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by jnewell » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:02 pm

I think, Verizon offers some sort of tracking service, but I could be wrong.

by Guest » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:58 am

Darn. I have a family plan and 5 verizon phones. But, would really really like the tracking feature. Also, in my area, the coverage is the best with verizon.

Dave

by jnewell » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:33 am

Not to my knowledge. While GPS apps are beginning to appear on other carriers, NextelSprint iDEN is still to only platform that I am aware of that allows open access to GPS data and allows that data to be sent directly to a host. I've heard that Sprint has done something to open up the Blackberry GPS capabilities, but I don't know the details. The BB is too high end for my area of interest.
Even if Sprint decides to open up GPS access and even possibly provide autonomous handset capability on CDMA handsets (a biggie for tracking apps that might be used outside of cellular coverage), the J2ME environment is lacking in the features needed for an "enterprise" class app. For one, most phones do not run MIDlets in the background.

---joe

by h2ofun » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:24 am

verizon yet?

Dave

by jnewell » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:44 pm

I know of no other carrier that is planning to offer similar capabilities required to support a tracking solution like Accutracking. At least not for the next 6 months.
Of course anything's possible.

Verizon

by newbe » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:36 am

Does any other carrier plan on using this soon, like Verizon?

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