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Friday, Aug 15
GPS Players Aim to Navigate the Mobile Market
Meanwhile GPS veteran Garmin started offering its navigation software for the likes of BlackBerry and other smartphones last year. Garmin’s service even works with phones that don’t have native GPS by including an SD card-sized GPS unit that plugs right in. image courtesy of Garmin
Wednesday, Jun 18
The Commoditization of GPS & the Golden Age of Location-based Services
Indeed, Garmin and TomTom need to figure out a way to add more intelligence to their systems. Custom versions of their devices aren’t enough — they need to embrace the concept of connectedness. One way would be to buy Silicon Valley-based Dash Navigation, which has a connected device that p...
Friday, May 30
The New iPhone’s New Winner
But whether it’s a new 2G model or a super-fast 3G, there is one thing that’s for sure: The new iPhone has Global Positioning System (GPS) built into it, thanks to legal requirements put in place by the FCC. The company supplying the GPS to iPhone is going to be a big winner in this space; accord...
Saturday, Apr 7
12 tips before you buy Nokia N95
Navigation & Media Key: The navigation keypad is also pretty easy to use and is clutter free, though “accept call” and “end call” keys are small. The Media key is finally doing what it says, and opens up a lush interface, which basically lets you navigate through most of the important ap...
