GPS on mobiles could benefit social networking
25 May 2007
One of the key features that is set to make an entrance onto mobile phones in the near future is the Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Sony Ericsson believes it can be a social networking tool.Rather than being a bland system, Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications said that it could prove to be much more communicative and personal.
Mr Flint told the news agency Reuters’ Global Technology, Media and Telecoms summit: “One of the more compelling things that we might use every day is the integration of that information into knowing where my friends are.”
GPS chips are most commonly found in car navigation systems and they utilise satellites in order to provide the user with accurate information regarding their whereabouts.
Nokia’s chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo had earlier in the week expressed similar sentiments to Mr Flint, stating that mobile phones can prove to be very useful tools regarding social networking. “Your community’s in your pocket,” he said at a shareholders meeting.
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