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German smart card maker Sagem Orga has teamed up with BlueSky Positioning to integrate A-GPS receiver on regular SIM cards. The idea is more than sound, as it will allow users with handsets that don’t come with an integrated GPS receiver to use location based services. Carriers could bundle the special SIM card with some special offerings and entice users to join the new “mobile-location service wave” or simply provide older parents/children watching services.
Here’s what Sagem Orga says about its product:
The primary purpose of A-GPS SIM is to provide accurate positioning information of the phone to emergency services in case of an emergency call as required by E112 and E911 legislation in the EU and the U.S. respectively. In addition to this, it can support generic location-based services such as navigation, “find a place or person” services, location-aware games, and many more.
On the other hand, I’m not sure a chip that small, which can be placed on a SIM card can do the job properly. Luckily it’s a A-GPS, meaning that cellular towers will also help along the way.
[Via: Navigadget]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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