Create alert412 results for "GPS"
GPS phones can't plug computing gap
News Some personal navigation device manufacturers are betting GPS-enabled mobiles won't catch up with standalone handhelds anytime soon.
Tags: GPS, Location-based services, Phone, cell phone, revenue, mobile, SatNav, Smart Phone, 3D, e-mail
GPS device maps typically two years old
News User-generated data may be the answer to the problem of users encountering inaccurate maps on their GPS navigation devices, say industry voices.
Tags: GPS, Web 2.0, Map, Asia-Pacific, Tool, Singapore, managing director, Google Maps, director, Web 2.0
Map-ready phones will not kill GPS devices
News GPS-enabled mobile phones will pose some competition for standalone devices, but the latter will not go extinct just yet, say industry voices.
Tags: GPS, Location-based services, Garmin Ltd., Ovum, Device, Cell Phone, Chip, device manufacturer, phone, camera
Japan to try GPS phones to prevent pandemics
News Softbank participates in a Japanese government-backed experimental project that uses GPS-enabled cell phones to track elementary schoolers' whereabouts for health-monitoring purpose.
Tags: GPS, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, Cell Phone, Japan, Softbank Corp., phone, Associated Press, 3G
GPS technology goes green
Photo Gallery Companies in Navteq's location-based services contest showcase their apps
Tags: CommunicAsia 2009, GPS, Green IT
Speed-limiter tech trial coming to UK this summer
News A six-month trial of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) tech will start this summer, utilizing GPS tech and a digital speed-limit map of London to limit a driver's acceleration so he or she keeps within the speed limit.
Tags: GPS, Trial, Positioning, Environment, London, Silicon.com, monitoring, U.K., carbon dioxide, Benefit
New GPS platform aims to save batteries
News Cambridge Silicon Radio's new architecture, designed for mobile phones and other portable devices, can run in an "'aware" state that uses very little power.
Tags: Development/design, Bluetooth, Battery, Satellite, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, GPS, phone, performance, Development/design
Sony's e-reader goes wireless
News With the new 3G-equipped Reader Daily Edition joining two other models, Sony reinforces the message that it's not ceding the market to Amazon.
Tags: Consumer Technology, GPS, Sony Reader, E-book Reader, E-book, Wireless, Touch Screen, Sony Corp., GPS, Consumer Technology
S'pore YOG to support multimedia services
News SingTel is official "multimedia services partner" for Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, but details are sketchy regarding which services will be activated.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Mobile platforms/communications, GPS, SingTel, Singapore, 3D, social networking, Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications
Bluetooth chipmaker buys into GPS
News Cambridge Silicon Radio says new acquisitions will make GPS-compatible phones cheaper and less power-hungry.
Tags: Cellular phones, GPS, Bluetooth
All our phones will have GPS, promises Nokia
News The handset manufacturer has revealed that it expects all of its devices to one day carry GPS receivers--and it's already plotting what new services that will mean.
Tags: GPS, Cellular phones
Next-gen Asus Eee may get touchscreen and GPS
News Reports suggest the next version of the low-cost subnotebook will sport a touchscreen and GPS, although confusion remains over release dates.
Tags: GPS, Notebooks and tablets
Broadcom wins latest patent battle over GPS technology
News A U.S. judge has ruled against SiRF Technology's request to re-examine an earlier ruling that Broadcom has not infringed against the company's patents.
Tags: GPS, Mobile/Wireless, Lawsuits, Patents, Patent, SiRF Technology Holdings, Mobile, Broadcom Corp., phone, 3G
GPS finding its way to the mainstream
News As prices drop, demand is on the rise for GPS devices that also handle music, movies and wireless calls.
Tags: Music devices, MP3 players, GPS, Music
Analysts predict boom for GPS-enabled handsets
News The number of GPS-enabled handsets is set to more than triple during the next five years, analysts have predicted.
Tags: GPS, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile platforms/communications
