Category Archives: navigation
Nokia is focusing heavily on location, says Informa
Rating: Nokia might face a takeover bid from Facebook, too
As Apple has just dropped Google Maps in favour of its own technology, it’s becoming clear that Nokia is also targeting location as a prime differentiator. So suddenly there’s a major focus on mapping in the mobile industry, Interestingly, this move into location seems to be allied with an attemptby Nokia to gain more share of the business mobile market sector. Three senior analysts with Informa Telecoms & Media have shared there views on the recent developments at Nokia with GoMobile News. Continue reading
Android users pay for apps despite free pre-loaded equivalent
Rating: Data shows the most popular Tablets and OS version
Here’s a turn-up for the books. Android users are prepared to pay for apps with genuinely useful features, despite the existence of free and sometimes pre-loaded apps. Shock. And you won’t believe the category, either. Yes, it’s sat-nav app and CoPilot Live says it has just experienced a 40 per cent year on year rise in sales of its Android app. The company also enjoyed a record 1.2 billion app downloads over Xmas. CoPilot Live’s drilling down into its own data has also provided some insight into which Android based tablets are the most popular. Additionally, the data shows which version of Android is most popular with its customers. Continue reading
Skobbler debuts first iOS Hybrid Navigation App
Skobbler, a Berlin based independent navigation apps developer, announced the release of GPS Navigation 2, the industry’s first universal, online-offline (“hybrid”) navigation app for iPhones and 3G-equipped iPads.
Powered by the OpenStreetMap, an open-source mapping project, skobbler’s GPS Navigation 2 delivers the most versatile voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation product currently available on iOS devices without a monthly subscription. Continue reading
NAVTEQ examines how mobile advertising and navigation can best work together
Navigation and mapping company NAVTEQ has been doing great work in mobile navigation over the past years – mostly thanks to the fact that it was completely acquired by Nokia in 2008. Today it has released a big look into the best ways to incorporate mobile advertising into navigation; based on how consumers react to it.
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1st Android car stereo still not available from Parrot
Rating: Stealth launches in London & Madrid
There’s been something of a stealth launch for the world’s first Android powered car stereo system – the Asteroid from France’s Parrot. Hacks in both London and Madrid were shown the device but we suspect most of them were from the automotive Press. Parrot claims to have put two years into developing this device but is probably a bit embarrassed because when it finally ships it will be employing the Cupcake (1.5) version of Android not Gingerbread (2.3). You’ll also have to submit your Asteroid apps through Parrot initially. Never mind, we do have a vague price of €299/£299/$430. Plus a possible mid-May shipping date. Continue reading
Mobile navigation: Renault releases white-label app from ALK
CoPilot is what you might call the “high end” of the mobile navigation market. While there are numerous free applications for mobile navigation available, most of them are cloud-hosted – you need a stable data connection to access them. CoPilot (created by ALK) is a series of fully downloadable navigation apps that work regardless of connectivity. And now it has released a white-label version of CoPilot for Renault Trucks called NavTruck. Continue reading
Mobile apps, navigation and Nokia Automotive
The technology required for navigation software and services has become more and more ubiquitous for consumers. Almost anyone with a smartphone has the technology, interface and sensors required for full navigation. Car manufacturers have also begun to build them into different parts of their own products. Ahead of the 6th Navigation USA event from TheWhereBusiness (January 25-26 at the Sheraton in San Jose), they spoke to Floris van de Klashorst, Director, Head of Nokia Automotive to see how mobile phone apps and navigation can work together in-vehicle. Continue reading
Feed the poor from your mobile with Foursquare and Waze
GPS and navigation service Waze has teamed with massively popular location service Foursquare to generate money for the Feeding America initiative this Thanksgiving. Between them, they hope to drive donors to Feeding America locations – and will also donate their own money every time someone “checks in”. Continue reading
The day of the personal navigator is almost done, says Berg Insight
The era of the classic Personal Navigation Device (PND), as you might get from Garmin or TomTom, is nearly done, according to business intelligence firm Berg Insight. It claims that PND shipments will hit 42 million units next year – and will never be that good again, falling off year by year after that. Continue reading
Navigation can be part of every application with TeleNav
TeleNav is one of the solid names of the mobile navigation world. Founded in 1999, it has been dedicated to mobile navigation since before it was fashionable. Products from the company have been pre-loaded onto huge numbers of Sprint devices, and are available through operator partners including AT&T and T-Mobile. Today, the company has announced two APIs to allow mobile app developers to gain access to TeleNav location-based services. Continue reading
SingTel shows future of mobile navigation with Telmap
SingTel is one of the biggest telecom groups in APAC, with about 285 million subscribers between itself and its subsidiaries. Today, mobile navigation provider Telmap has revealed a colossal deal with Singtel – it has created a navigation service called Xplorer that will run on any GPS enabled mobile device on the SingTel network. Continue reading
Ovi Places: Mobile Navigation needs to knock down its brick walls
When Ovi Maps launched at the start of this year, it really shook up the navigation industry. The free software gave everyone with access to Nokia’s Ovi Store a perfectly serviceable Personal Navigation Device (PND), completely for free. But Ovi Maps is just the first exposure of the Nokia branch called Ovi Places. Recently appointed Director of Ovi Places, Gary Gale, took some time to talk to GoMo News about the state of mobile navigation ahead of his appearance at the Location Business Summit, USA, 14-15 September, San Jose. Continue reading
Nokia builds TripAdvisor into Ovi Maps
TripAdvisor is a digital resource for tourists and holidaymakers – and it has announced a new deal with Nokia. While TripAdvisor already has free apps available on iPhone and Android, the Nokia deal is a bit bigger. Not only is it coming to Ovi as an application, it’s also being built into Nokia’s own Ovi Maps service – arguably its most successful Ovi product. Continue reading
Can Google’s mobile navigation app outperform Garmin device?
When Google rolled Android 2.2 out to my Nexus One a week or two back, I was delighted to discover I had a brand new app on my phone. Google Navigation is a turn-by-turn, fully voiced navigation app that turns your phone into a Personal Navigation Device (PND). But how would it compare against an [...]
