GPS Chronicle: When Phone Met Location

GPS Chronicle: When Phone Met Location
by Majeed Ahmad on 08-10-2015 at 12:00 pm

Benefon, one of the GSM pioneers, was the first handset maker to marry cellular with GPS in response to the European Union’s Mobile Rescue Phone (MORE) project during the mid-1990s. The result of this ambitious effort was the launch of the Benefon Esc! phone in late 1999 and Benefon Track device in 2000.

The Esc! phone was splash-proof… Read More