Re: [MLUG] Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] I saw an OpenMoko phone today...

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Different from what?  Is there a way for you to find your location using
an ordinary cell phone?  Apparently Google is planning to make it possible
for you to do that (probably to within three miles in the worst case).
If there is some way for me to do that now, please tell me what it is.
If the phone company can do it, great, but it doesn't do me any good
unless they are willing to tell me where I am.

The companies and the phones can tell where you are. They just lock the info from you because they suck. Some phones even had the info available to all programs and then were changed by an update to block the info unless you paid a lot of money to join the developer's program. I'm pretty sure that ever since they were required to put 911 on cell phones that all cell phones and carriers have been required to be able to give your phones approximate location.

Some carriers will let you see this info in their proprietary interfaces. Nextel phones often have this option and they do not include GPS in the phone.
 
> I'm imaging a Wii-controller like gadget with a built in screen and
> speaker that can be used to act out sword fights, magic spells, guns,
> healing, etc and will interact with the remote server from anywhere. The
> server can know where you are and what you're doing and can speak to you
> and instruct you what you need to do.

Would that controller attach to the phone?  By bluetooth?

The controller would be the phone. It's just a toy that happens to use the cell network to talk to servers - no need to make phone calls on it. Or at least phone calls wouldn't be the primary purpose. It might be weird talking into something that looks like a Wiimote.
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