Sprint Navigation gives accurate turn-by-turn directions, but the interface isn’t as user-friendly as that of AT&T or Verizon’s applications. To see how they stacked up, I tried all three apps on ...

Global Positioning System (GPS) capability is one of the most popular new features for current and next-generation cell phones. Using the GPS feature and associated firmware, it is possible to ...

In an attempt to attract customers to its cell phone services, Sprint offers GPS for free to those with data plans starting at $20 a month. Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter Marguerite Reardon ...

There are hundreds of phone tracker apps on the internet, with millions of users all across the globe. Still, cell phone tracking is a little bit of a sensitive subject. Some believe it is a breach of ...

Avi Greengart has what may be the funniest — and truest — explanation of why GPS on cell phones is now probably the most desired feature on mobiles. “It’s really the best of both worlds, because women ...

Global Positioning System, which is also known as GPS, has been there since 1973. It has the potential to determine the exact time and location of a device with the help of a network of satellites.

Two phone companies recently added a global positioning feature to cell phones, which allows friends to locate each other with a push of a button, to the pleasure of protective parents but the chagrin ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — Yesterday I upgraded my old-and-busted BlackBerry Pearl for the new hotness: The BlackBerry Pearl 8110, which has built-in GPS. So far I’ve found the experience of using the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Is law enforcement tracking your cell phone’s GPS more like intercepting a phone call ...