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GPS Tracking For Your Palm Treo 650 Phone
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mdflynn writes "After a vacation or even a short trip, it's gratifying to be able to look back on a map and follow where you've been and the places you've visited. It would be even better if your travels could be tracked automatically, and even let your family and friends see where you are as you travel from place to place. Here's an open source solution that can turn your Palm Treo 650 Smartphone into a GPS tracking device and have the data sent back to your computer over the phone's wireless data service, where you'll even be able to view the data on a map."
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