GPS Cell Phone Tracking Reaches All Time High

Dec. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- There are more people using some GPS tracking applications for cell phone than there are in over a hundred of the countries in the world.  According to Google, 9 million users are actively utilizing their real time tracking application, Google Latitude.  With this extensive reach of cell phone tracking one has to wonder what are the options available for users of this powerful technology.  Are they all forced into using certain applications or is there a market out there for developers?

According to GPS For Today, a leading voice in personal GPS tracking information for individuals and families, there are lots of options for the average consumer.  Many of these options are free and they are only limited by the operating system on your cell phone.  In their article about free cell phone trackers (http://www.gpsfortoday.com/free-gps-cell-phone-tracking/) they outline over a dozen of the most popular free tracking apps for cell phones of all varieties.

There are three main leaders in the world of smart cell phones vying for the dominant role in the field.  Apple has led the way for several years now with their iPhone which is wildly popular among all types of people.  A tracking app developer could make a good bit of money creating apps for this phone because the user base is so large.  If you are hip or do not understand how to us a computer you probably are using an iPhone.

Another key leader is the Android - the operating system owned by Google.  More recent than the iPhone, Android is on dozens of smart phones across a wide variety of markets.  It is one of the fastest growing cell phone operating systems and will soon rival iPhone as the dominate force in the industry.  Android phones come stock with a lot of the Google tracking software already installed, like Google Latitude (http://www.gpscellphonetrackingtips.com/free-gps-cell-pho...).  There are also many other apps for this platform and new trackers are being developed each month and more and more customers are being exposed to the power of the Android OS.

That last of the three major players in the smart phone industry is BlackBerry.  Each year this company out of Canada ships out more cell phones than the year before.  Their customers are fiercely loyal and they could continue to be a power for many more years to come.  Their base of business users make them incredibly influential in the market.  There is simply no counting them out.

Among these three major players there are two main varieties of apps.  There are those that work across multiple platforms and those that work on only one operating system.  Chances are the trackers that are able to work across the multiple platforms are going to be the longest lasting and most profitable.

There is a ton of money to be made in this field and many companies are poised to do so.  Consumers interested in this technology should be wary of just downloading any app.  Interested parties should check out http://www.gpsfortoday.com for additional information about the applications that work best on their phones.

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GPS For Today provides information on GPS tracking devices for everyday people looking to make use of this powerful technology. They discuss all device types ranging from the ever popular cell phone to the small personal GPS tracker.