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Garmin and Asus team up for sleek nav-phones

Navigation The nüvifone M20 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 professional with push email and document viewing capabilities, and features a "desktop-like" Internet browser. Bluetooth, and as you probably guessed, Garmin navigation are on hand. The Sat Nav...

from 2009 by John Walton 0

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WinMo + real GPS + pay-per-use nav = Traveler 137 smartphone (niiiice)

Navigation Windows Mobile fans, did you really think PhoneDog would forget you? Yes, MacWorld broke open this week, but there’s also the Consumer Electronics Show and its diversity of goodness. To get a jump on CES, Pharos , a location-based...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 1

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Verizon to roll out open, stand-alone GPS update next year?

Navigation The folks over at WMExperts are reporting that Verizon has responded to the site's consumer-driven campaign for unlocked GPS with a stock letter, which reads, in part: "In the case of open standalone GPS, we are partnering with the...

from 2008 by John Walton 0

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MWC 2008: Nokia debuts Maps 2.0 and 6210 Navigator

Barcelona Nokia today made the beta version of their Maps 2.0 public and also released the 6210 Navigator, a GSM/HSDPA phone with GPS-based navigation that can be used even without an active SIM card installed. Maps 2.0 beta is available to play...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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You like GPS? Nokia buys NAVTEQ for $8 billion

Navigation Finnish Cell Phone maker extraordinaire Nokia today announced that they're ponying up somewhere just north of $8 billion to acquire NAVTEQ, furthering Nokia's evolution from hardware maker to full-on experience provider.  They've got...

from 2007 by Noah Kravitz 0

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GSM SIM cards with built in GPS.

Navigation Just a little while ago we started hearing talks about having built in memory on SIM cards. The SIM cards would start off by having 512 MB and 1GB memory, which sounded really exciting at the time.  But now that’s old news. A...

from 2007 by Fareed Mahdi 0