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r4i cardGPS Emerging As a Handy Technology
Ever since GPS technology has been made open for consumer use it has been readily adopted for the convenience it provides by offering accurate navigation services. According to Associated Press report GPS sales have grown to be four times of what they were a year ago.
Although GPS devices are not as popular as smartphones are today, the increased sales of GPS devices show how they have been readily embraced by people. Expected growth calls for widening horizons of the GPS application development market. Applications with valuable features at low prices are being focused on to win over customers. Prices for GPS devices are dropping dramatically as their usage is becoming more widespread.
Today sophisticated GPS devices are available in the market that offers email,Buy DVD Driver, messaging, MP3 facilities and more consumer friendly features. The trend is shifting towards an all in one device and hence we see that GPS devices today offer more than navigation features.
Taking into account the advantages of GPS and the trend for having maximum features in one device, today most of the mobile phones offer GPS features. The use of GPS technology in mobiles is not a new phenomenon but it is now that its usage has become more common.
Researchers have found that mobile handsets with Global Positioning System are commonly used by those who need navigation services while driving.
Having the Global Positioning System in mobile phones proves to be quite handy for people who want to keep a tab on their friend's locations. With it an exact location can easily be traced. This is another attractive feature that proves to be very beneficial in case of emergency situations. Movement of vehicles can also be traced and that is the reason why most of the companies and business owners use it to track the movement of their vehicles accurately.
In 2010 Google reported that the smartphones users having Android operating system navigated over 1,000,000,000 (1-billion) miles using their free turn-by-turn GPS software.
The advantages of GPS technology are manifold but it also has a disadvantage to it. The major disadvantage reported is the privacy factor. Many people find that the GPS technology interferes with their privacy by providing detailed information about their location. This issue is being addressed by companies. However, in comparison to this disadvantage the advantages are too great to ignore the technology.
