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Quote: I-phones have an option to let people track where you are. But I believe what it does is inform the other person which transmitter your phone is hooked into, not exactly where you are. I believe it is called 'location services' in the settings menu.
The iphone app. "find my phone" enables the user to log in on any computer, using their apple i.d. and password, and it will then find your phone's position using the built in GPS. and show it on a map. Accuracy within about 10 metres, so you can see if you've left it at a friend's house etc.
Very useful if you've mislaid your phone...you can send a message to it that appears on the screen asking whoever finds it to ring you, or you can disable the phone remotely to prevent use. (If you've got sensitive data in the phone, you can wipe it remotely as well).
Any good
http://www.mycelltracker.com/
There`s Google latitude as well but I don`t think its any good for the uk.
It's been on HTC phones for some time. Via HTC Sense "as long as you log in with your personal username and password" you can trace the location of your phone at any time, lock it rendering the device useless to anyone else, or erase the contents of the phone. As mentioned by Keithh, if the phone is supplied by an employer, then yes, easily done, although I think any employer is legally obliged to inform an employee that they are being tracked.
It is a useful feature and both my children switch in on when they plan to visit so we can track their progress; this allows us to be at the station on time, prepare a meal etc. We can also track them when they return thus have confirmation that their mobile has reached home at least. Both of them normally remember to switch this off at other times for privacy as there is no reason why we should track their every movement and, as far as I know, they only limit access to very close relatives. My son just bought me a Android Galaxy for my birthday which also has this feature. I will use the GPS facility to plot locations of my photos but cannot actually be tracked myself (other than when at home) as I am not paying for a mobile internet connection and nor have I enabled anyone to access the tracking.
Dave
There are lots of mobile phone tracker software are available at market used to tracking their mobile phones. It is very interesting spyware which can also help you to track your kid mobile phone. I have downloaded a software from the copy10 which is really great for me to track my friends and family location. 
In all the software I have seen and downloaded the person being tracked has to agree/allow that function. A request is sent to the person who is to be tracked and they either click yes or no. Glympse is one piece of software.
I'm am not sure about it being legal on work mobiles. I take mine home on evenings and weekends in case I am needed in an emergency. It would be violating my privacy (if not human rights) to be monitored in my private time without consent. The information could be used to see if I was home and possibly somebody could break in. I am sick of the 'Big brother' society we have. Only recently it was on the news of the expasion of high definition CCTV so that clear details of movements could be estabilshed. So basically if I wiped my nose when driving I could be 'done' for not having control over the vehicle.
Quote: I'm am not sure about it being legal on work mobiles.
If it is a work phone, and they probably have a clause that you cannot use it for personal use, in which case they have a right to use it if that is made clear when they give the phone to you. And if you are 'on call' you are, to some extent, on company time.
Quote: The information could be used to see if I was home and possibly somebody could break in.
I believe they can code it so only the company can use the software. But even a thief would need to know your name, work phone number and address by which time they already know more about you than I would be happy with.
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