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by on May 24, 2006
No wonder that GPS within gadgets is a success because you can track your route, the topography or even the barometric altimeters (changes in ambient air pressure).
These GPS features are now build in a mobile phone that you wear anyway.
In March, Sprint Nextel introduced BiM Active, a subscription feature for $9.99 a month that turns the phone into a GPS unit for cyclists, runners and walkers. A user can flip open a phone and toggle to BiM Active, input what type of exercise he or she plans to do, and with the press of a button, the phone will map the route while continuously calculating and charting Elevation, distance traveled and miles per hour.
via Journal Gazette
Some more information:
The phone beeps at predetermined intervals and provides other information such as weather conditions for the area mapped. Unlike most recreational GPS units, the phone will provide a choice of street, topography or satellite maps for charting the route. Then, this can be transferred to a Web site that serves as a virtual training
Higher-end models range from $250 to $400. Bare-bones versions, available for under $100, have simple operating systems offering basic maps.
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