The GPS are trying to resist to phones

28/06/2010 - language: French - posted by telematics

Pressures are mounting on traditional GPS manufacturers are TomTom and Garmin. After Nokia, Google also offers a service free navigation on phones equipped with its system Android. ...  Read more

Smartphones Continue to Threaten GPS Device Usage

27/06/2010 - language: English - posted by telematics

comScore has released some numbers about smartphone and feature phone browser and app usage, as it relates to map access and mobile navigation in the U.S. These numbers are based on a study, which found 14% of mobile users in the U.S. accessed maps on their devices in April, as the mobile map audience reached 33.5 million users, a 44% increase from last year. ...  Read more

The dominance of the smartphone market in mobile phones

27/04/2010 - language: Italian - posted by telematics

According to trend the presence of a GPS in 2009 the percentage of terminals that have a system of geolocalization rose 48% against 29% in 2008. ...  Read more

The smartphone called, the car responds

08/03/2010 - language: Italian - posted by telematics

It squeezes more and more the relationship between Nokia and the automotive world. After the free availability of software for GPS navigation maps through their own devices, now the company is sharing the information and content between their smartphones and other devices that are used daily, such as computers or the Internet. ...  Read more

User Friendly GPS Tracking System for Personal Use

08/03/2010 - language: English - posted by telematics

GPS or Global Positioning System devices help you keep track of your vehicles via satellite imaging. That is why many advanced GPS Tracking devices enable users to view output results as written text, digital street maps or Google Earth satellite image displays. ...  Read more

GPS navigation mobile unsuited to Africa

30/01/2010 - language: French - posted by telematics

Navmii declined an iPhone version of its navigation system for the Nigerian market. An application that concerns only a small fraction of the population: the market for smartphones is not one of the laptop. ...  Read more

Government Bans Texting By Truck and Bus Drivers

26/01/2010 - language: English - posted by telematics

The Department of Transportation plans to announce new rules Tuesday that will prohibit interstate commercial truckers and bus drivers from sending text messages while they are operating moving vehicles. ...  Read more

GPS units give way to smartphone

21/12/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

You may have noticed that GPS navigation units are deeply discounted this holiday season in the United States. ...  Read more

The game has changed: Google adds free turn-by-turn navigation to Android 2.0

28/10/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

Those nat service providers' fears were actually quite justified. Google today unveiled Maps Navigation (beta, of course), an extremely upgraded version of its current Maps software that'll be free and, from what we understand, available by default on all Android 2.0 devices. All the usual Maps features are present, including the ability to search by name of business and have it suggest the closest matches, both semantically and geographically, and traffic data. We're also now looking at turn-by-turn navigation, female robotic voice and all, and integration with satellite and street view, ...  Read more

GPS devices are close to becoming much smarter

03/07/2009 - language: Russian - posted by telematics

A new generation of navigation systems will include more than just an indication of direction. The drivers will have access to information «the situation», including a scheme of traffic, weather forecasts and regulations limiting driving. ...  Read more

PDA's for the municipal police of Molfetta

13/02/2009 - language: Italian - posted by telematics

The town is part of the project "Monitoring Telematico Territory" promoted by the Ministry of the Interior. Funded under the Territorial Pacts "North Barese Secure" Pit2 (Por Puglia 2000/2006, measuring 6.5 vs. Action), the initiative plans to equip the agents of the municipal police with modern PDA's connected to the intercommunal database. ...  Read more

Cars talking by mobile

28/04/2008 - language: Spanish - posted by telematics

They have no fingers or ears or mouth. But spend the day communicating and sending messages by cellphone. They are the only ones that have a flat rate in the mobile and in Spain alone there are over one million. They are machines, machines talk to machines that silently thanks to a SIM card, ...  Read more

Vehicle communications system in your pocket

10/04/2008 - language: English - posted by telematics

The device that will manage the telematics communications of next-generation vehicles may already be in our pockets. Multiple application ‘nomadic’ devices like the mobile phone are ideal for telematics solutions. Automotive manufacturers are now facing up to that reality. It hasn’t been easy.  “Satellite navigation was a telematics killer application that the automotive industry couldn’t exploit,” says Dave Marples
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