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Cingular Unveils PDA-Based Wireless GPS Navigation System With 3D Moving Maps

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, November 20th, 2006 at 4:00 PM

Exciting name for a press release isn’t it! Yet tell me how having to carry a bluetooth GPS reciever is going to be fun? Doesn’t RIM sell a BlackBerry with GPS built in already? Nokia when will you learn!

Cingular Wireless
today became the first wireless carrier in the U.S. to introduce a
wireless navigation system with 3D maps and "fuzzy search" when it
launched an enhanced version of TeleNav GPS Navigator on the Nokia E62
device.

Using TeleNav GPS Navigator on the Nokia E62 device,
customers will receive turn-by-turn directions while driving and view
colorful 3D moving maps on the device’s large, high-resolution screen,
which measures 320 x 240 pixels. Just like an in-car navigation system,
the 3D maps turn, move and stop as the driver does the same, while also
displaying a realistic image of the streets the driver is approaching
and streets they are passing. Users can also pan and zoom the map to
view surrounding streets.

Source: Mobile Burn

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.