force
it out of your pocket to do a call and that was simply about it. Now your cell phone can take pictures, send text messages, play music, become your personal organizer, play games, and even as function as your GPS.
I’m not talking simply about the GPS chip embedded into all current cell phones. That GPS is only present to help emergency crews locate you in the event of an emergency (the same way that your land line wish give away your location). I’m talking simply about new Smart Phones that really integrate with new GPS devices, allowing you to obtain voice radio-controlled drive directions, trip planning, toll road avoidance, on the fly off-course rerouting, and now even as real time-traffic information that wish allow you to reroute to avoid heavy congestion. And for the cell phone purist, these new phones can even as do and obtain phone calls!
And simply like another new GPS systems you’ll have access to a immense information with points of interest. Need to cognize the nearest gas station? No problem. You can besides find the nearest restaurant, film theatre, and even as a parking garage – which is especially helpful if you’re in an foreign city. And if you happen to be somewhere wherever
you don’t have a elaborate map – no problem – this isn’t simply a GPS unit, it’s a Smart Phone so you can transfer
the map you need. The new SmartPhone GPS devices can easily replace your in-car navigation system.
Probably the most wide
used device for devising your Smart Phone an advanced GPS is the TomTom Mobile 5 http://www.gpsmaestro.com/tomtom/tomtommobile5). It’s presently
only accessible for a limited number of Smart Phones (check TomTom’s site for a list of supported phones). But for the phones it works with you’ll get an impressive list of features and you’ll even as be able to change the voice of the navigator to thing
much amusing (Darth Vader, anyone?). If you happen to live in the UK, you can besides get access to real time security camera information.
This is, of course, simply the next step in the ever evolving cell phone. Shortly new cell phones wish have GPS navigation technology built in and probably much features you’ve ne'er
even as thought to ask for.
About The Author
Gary Ruplinger is the webmaster and writer for GPS Maestro, site offering tips, tools, and reviews for GPS Devices. To discover more, please visit http://www.gpsmaestro.com.
This article was announce on Dec 12, 2005
