GPS Technology

Very soon, the most common phrase transiting through mobile phone networks will no longer be "Where are you? but "I see you."

While satellite navigation via Global Positioning System (GPS) have been helping earthbound humans to visualize and plot everything from U.S. military movements to lost hikers since the 1970s, GPS and other mobile location-based services (LBS) have only recently begun to infiltrate our personal handsets.

"Many phone companies offer a cell-based location system," says Lawrence Cheung, principal consultant of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC).

"The system works by locating the strongest nearby cell signals that are visible by the device's antenna, which can determine its position with an accuracy of around 200 meters. Hong Kong has about 1,500 cell towers."

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Fast paced Technology - Now cycle rickshaws are just a phone call away

A group of engineering graduates have set up a concept called 'Ecocab call centre' to overcome the routine transportation problem in Fazilka (Punjab).

It has made the popular mode of local transportation—cycle rickshaw—just a phone call away.

Initiated by the Graduates Welfare Association of former IITians, Ecocab Call Centres have been set up all over the town to help residents of Fazilka to enable accessing cycle rickshaws without difficulty.

Fazilka is the first town in the country where rickshaws can be summoned by a phone call.

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3G will be replaced by 4G soon

4G (also known as Beyond 3G), an abbreviation for Fourth-Generation, is a term used to describe the next complete evolution in wireless communications. A 4G system will be able to provide a comprehensive IP solution where voice, data and streamed multimedia can be given to users on an "Anytime, Anywhere" basis, and at higher data rates than previous generations.

As the second generation was a total replacement of the first generation networks and handsets; and the third generation was a total replacement of second generation networks and handsets; so too the fourth generation cannot be an incremental evolution of current 3G technologies, but rather the total replacement of the current 3G networks and handsets. The international telecommunications regulatory and standardization bodies are working for commercial deployment of 4G networks roughly in the 2012-2015 time scale. At that point it is predicted that even with current evolutions of third generation 3G networks, these will tend to be congested.

There is no formal definition for what 4G is; however, there are certain objectives that are projected for 4G. These objectives include: that 4G will be a fully IP-based integrated system. 4G will be capable of providing between 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s speeds both indoors and outdoors, with premiumquality and high security. ^[1]

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iPhone - what users say??

Enthusiastic new iPhone owners are starting to sound like the cast of long-running stage musical: "I Love you, You're Perfect, Now Change." Only days after snapping up the latest iPhone, they still glow over their purchase -- but already are brainstorming ideas Steve Jobs could use for Apple Inc's next iPhone

In comparison to last year's model, the latest iPhone's snappier Web speeds, better sound quality, location-aware navigation, and third-party application store left new owners with no doubts that waiting in line for hours was worth it.

But even the happiest among them offered tips for improvements for the iPhone -- at heart a powerful computer and communications device -- as well as reasons why it won't completely replace other gear such as BlackBerrys or laptops.
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