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To: Dan Fleuris who wrote (83559)	7/2/2009 2:54:42 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Respond to of 213182

You can get cheap, small GPS devices that act like a beacon and send out SMS messages containing their current location. I don't think this is possible on the iPhone (without jailbreaking it) because it requires the ability to run in the background. The iPhone can do it, but we're not allowed to do it.

To: Dan Fleuris who wrote (83559)	7/2/2009 4:55:24 PM
From: Dave Budde	Respond to of 213182

You can set the interval to be what you want so it won't drain the battery. But, you are right, it can't run in the background nor can any other third party apps on the iphone. Until Apple allows this there won't be a third party app for that.