If the Future fones for me...
tell it I moved
Boost Mobile, a so-called mobile virtual-network operator owned by Sprint Nextel, will offer a two-hour demonstration of buddy-tracking technology created by a start-up called Loopt. ...Using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, the application automatically updates the location of a user’s “buddies” and displays the information directly on a map on the phone. Alerts can also be sent to notify subscribers when a friend is near. ...
Boost Mobile, a so-called mobile virtual-network operator owned by Sprint Nextel, will offer a two-hour demonstration of buddy-tracking technology created by a start-up called Loopt. ...If analyst predictions are correct, more than half of the cell phone users in the United States will be using location-based services by 2010.
...it will cost $2.99 a month, including a mobile-blogging tool
Now here’s the quintessential example of lethal naivete:
"We have a lot of concerns about making sure a tracking service is done right,” [Verizon spokesman Jeffrey] Nelson said. “The last thing we want to do is let a genie out of a bottle and find that the service is misused."
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