| Nokia N95 smartphone with
GPS capabilities starts shipping |
Nokia N95 has started shipping in
key European, Asian and Middle
Eastern markets. The phone is an
all-in-one multimedia computer
with a unique 2-way slide design,
integrated GPS functionality and
many other features. www.nokia.com |
| Google and LG Electronics
collaborate on mobile phones |
L.G. Electronics and Google have
announced a global collaboration
to pre-install Google's services
on LG mobile phones. The new
feature would allow users to
easily search for information, ?nd
locations, update blogs and manage
e-mail while on the move. |
| Now, a Mobile Phone
for your Pets |
 |
On4 Communications has launched PetsCell which
has A-GPS
tracking
module
contained
in it and is
certi?ed by
many tier one and tier two telecoms
worldwide. This device will provide pet
owners with the world's ?rst accurate |
|
GPS tracking and voice communication
tracking solution It is a waterproof, 2-
way communication device with GPS
Capabilities that provides the pet's
location in real time through a desk top
PC or hand held device complete with
email noti?cation services.It will allow
pet owners to set a geo-fence boundary
that will alert them when their pet
steps outside the pre-set boundary |
| Motorola unveils framework to
support location-enabled services |
Motorola, USA has announced its
new Location Services Framework,
a ?exible platform designed to
support location-enabled applications
and services on Motorola devices.
It will accelerate innovation,
reduce application time-to market, and improve usability
and uptake for location-enabed
services. www.motorola.com |
| RIM launches BlackBerry
8800 in India |
| Research in Motion (RIM) launched
BlackBerry 8800 smart phone in India.
At 14mm, it's the thinnest Blackberry
handset yet. It is equipped with a
highly tactile, full Qwerty keyboard;
multimedia features; a microSD
expandable memory; and trackball
navigation system and is the ?rst smart
phone from the company to feature
built-in GPS www.techtree.com |
| AAA, NIM announce GPSenabled
navigation system |
AAA and Networks In Motion (NIM)
have announced mobile phonebased
GPS navigation and travel
assistance. www.telephonyworld.com |
| HI-601VT GPS GSM
real-time tracker |
Taiwanese ?rm Haicom has announced
HI-601VT GPS/GSM tracker. It helps
track, remote control, tapping any
object globally in real time by using
any regular SIM card (with one phone
number), any regular phone (home
phone, mobile phone, smart phone,
etc.) and any local mapping software
or Google Earth. www.gpsdaily.com |
| Symbian OS v9.5 brings more
features for smartphones |
Symbian Ltd. launched its OS v9.5,
the evolution of the operating system
for smartphones at mass market costs.
It brings high performance features
designed for richer consumers and
enterprise experiences as well as
signi?cant savings to phone build costs
and time-to-market. www.symbian.com |
| New GPS camera
module launched |
The Taiwanese company Tekom
demonstrated a GPS module for
cameras on CeBIT 2007. It records
the location and movements of the user on a 32MB internal memory, and
when connected to a PC, it calibrates
the GPS data with the time each
photo was taken in. www.tfot.info |
| TCS next-gen WIG supports
messaging and LBS |
TeleCommunication Systems,
Inc. (TCS), USA, a provider of
wireless data communications,
launched Wireless Intelligent
Gateway (WIG) application server.
The WIG platform is a standardsbased
solution that fully integrates
subscriber privacy and pro?ling
across two-way messaging and LBS.
It has over 25 million registered
subscribers. www.telecomsys.com |
| TruePosition announces
SUPL server for A-GPS |
TruePosition, Inc., USA has announced
the availability of the TruePosition
Secure User Plane for Location
(SUPL) Server for A-GPS. The
Server allows carriers to provide
high-performance LBS without
making signi?cant changes to their
infrastructure. It is also fully OMAcompliant
location solution (OMA
SUPL V1.0). www.trueposition.com |
| TI single-chip solution for
GPS in mobile phones |
Texas Instruments Incorporated
(TI), USA, announced a single-chip
device that is expected to drive GPS
applications into mainstream mobile
phones. The NaviLink 5.0 solution
has a footprint of 25mm2, delivering
high performance with the industry's
smallest solution size and lowest bill
of materials. It provides fast "time
to ?rst ?x" (TTFF) in weak signal in
metropolitan areas and deep indoor
environments. http://focus.ti.com |
AT&T launches suite of sensorbased
network solutions |
AT&T Inc. announced three new
sensor-based networking solutions
that enable businesses to track a wide
array of valuable resources in real time,
including AT&T Mobile Resource Management, AT&T RFID Asset
Visibility and AT&T-managed passive
RFID solution. www.prnewswire.com |
Railroads bene?t from wireless
web-based asset tracking solution |
RFTrax, USA, announces the launch
of its Asset Management Platform
(AMP), an integrated asset tracking
solution for Locomotives. The
solution combines a rugged, onboard
Asset Command Unit (ACU) with
multiple sensors, a powerful backend
database application and a Web
portal for customer information and
interaction. www.jobwerx.com |
Autodesk recognised for
LBS Middleware platform |
Frost & Sullivan selected Autodesk,
Inc. as the recipient of the 2007 North
American Mobility Award for its LBS
platform. The Autodesk LocationLogic
platform provides the infrastructure,
application services, content
provisioning, and integration services
for deploying and maintaining locationbased
services. www.prnewswire.com |
| Mobile Satellite ventures
unveils MSAT-G2 Tracking |
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV),
USA, announces MSAT-G2 Tracking.
It is a powerful event-driven service
that operates exclusively with the
popular push-to-talk mobile satellite
radio launched last year. The radio's
antenna system contains a GPS
receiver enabling transmission of
GPS location information over
the MSAT Network when a user
presses the PTT button or initiates
a telephone call. www.msvlp.com |
| Dual-mode cellular and
satellite telematics solution |
WebTech Wireless Inc., Canada, and
Iridium Satellite have announced
the introduction of a new dualmode
cellular and satellite asset
tracking and management
solution for the transportation
industry called WT1900system.
www.webtechwireless.com |
| April
2007 |