GPS Phone Tells Others Where You Are

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @12:44PM from the twig-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "According to CNet, a company called Benefon has launched a cell phone with a built in GPS receiver — nothing new there. However, this particular GPS cell phone, called the Twig, does something extra. It can send your GPS coordinates to another Twig owner and then that person can navigate directly to you using the preloaded navigation software. Sounds like this could save a lot of time and effort when trying to explain to the in-laws where your new apartment is." The article says that the phone will cost £330 in the UK, or about $625.

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Hey... by viper21 · 2006-10-31 12:46 · Score: 4, Funny

Can you see me now?

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Re:Yawn... by Zadaz · 2006-10-31 16:56 · Score: 4, Interesting

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. And the other person only needs a web-enabled phone to see where I am.

But then again I bought this phone in Japan 2 years ago for less than $200. It only has:
- GPS/Navi
- TV/DVR
- 2 MP camera.
- Music player
- QR Code reader.
- English and Japanese translation dictionaries.

Probably time to upgrade.