Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Wireless
There’s not too many deets on this just yet, but apparently, UK’s CSR is getting set to showcase a technology known as eGPS (enhanced Global Positioning System, if you couldn’t guess) at Mobile World Congress 2008. According to the firm, it delivers a “universal positioning capability that will not only work reliably indoors and in zero GPS signal conditions, but greatly speed time to fix in poor GPS reception areas where most handsets are used.” More specifically, it can “exploit data available from the cellular network to speed GPS fixes and provide complementary, fast, and reliable location sensing when GPS signals are weak or unavailable.” Best of all, the firm is hoping to add eGPS capabilities to handsets for under $1 per unit, and it’s also using the stage in Barcelona to trumpet a single-chip GPS receiver with embedded Bluetooth and FM radio. Unfortunately, mum’s the word on when this stuff will actually find its way into mobiles.
[Via NaviGadget]
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Original post by Darren Murph
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