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Nokia’s Drive+ Beta Now Open to All Windows Phones

Microsoft today announced that a beta version of Nokia’s Drive+ navigation application is being made available to all Windows Phone 8 devices in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. The app had previously only been available to Nokia’s Lumia-branded Windows Phones. The application features turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation, offline maps, speed limit warnings, and day and […]

Jan 23 2013 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Garmin Adds Street View, Active Lane Assist to Navigon Apps

Shortly after adding social networking, Wikipedia and check-in features to its iOS Streetpilot onDemand app, today Garmin announced the addition of Google Street View in the Navigon app for iOS, and an Active Lane Assistant feature in the Android version. In addition, the company announced that it will soon make the Navigon app available for […]

Feb 28 2012 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Nokia Drive Makes Lumias the Only WP7 Phones with Turn-By-Turn GPS

Nokia in kicking off the Lumia Windows Phone mix also brought out its first Windows Phone services, including a few that give it an edge over other WP7 phones and the iPhone. Nokia Drive gives owners a full, turn-by-turn GPS navigation app with voice directions and free maps in a car-ready interface. The launch not […]

Oct 26 2011 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

Windows Phone 7’s “Mango” May Find Music, Read Barcodes, Provide Turn-by-Turn Directions and Speech to SMS

Microsoft will reportedly add a few features to Bing in the near future, Mango release, which could prove particularly useful. According to the latest episode of the Windows Phone Dev Podcast, with Microsoft’s Brandon Watson as a guest, a new function called Bing Audio will act like a Shazam for recognizing music (and will sell […]

May 9 2011 | Posted in Cell Phones | Read More »

Cricket Launches New Navigation System

Cricket has announced the availability of Cricket Navigator, a new premium voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation solution. “Cricket users have been buzzing for a premium turn-by-turn navigation solution, and we believe Cricket Navigator will be just what they’ve been looking for,” said Jeff Toig, vice president/general manager of voice/data services for Cricket. “We bring innovative features to […]

Apr 27 2010 | Posted in Cell Applications,Cell Phones | Read More »

DataArt Makes Turn-By-Turn Navigation on iPod Touch a Reality

DataArt announced today that it has completed back-end development of GeoLife’s Navmii turn-by-turn navigation application for the iPod touch. While such applications are already available for the iPhone, Navmii is the first to bring GPS navigation with smart routing, interactive maps and spoken directions to the iPod touch. Navmii for iPhone and the iPod touch […]

Nov 16 2009 | Posted in GPS,Hardware | Read More »