Tech Ticker » BlueSky positioning http://techtickerblog.com Fri, 25 May 2012 12:02:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Coming Soon: GPS Receiver on a SIM card http://techtickerblog.com/2008/11/20/coming-soon-gps-receiver-on-a-sim-card/ http://techtickerblog.com/2008/11/20/coming-soon-gps-receiver-on-a-sim-card/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:03:54 +0000 Kunal Gangar http://www.techtickerblog.com/?p=6045

 

Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning have announced that they are working on a new type of SIM card that incorporates a GPS receiver and an antenna. GPS feature is generally found in medium and high range phones, but with their SIM card even a sub-$50 handset can gain GPS functionality. The companies say with their SIM in place, it can give a rise to the usage of location-based services as also provide accurate positioning information of the phone during an emergency. The card will also support generic location-based services such as navigation, ‘find a place or person’ services and location-aware games.

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