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TomTom won’t follow Garmin’s suit and doesn’t plan to launch own-brand handsets. Apparently, the personal navigation device (PND) maker wants to focus on the development of the core software and further strengthen its content and services for in-car PNDs.
While still concentrating on the PND market, the handset segment is a potential market for the personal navigation applications, said the executive, who also noted that TomTom will expand its cooperation with handset makers by providing needed solutions.
While we’re speaking about their mobile offering, TomTom already has it’s solution developed for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 platforms. In addition, they are cooperating with such handset makers as HTC and Asus, and I guess their next move could involve developing software for other platforms like Symbian UIQ, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. We’ll see where this goes…
[Via: DigiTimes]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
