The rise of GPS on smartphones

The days of the dedicated standalone GPS device might be numbered, as users increasingly demand two-way interaction with their gadgets, reports the New York Times.

“The emerging generation of navigation devices have the ability to connect to the Internet and to one other. They communicate among themselves to give drivers up-to-the-minute traffic information; when one GPS gets bogged down in a traffic jam, it tells the others. They use the Internet to make sure that information traditionally filed under points of interest, including where restaurants are and what they serve, never goes out of date.

They tell not only where a gas station is, but how much its gas costs that day. They hold an address book with names and numbers of all your friends and business contacts.

And, in all likelihood, you already own one. It’s called a cellphone.”

Via – New York Times

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