Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
TomTom has announced that they have a software solution for the 3G iPhone that "runs on the iPhone already", though they haven't given a specific release date.
This could certain cause some headaches at Garmin. Their Nuvifone looks pretty neat, but will reportedly cost $500 with a contract, which suddenly looks ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
There's been a ton of news today about the new iPhone, so I thought I'd try to give a brief summary:
The good
July 11 release
3G, as expected.
GPS. There are already some great looking applications to take advantage of it.
$199 for the 8 gig model, $299 for the 16 gig. They both ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
The Symbian Blog has a great review of Guardian, software written to help protect your phone from unauthorized usage. For most of us, that means trying to get it back if it's been stolen. Once configured, you can send an SMS to the phone and it will silently send back ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Version 4 of the VZ Navigator has just been released! Among the new features:
Traffic
Local movies and events
3D perspective view
Gas finder
Weather
They're really doing a nice job of adding features that take advantage of the data connection, something that most standalone GPS units can't do. The cost is $9.99/month or $2.99 for ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
(via AllAboutSymbian) Powered by ARC Transistance, Nokia Maps will soon have real-time traffic to help you find the quickest route to your destination. It will cover 16 countries in Europe, but apparently none in the US (yet). Hopefully that will change if things go well.Press Release:Espoo, April 29, ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
According to PHONE Magazine, the upcoming Garmin Nuvifone may cost $499.99 with a two year AT&T contract, which would include a mandatory $19.99 unlimited data and navigation plan.
Considering that it requires a voice plan to go with it, you're looking at a minimum of $60/month after the $500 purchase. ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
It sure looks that way. It's hard to tell if it will be an embedded GPS or simply support for an external unit, but it appears the support will be built-in.
From IntoMobile:
There are also references to strings mentioning satellite status, GPS time, type, position, accuracy, latitude, speed, magnetic variation, etc., ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Garmin has a phone coming out this August called the "Nuvifone". I've just seen some new pictures of the UI, and it's looking really slick.
They haven't released much in the way of details (carrier, memory, etc), but we obviously know it'll have a GPS. In fact, they says ...
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