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Old 15th January 2008 | 14:04
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airborne_artist
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As little as five years ago, having photo/video cameras and GPS in a cell phone would have seemed somewhat .... let's say "futuristic" ?
Only to my Granny. That kind of functionality has been possible for quite some time, with the first commercial camera in a phone in 1998/9.

The issue with GPS in the handset is mostly about the intellectual property of the GPS chipsets, and arguments about how the mobile carriers will implement the technology and as importantly, make money from it. SiRF and Qualcomm had GPS chipsets available for mobile phones in I think 2002, and certainly 2003.

FWIW I first saw GPS in the flesh, and working, in 1978.
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