Telstra customers will receive the same service telco companies have been providing the law authorities for years, the ability to track people's location by their mobile phone.
A new player has entered the mobile handset market with a strategy of standing out from the crowd.
The imminent convergence of GPS technology and the Internet has implications that could change the way you think about IT. Find out what's already being developed in this area and how it might fit into your strategy.
Internet2 has announced that Qwest will extend its role as the keeper of the project for another five years and upgrade the backbone speed by four times to 10 gigabits per second by October 2003, roughly more than 155,000 times faster than a standard dial-up modem connection.
Smart cars will increase safety, be easier to drive, ease congestion, decrease death tolls on the roads and entertain passengers by including high-tech bonus features. Will they drive into everyday life, or are they destined to be garaged in the future? ZDNet provides you with a realistic look at how technology will change your ride.
Imagine for a minute -- just imagine -- that all the Google phone rumours are true and the search giant is about to bring out its own mobile device. What can Google give us that the existing handset makers can't?
Tech companies love to produce flashy videos gazing into the future. If only all their dreams could come true
I can't wait for the new iPhone to come out mainly because I'm so dog-tired of listening to the never-ending screeds of rumour mongering nonsense speculating on what functionality the device will have that come out every single day. So I've decided to join in. I'm 100 per cent convinced the new iPhone will run Vista and have WiMax connectivity. In fact I'd bet my house on it.
During a trip to the US four years ago, I rented a car fitted with an XM satellite radio which gave me well over 100 radio stations, each carrying a continuous stream of crystal-clear talk radio or music in a surprising array of genres.
Today I'm taking a dip into the most interesting patents -- and patently silly ideas -- and what manner of messed-up services may be coming to your handset before too long, including the fertility phone, smellophone and Feng Shui phone.
The imminent convergence of GPS technology and the Internet has implications that could change the way you think about IT. Find out what's already being developed in this area and how it might fit into your strategy.
If you're looking to get organised digitally for the first time, and are a little bamboozled by what's out there, we've corralled together the best PDAs for first timers.
Not convinced Apple's iPhone is the 'must have' device it's been heralded as? We take a look at a few alternatives that provide some advantages over the iPhone in its current incarnation.
Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so.
With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.
The 8110 isn't so much an updated model as its virtually identical to the previously released Pearl 8120, excluding the fact that the 8110 includes a GPS chipset, but is without Wi-Fi.
It may not be entirely rational buying a GPS for its beautiful screen and multimedia features, but the 312 almost makes the case despite its numerous bugs and flaws.
Even with GPS and its expected lower price-tag the P3470 will struggle without Wi-Fi or 3G data speeds.
It works well as a GPS navigator but, as a phone, the slow responses and awful text messaging really let the A702 down.
Want free Web surfing on an easy to use and speedy device? Then the PocketSurfer 2 is exactly not what you're looking for.
Apple drops iPhone NDA
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