| November 2007 |
| NEWSBRIEFS – LBS |
| HTC Launches GPS Phone
P3300 in India |
High Tech Computer Corp. launched
HTC P3300, a GPS phone in India. It
allows users to take pictures outdoors and
then automatically embeds the satellite
coordinates into the picture. The MapKing
R12 is the mobile mapping system which
comes with the P3300. www.tech2.com |
| Nokia will use Navteq technology
for pedestrian navigation |
Nokia plans to use the mapping technology
from recently acquired company Navteq
to develop the mapping applications. An
area it believes is “totally underdeveloped”
is pedestrian location-based services
having “basically zero penetration
among the 3 billion mobile devices
uses globally” http://techdigest.tv |
| SiRF unveils development
platform for location services |
SiRF unveils SiRFstudio, a location
services enabling platform that can
simplify and speed the development and
deployment of location-aware applications
across a broad range of mobile devices.
It offers LBS developers a set of tools to
develop their applications faster and port
them to multiple devices. www.sirf.com |
| Polar releases G3 GPS to
compliment RS800 |
Polar has released G3 GPS, a lightweight
and compact module that communicates
with the RS800 using W.I.N.D (Wireless
Integrated Network Device technology).
It is a wrist mounted unit, or it can be kept
in a pocket or backpack or mounted to
the handlebars. www.roadcyclinguk.com |
| Integrated GPS functionality for MC70 |
Motorola Inc. has introduced MC70
mobile computer, featuring integrated GPS
capability. It will allow organisations, such
as postal companies, to track and manage
dynamic, real-time tasking, as well as
verify specific locations of activities and
provide mobile workers with pinpoint
navigation support www.motorola.com |
| Vodafone launches two
Blackberry models in India |
Vodafone, has introduced two of
its Blackberry models, Curve 8310
and 8820 in India, recently. Curve
8310 is RIM’s latest innovation for
customers who demand a featurerich
multimedia and GPS-enabled
smartphone. www.newsgaze.com |
| Apple devices to get
location-based services |
Apple will open its mobile platform
to third party developments through a
Software Development Kit (SDK). With
a SDK there will be ways to connect an
external GPS Bluetooth receiver to the
iPhone. www.gpsbusinessnews.com |
| Helio chooses Navteq
for LBS offerings |
Helio has selected Navteq to be its
map supplier for its LBS applications.
It has launched several end-user
applications that incorporate Navteq
data, including Helio’s proprietary
GPS-enabled friend-finder application,
Buddy Beacon. www.navteq.com |
Chinese Handset Vendor Gets
Unicom Cdma Order |
China’s Hi-Tech Wealth to provide China
Unicom with 100,000 CDMA GPS
mobile phones. It will provide 50,000
units each of its C66 and C68 model
CDMA GPS mobile phones, and the
majority of the 100,000 unit order will be
shipped in the fourth quarter of 2007. |
| NIM Claims Two Million Paid Mobile
Phone Navigation Subscribers |
The location based services provider,
Networks In Motion (NIM) has surpassed
two million paid users of its real-time
navigation and local search services
on GPS-enabled mobile phones based
on the company’s LBS NavBuilder
platform. NIM is also the power
behind some specialized third-party
branded LBS applications like AAA. |
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| November
2007 |
