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GPS receiver built into a SIM card

By Mikael Svardh Tuesday November 18, 2008

It actually sounds a bit too good to be true but Sagem is a trustworthy company and the invention was actually announced sometime last year. Today they announced that they have managed to embed a whole GPS receiver into a traditional SIM card which would make it possible to bring GPS functionality into any phone.

Sagem to Embed GPS Receiver into SIM Cards [cellular-news.com]

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