GPS and mobile Internet are high on the wish lists of cell phone users looking to upgrade to new phones. In part, the interest is due to a wave of $99-a-month plans by carriers that includes ...

Cell phone companies didn't originally want to put GPS receivers into cell phones. But several years ago, the Federal Communications Commission required them to come up with a way to locate their ...

More Than 550 Million GPS-Enabled Handsets Will Ship by 2012, Says ABI Research In the wake of personal navigation devices’ success, cellular carriers have started to offer on-board and off-board ...

Talk to Me, GPS . I tried the cell phone apps in metropolitan areas, such as Pasadena, greater Los Angeles, and Irwindale; I also took them on a longer road trip along the coast of California, ...

If you have an old phone that isn’t hooked up to a mobile data plan, you should still be able to use the phone as a GPS in ...

Any use of a hand-held phone such as calling, texting or scrolling is going to be illegal starting August first.

He also sometimes keeps his phone in a Faraday bag, designed to block radio signals such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Cell phones cannot receive calls or texts in these pouches because the ...

A new study offers a stark reminder of how pervasive cell phone use while driving is for young people, as findings ...

Scientists are testing an alternative to the global position system (GPS) that uses phone signals to act as an emergency backup for pilots in case their standard in-flight equipment is jammed or ...

Zephr has emerged from stealth with radical plans to dramatically improve GPS — using cell phones with zero hardware modifications. Mobile devices have abysmal GPS accuracy, which prevents ...

Cell phone GPS data collected from inside moving vehicles shows what civil rights groups have long maintained: Police are more likely to stop and to ticket drivers of color.