In this week's edition of The Fonecast we're talking about privacy on iPhones, Nokia's smartphone plans, phoning via Facebook, legal battles and complaints to Ofcom.
We also prepare for our forthcoming 250th podcast by turning the clock back to 2007, when we discussed the 'cashback crisis' that had hit a number of mobile retailers.
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Global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increased almost 97% in 2010 to 295 million units, according to a new report from Berg Insight.
Shipments of GPS-equipped phones are expected to reach 940 million units in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 28.8%.
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Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan have told the Where 2.0 conference in San Francisco that Apple's iPhone monitors and records its location as it's used.
It appears that the phone's latitude and longitude, along with the time, are stored in a file that can be synchronised with the user's computer.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Mobile phones are vicious creatures. First they delivered a mortal blow to landline phones.
Emboldened, they began roaming the world looking for victims. They found plenty.
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O2 Media - the mobile advertising part of O2 - says its O2 More 'personalised media service' now has two million customers. It launched less than 1½ years ago in late 2009.
The O2 More service combines O2's own customer data with additional information provided by participating consumers. As a result, O2 More can offer personalised and even location-based advertising campaigns to its partners.
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