Unlike Four Square, Gowalla and Co is possible by Glympse the location tracking of a GPS-enabled smartphones real time. The user has to do not check in at a particular location, but share only the GPS data transmission in the mobile app, and already the location data transmitted in real time. Apps are available for this free service now for iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile Smartphone, not (yet) but for Windows Mobile 7 as well as BlackBerry and Symbian.
not everyone will automatically show the location of a user can see, the service generates a custom link that the user then transmitted to the contacts either by e-mail or SMS and can of course publish it on Twitter. The trick: The delivery location can be limited either to a specific period and to a certain route. For example, the girlfriend at home, follow the path of her friend on the way home from work on a Google Maps map or an athlete to protect themselves in addition to a hiking or ski tour by the position determination. Defines the transmission by a destination point, at which point the transmission will automatically end.
The permanent GPS app, however, the activities a considerable strain on the battery. For long car trips, it is therefore quite reasonable to connect the phone to a charger.
details: Windows Björn's Blog , Blog thoughts
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