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Lonely Planet is available in Nokia phones

I believe Nokia has tons of idea with its GPS section–after acquired Navteq. Now, Lonely Planet–notorious travel books maker–can be reached via your GPS-enabled Nokia phones. User of Nokia Maps can obtain Lonely Planet’s travel destination and download it into phone. There are 100 worldwide destinations that covered. It costs you US$ 13.99. Stephen Palmer, CEO [...]

Nokia N78 review (hands-on)

Here we back again with another hands-on review. This time, “the victim” is Nokia N78. Thanks to Nokia Indonesia, I can review this multimedia phone. What’s so special about this phone? The phone has candybar form factor; black theme colored just like previous N81 or N82; 3.2 megapixels camera with Auto Foucs; running on top [...]

No Nuvifone till 2009

Garmin, Inc., the world famous GPS device manufacturer, has announced on their quarterly conference call yesterday that they will not selling their Nuvifone this year. Instead, this device will roll out on the first half of 2009. The issues which Garmin have to contend here is the wireless carriers. In January 2008, the month when Garmin [...]

iPhone 3G’s new firmware: more GPS features

It is reported that iPhone 3G new firmware, iPhone 2.0 Firmware (Beta 1, build 5F90) has included Core Location that track the direction you are heading, and the speed you are traveling. It is indeed add more GPS features to exciting iPhone 3G. This iPhone 2.1 firmware is currently intended for developers only and not for [...]

Nokia puts Maps on Ovi

Next time users can saved their route and share it. Nokia has already music, game, movie, and … Now they will add it with Maps. Nokia will put this service into Ovi, Nokia’s internet portal. Launched yesterday in Where 2.0 conference, this service will enabling users to plan their trips or adventure on their PC (users [...]

GPS PDA phone Airis T482 launching soon

The GPS PDAPhone Airis T482 will be launched in the next few days in France. Almost three months delayed on the expected release date, the T482 could be purchased either with GPS or without GPS navigation software partner. Equipped by the quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), GPRS and EDGE capabilities, this handset runs a Marvel PXA270 processor [...]

Wanna beat Tiger Woods? Try this gadget!

Korean company, Korea Telecom Freetel, have just launched a series of GPS enabled mobile phone special for golfer in Korea. Wanna proof don’t you? This gadget stores 250 golf course in Korea. That’s a lot of park. I can’t imagine if you play them all. This pricey (I bet you know whose the [...]

GPS module for iPhone

The locoGPS will make enhancement in GPS experience. The hardware can be attached to iPhone (and iPod Touch) to make it fully becoming GPS phone. For requirement, it needs jail-broken handset. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "GPS module for iPhone", url: "http://3gweek.net/2007/12/19/gps-module-for-iphone/" });

mobilePeople’s liquid MAPs: watchout Google Maps!

mobilePeople, leading company for local mobile search and advertising solutions for directory publishers, announced their new product “liquid MAPs” that can be used directly from your handset. liquid MAPs is built using Scaleable Vector Graphics (SVG) embedded in a Java environment. With the use of Java, which are used in most of handsets nowadays, mobilePeople [...]

3GWeek Rumor: Nokia N82

Seems to be real, the new rumored Nokia N82 picture has spread across the Internet. It maybe announce next week. The specification is unconfirmed, but the phone may equipped with HSDPA network connection, 5 megapixels camera with autofocus and xenon flash, also built in 100 MB flash memory. The other (maybe) specification is GPS [...]
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