Selling the GPS Idea Cell phone companies didn't originally ... because most cell-phone companies have locked away the information inside the phone where customers can't retrieve it.

For a phone, running GPS-based apps takes a lot ... you can preview or research routes inside. With a GPS, the receiver will need to have an unobstructed view of the satellites for it to connect.

All CDMA phones sold in the States these days have GPS technology. When people hear that, many of them want to know if the phone can display your current latitude and longitude. However it works a ...

Startup Xona Space Systems hopes to provide an unspoofable alternative to increasingly threatened GPS.