Epson to Debut Micro GPS Module for Smartphones

Seiko Epson has designed a single-chip GPS module that measures 13 x 8 x 1.28 mm and will be used in future smartphones. The S4E19863 GPS chip will be available to developers in Japan this October, by 2007 all 3G mobile phones are expected to be equipped with GPS functionality.

Position information is becoming a huge emergency service feature, with a GPS enabled phone, exact coordinates can be given to a 911 operator at the time a call is placed, this information would also be readily available to any American government security organization, the newly passed Patriot Act by US Congress and George W. Bush gives them authority to use this information and almost anything else in a corporate or private database concerning you.