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To: Paul Chiu who wrote (68779)	9/17/2007 7:58:06 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

it's awesome yeah, but others maybe scared that you may as well implant a tracking chip under your skin. i too love google maps and especially how fantastic it looks with the iPhone, but imagine your wife knowing exactly where you are at 2am in the morning. People dont pay much attention to it, but every CDMA handset sold in the last five years has had assisted-GPS. It is used to identify your location when you call 911. The carriers just havent chosen to rollout location based services (at least partially due to privacy fears). Slacker

To: Paul Chiu who wrote (68779)	9/18/2007 12:39:56 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

>>it's awesome yeah, but others maybe scared that you may as well implant a tracking chip under your skin. i too love google maps and especially how fantastic it looks with the iPhone, but imagine your wife knowing exactly where you are at 2am in the morning.<< Paul - I know you're kidding here, but those who might get paranoid about having a GPS chip in their cellphones should realize that anyone who is running around with any cellphone can be located right now using triangulation from within the carrier's network. And actually, since GPS is "receive only", it doesn't make a difference. Won't help anybody track you. So tell your mistress to relax. ;-) Now, if your wife works for the cellphone company that provides your service, that's another matter. - Allen