Cellphones Get Personal — Maybe Too Personal

In this Reuters article, reporter Sinead Carew shows how people are using cellphone GPS in their everyday lives.

As Carew points out, it’s a technology that was originally designed to help emergency workers find callers in danger. But now consumers are using GPS to find good restaurants, or to replace expensive, separate in-car navigation systems. Field workers are also using them to in order to get to job locations faster.

There are also services geared toward parents. For example, several carriers, including Sprint, Verizon, and Disney, offer GPS monitoring that lets parents know where their kids are at all times.

The thought of that creeps us out. Apparently, we’re not the only ones; at the end of the article, IAG Research communications research vice president Roger Entner offers up this gem:

“It depends if you’re the ‘Every Breath You Take’ or the ‘If You Love Someone, Set Them Free’ type person,” said Entner, referring to two popular, Sting-penned rock songs to exemplify hands-on and hands-off personalities.

Phones that Tell You Where to Drive, Meet, Eat [Reuters via eWEEK]

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