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US: Connected PND test

Edmunds Daily has published an article talking about a road test of four connected PNDs in the US: TomTom, Alpine, Insignia and TeleNav. Excerpts: Using a cellular connection (or an FM signal as an...

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The growth of the connected PND market

Connected PNDs are now entering the navigation market, driven by TomTom’s product line. Following their high-range products (740 and 940), the Dutch company recently introduced a mid-range TomTom XL...

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Smartphone OS & browser trends

Opera has said that its Mini browser recorded more than 23.4 million users worldwide in April, jumping 140 percent compared to the year ago period. In AdMob’s monthly report that analyzes its own...

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ViaMichelin and Nokia sign strategic agreement

ViaMichelin and Nokia have announced a strategic global agreement. The new service will enable access from Nokia phones equipped with the latest version of Ovi Maps for devices (i.e. Nokia Maps) to the...

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Handset makers, carriers push social nets beyond Smartphones

Social networks are some of the most popular sites on the mobile web, and while its easy to access them with a smartphone, it gets a whole lot harder using a standard feature phone. According to...

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LG’s first off-board navigation service

“Wisepilot for LG”, powered by Appello and deCarta, is a turn-by-turn navigation software for cars and pedestrians. The solution features several additional services available free of charge: Wcities...

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Garmin-ASUS to ship Android phone in 2010

Garmin-ASUS has indicated that it would launch an Android phone in early 2010. While short on details, the smartphone partnership said it would still use Garmin’s GPS navigation and that it wouldn’t...

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Alternative positioning technologies for mobile phones

It will take several years before GPS becomes widespread in mid- and low-end handsets in Europe and Asia. The absence of widespread GPS availability in non-smartphone handsets has opened the door for...

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Opera retakes lead in mobile browser wars

Opera has reclaimed the lead as the world’s most popular mobile browser. The Opera web browser overtook the iPhone in May, winning 24.6 per cent of the global mobile browser market, compared to the...

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Vodafone Australia: GPS on your mobile phone vs in-car systems

Today, in-car GPS still holds an accuracy advantage and turn-by-turn navigation is still limited on the handset. But TomTom is expected to launch a service for iPhone users in future, and like any...

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Mobile advertising is set to grow and reach $5.7bn by 2014

Advertising budgets for mobile channels are expected to buck the downward trend and exhibit strong growth over the next five years, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report found...

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Sony Ericsson to launch app store

Sony Ericsson has announced the imminent addition of applications to its mobile content service, PlayNow arena. This is the next expansion of the PlayNow content and service platform, following the...

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Mobile indoor positioning trial launched in Finland

Nokia has announced the launch of a mobile indoor positioning trial at Kamppi Shopping Center in Helsinki Finland. The roll out of the new indoor location service marks the second phase of an ongoing...

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TechnoCom launches SpotOn GPS, ad-based navigation and search application

TechnoCom Corporation announces SpotOn GPS, a mobile advertising and marketing content delivery platform that provides comprehensive turn-by-turn navigation, search and mapping. SpotOn GPS leverages...

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EB unveils its latest next-generation Mobile Internet Device (MID)

Having designed the world’s first MID (Mobile Internet Device) reference device in 2007, EB, Elektrobit Corporation, a leading developer of cutting-edge embedded technology solutions for automotive and...

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France: Mappy available on iPhone

France based Mappy, a multimedia service across Europe that offers route planning services, publishes maps and supplies tourist information has launched an iPhone application. The app lets users see...

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Pharos launches Traveler 137 smartphone with on-board navigation

Pharos has announced the immediate availability of its latest GPS-enabled smartphone, the Pharos Traveler 137. The Traveler 137 will be sold unlocked through various online retailers. The smartphone...

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Interest in mobile advertising shifting from display to search

According to JP Morgan, mobile search revenues will rise to $128 million this year, from $99 million in 2008. By comparison, mobile display revenues are estimated to top around $94 million this year....

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Apple to launch $100 iPhone?

According to the Financial Times, Apple is expected to unveil a cheaper iPhone priced at US$99 to US$149. It will be one of a number of iPhone devices expected to debut, including the iPhone 3.0, which...

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Garmin very close to launching Nüvifone in the US

In spite of warnings of delays, Garmin president Cliff Pemble today at a shareholders’ meeting said the company was “getting very close” to launching its nüvifone line on sale in the US through a...

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Video: Google enhances POI search further

Google has launched Local Business Center, an application that  allows businesses to see how they are listed on Google POI Search and modify this result to include additional information such as...

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The new iPhone 3G S and in-car infotainment

Apple’s new iPhone 3G S is set to have the following features that could have a potential impact on in-car infotainment systems: 1) TomTom navigation: TomTom unveiled its application (price not...

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Mio to launch Netbooks with GPS in 2009

Mio’s Netbook,  Litepad N890, features a convenient and easy-to-carry 8.9” display and a GPS receiver that uses the MioMap navigation software and location based services to enable users to explore...

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130 million mobile LBS users in Europe by 2014

A new report by Berg Insight predicts that the number of European users of mobile location-based services will grow from 20 million users in 2008 at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 37 percent...

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US: Magellan launches PND with ad-funded real-time traffic information

Following the recent release of the Magellan RoadMate series, MiTAC Digital Corp. is introducing the Magellan RoadMate 1475T to round-out the highly acclaimed series. In addition to the premium...

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NAVIGON jumps into iPhone turn-by-turn GPS

NAVIGON has  signaled its intent to compete against TomTom’s iPhone app with software of its own. A version of MobileNavigator will use iPhone OS 3.0′s support of turn-by-turn GPS to provide the same...

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Video: Tomtom for iPhone promo video

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Mercedes : Internet will be soon unavoidable in the car

Starting from 2012, a simple Internet connection could replace all the multimedia equipment and navigation systems currently embedded in cars, according to Ralf Herrtwich, Director of Multimedia and...

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Apple buying stake in TomTom – unlikely?

Apple has about $20 billion in cash, that Investors seem to think it will spend on TomTom. In terms of strategic advantage, it’s not clear what buying TomTom would bring to the table for Apple. TomTom...

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TeleNav benefits as Palm Pre sales soar

Launched last week-end in the United States in exclusivity on the Sprint network, sales of the new Palm Pre seems to have started successfully. Wireless analysts have mentioned 50,000 to 100,000 units...

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