I just saw this on CNBC Asia and quickly tracked it online. This could be the end of hide-and-seek between kids and their parents. Announced today Sprint Nextel just launched a locator service called Family Locator. The new service allows parents to use either a phone or PC to pinpoint the location of a child. The location is generated on a map with the nearest address and surrounding landmarks along with the accuracy of the location. For $9.99 a month you can make your kids nightmare come true.

The Mio A701 Phone comes with GPS, a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, an SD slot, 128 MB ROM memory, 64 MB RAM memory, USB port, and handwriting recognition. This all the while being a PDA that runs on Windows Mobile 5.0. It’ll run you about £390 ($680 US). Info via Red Ferret.

Samsung continues to put out brand new phones with brand new technology. The newest advancement for their phones is talking GPS. Now you can have your GPS that talks on the go at all times. Not only does the SCH-W399 will have GPS, but it has a camera, 57mb of on-board memory, and 2.2 inch screen that can support 260,000 colors with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels. Via New Launches.

Swiss-based ImCoSys has just announced its June 2006 release of its Linux Smartphone. The phone will feature GPS, Bluetooth, an internet browser with email functions, a document viewer that supports PDFs, a touchscreen, 64 MB Flash, and few other goodies (but no camera). The price will be around 300 Euros (about $350). Info via The Gadget Blog.

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