Gaming With GPS On Your Smartphone (Slashdot)
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Barence writes “If your handset doesn’t get you out and about, tramping through mud, climbing around and hunting for hidden treasure, then something needs an upgrade. The iPhone, Blackberry’s Storm and Bold lines, and many Symbian and Android handsets now sport GPS, which makes your smartphone the ticket to join a global movement of outdoor games. These are outbound challenges that pit teams and …
New Android has integrated location tools (Boston Globe)
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Smartphones I think GPS navigation, a technology meant to augment cognition, can actually weaken it.
LBS Advertising News (All Points Blog)
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Point Inside, which makes mall map apps for the iPhone and Android, now offers an LBS platform for events and promotions. The release says the locating occurs indoors - without the need for GPS, Wi-fi or other signals. It doesn’t explain how that’s done.
Get one year of TeleNav GPS Navigator for Android for the price of 7 months (ZDNet)
Monday, February 8th, 2010It was just about a year ago that I posted my review of TeleNav GPS Navigator for the Google Android platform. At that time you could purchase it for $9.99 per month and I have heard numerous people say they did not want a monthly subscription fee for GPS navigation and mapping even though there were some premium features available and always updated maps. While speaking with a TeleNav rep last …
Nokia brings turn-by-turn offline GPS to all smartphones for free (Geek.com)
Thursday, January 21st, 2010The likes of GPS makers Garmin and TomTom have been showing themselves to be increasingly skittish about the likes of Google maps entering their turf with free, turn-by-turn navigation services for Android and iPhone… but at least it was only available in one country. Cue the bladders of Garmin and TomTom investors to evacuate: Nokia [...]
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