Today was a big day in the world of wireless mobile devices. Verizon Wireless is expecting to begin sales of the $200 (with contract) Motorolo DROID, the first smartphone running the Google Andriod 2.0 open source operating system, on Nov. 6. This open source operating system for mobile devices is poised to become the new standard for mobile hardware and [...]
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Tags: Android 2.0, DROID, Garmin, Google Maps, Google Maps Navigator, GPS, NAVTEQ, smartphone 
9 Comments »We noted a few days ago that a real-time traffic monitoring and trending feature had been added to Google Maps. Today, NAVTEQ announced a partnership with Nokia which will provide the company with real time GPS position and velocity data from Nokia phones. The data will enhance NAVTEQ’s existing suite of tremendously popular traffic routing [...]
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