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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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No prizes for guessing where i am right now, lol
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Mario,
Check out this GPS-cell-SIM article published a day or two ago, care of www.theregister.co.uk :
'Blue Sky squeezes GPS onto a SIM
Dawn of the next killer app?
GMTClick here to discuss B.I. with other Reg readers Just as we were predicting the end of SIM technological development, along comes a technology which really could be a killer application - a complete GPS system embedded inside one.
At the SIMposium in Berlin, Blue Sky Positioning announced it has developed a complete GPS system, including the antenna, which physically fits in, and works from within, a mobile phone SIM slot.
GPS receivers have been rapidly shrinking in recent years, but this marks a massive reduction in size as well as the technical feat of receiving GPS satellite signals from a space sandwiched between the phone battery and circuit board. It's A-GPS, so much of the processing is done off the SIM, using data sent over SMS or similar, but the technical challenges are still considerable.
BlueSky Positioning CEO Risto Savolainen said: "We are only allowed [by the GSM SIM standard] to draw six milliamps, which was a challenge."
One of many, it would seem. When it comes to picking up the GPS signal Blue Sky Positioning had a novel approach: "Most antennas are designed in free space, to have nothing around them. We started out knowing that there would be metal all around us. That's our secret - how the antenna works, but when we take away the battery, take the SIM out of the phone, the signal is no longer there."
The SIM is of standard size and shape, though wouldn't pass the full ISO tests for flexibility and robustness.
While we may be dismissive of increasing the memory on a SIM, or adding cryptography for banking, we can't ignore the potential of adding a GPS capability to any handset simply by replacing the SIM.
Very low-end handsets only display text menus from the SIM, so location-based services would be limited to applications such as asking for the location of the nearest pizza parlour and receiving a response over SMS.
Slightly more expensive handsets let the SIM trigger the handset browser with a specific URL. GPS on the SIM would enable it to request information from websites based on its current location.
Handsets supporting JSR177 (enabling Java applications to talk to the SIM), or those using open operating systems such as Windows Mobile and Symbian, could support the full mapping, location, and route-planning capabilities already familiar in dedicated GPS devices.
Blue Sky Positioning says it's already got prototypes and is working with SIM manufacturers to start production. It expects to have production samples by July, so we'll have to wait until then to find out the final utility and cost of the concept. But if it performs half as well as Blue Sky Positioning claims, it could well be the killer application we so badly failed to find in Prague. '
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Kryptik,
Have fun at that wedding, boet.
Take it easy with messrs Walker, Daniels, The Good Captain et al; I'm sure you wouldn't want to face the wrath of the neo-nazi PE traffic cops on the Friday night of a long weekend 
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
Nokia 5800, Sony Ericsson P1i, Nokia 7600. |
Falcon786
Joined: Sep 09, 2005
Posts: 139
From: Vereeniging-South Africa
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wanqa i'm also looking forward to it lol but gotta first get down to cleaning the glass...hobbs i run mxit and mig33 and they run properly on the n95 but i prefer to run it on the v3x as typing is more comfortable and quicker on it.the n95 creates quite a stir everywhere i go!
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
Posts: 375
From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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@ Falcon so hows the music quality on your N-95?
Yad. Hey. Vav. Hey.
'' So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God who makes things grow, is important'' (1 Corinthians 3:7)
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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V3x has a nice big keypad, but hey dude,you got a 'the king of phones at the moment',throw that V3x down the toilet man lol Only jokes.I can imagine the stir you cause with that N95.Get a pouch that attaches to the front of your head.Advertise it.If thats your thing.Hope you making the most of it.Enjoy.I love my P990i.  |
amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Talk about a major drop in price...the very bling LG Shine on PAYG has plummeted in price at the UK's Phones4U chain store.
It is on Virgin, so the phone will have some light branding and would need to be unlocked, which will cost another £10.
Still, at £139.95 (approx R1960), it's a near £100 drop in price:
http://www.phones4u.co.uk/special-offers/clearance.asp
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
Nokia 5800, Sony Ericsson P1i, Nokia 7600. |
amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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More Virgin specials, this time at The Link.
They're now including a free 1 Gig MP3 player (as opposed to the 512MB ones on other PAYG deals on the same site) with the girly pink Samsung E900's, costing just under £100 (approx R1400), or £10 off if you trade in any old brick in working order..
http://www.thelink.com/martprd/product/samsung/e900/741231
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
Nokia 5800, Sony Ericsson P1i, Nokia 7600. |
Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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James Bond has a Sony Ericsson.Now thats cool. |
Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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i managed to watch most of Australia's batting against Sri Lanka. Damn, those boys are in form, the Sri Lankans certainly aren't going to have a pleasant time of things...
I'm not superstitious, merely mildly stitious. |
Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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They in with a chance the sri lankans.144 for 2.need 138 off 91 |
Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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Ok.maybe not. |
amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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A bit of a farcical ending to a rather chequered world cup...
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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I'm glad to say that I didn't watch one over of this final. Was flipping through the channels when I saw Gilchrist raising his bat in acknowledgement of his ton.
Liar liar pants on fire/ You burning up like David Koresh- Ghostface Killah |
amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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This SA thread has now moved up to 8th position in the all-time biggest threads on esato. Out of the still-active threads in the top 20, we lie 5th overall.
http://www.esato.com/board/stats.php
Keep it rolling, guys. 
He who laughs last... thinks slowest.
Nokia 5800, Sony Ericsson P1i, Nokia 7600. |
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