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Mapping medieval streets using GPS
February 14, 2008
News.com's Maggie Reardon meandered the cobblestone streets of Barcelona's Gothic quarter using Nokia's new Maps 2.0 service and the 6210 Navigator handset.Photos: Touring Barcelona with help from ...
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Keith Nowak
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Nokia Corp.
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Big boss is watching
September 24, 2004
Wireless companies are rolling out new GPS services for employers that can track the physical location of mobile workers.
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Nextel Communications Inc.
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BellSouth Corp.
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AT&T Corp.
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OnStar steering toward cell phones?
June 16, 2004
Partnership with Verizon Wireless hints at in-car help provider's move to expand beyond the vehicle.
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Verizon Wireless
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Cell phone glitch throws off GPS
July 21, 2004
Problem affects satellite-tracking features on possibly hundreds of thousands of Motorola phones. Some believe culprit is a Y2K-like bug.
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Nextel Communications Inc.
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Motorola Inc.
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Cell phone chip designer rides high in IPO
April 22, 2004
Shares of SiRF Technology, which designs global positioning chips for cell phones, jumped more than 25 percent on the first day of trading.
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IPO
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NTT DoCoMo Inc.
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Nextel Communications Inc.
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intellectual property
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Sprint Nextel
After years of struggle, GPS is taking off
April 9, 2004
The market for products that use GPS technology is heating up in response to technological advances, consumer interest and E911 mandates.
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NTT DoCoMo Inc.
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KDDI Corp.
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Cingular Wireless
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form
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Turning cell phones into lifelines
December 5, 2006
update Cell phones constantly update their position with cell towers, making them an important tool in finding lost persons.
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Homing in on a plan for cellular 911
June 4, 2007
Police and firefighters need more accurate data on mobile callers. The FCC has some ideas--but fixes aren't cheap.
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Motorola preps patch for GPS glitch
July 26, 2004
Handset maker and SiRF Technology are testing a remedy for problem that disrupts satellite-tracking features in some Nextel phones.
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Digital Cyclone takes medical advice mobile
February 23, 2007
Garmin subsidiary and Mayo Clinic are offering software to aid mobile-phone users in medical emergencies.
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Microsoft touts real-time location service
May 16, 2005
Junk remover 1-800-Got-Junk is among first to latch onto package combining MapPoint Location Server with Sprint network.
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Sprint Nextel
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New software a true political compass
October 7, 2004
Program for cell phones lets you figure out whether you're in Democratic or Republican country.
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Microsoft scientists pushing keyboard into the past
May 3, 2006
If you are going to use a cell phone to send e-mail, something has to be done about the keyboard. Photos: Rethinking the keyboard
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Microsoft Corp.
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Nokia CEO: Cell phone market still about voice
April 5, 2006
In CTIA keynote, Jorma Ollila reminds colleagues that the most important application for mobile phones is voice.
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Handset makers get in on location services
February 15, 2007
Nokia, Motorola are set to offer their own navigation services, which could put them in competition with mobile operators.Photos: Nokia, Motorola navigators
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Nokia Corp.
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At wireless conference, silly services rule
October 28, 2004
reporter's notebook Concerned about coverage? It's a good thing you didn't go to CTIA; people there were busy playing "Swordfish."
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Osama bin Laden
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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GPS antiterrorist tools under fire
November 14, 2003
As lawmakers consider the use of GPS technologies to keep terrorists from using tanker trucks as bombs, critics say the high-tech solution could do more harm than good.
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bill
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California
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IBM doubles speed of silicon germanium chips
August 5, 2005
New generation of processors can help cell phone operators handle higher bandwidth speeds.
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IBM Corp.
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Game specialists make moves for handheld niches
May 14, 2004
Sony and Nintendo may be grabbing all the attention in the gaming market, but cell phone specialist Jamdat and GPS company Tiger Telematics have a few tricks up their sleeves.
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Tiger Telematics Inc.
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Gizmondo
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.
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Sony Corp.
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handheld
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PDA
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Microsoft Windows CE
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Sony PSP
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games
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Is your boss monitoring your e-mail?
May 18, 2005
A quarter of employers have sacked workers for how they use their e-mail--and even for misuse of the office phone, a study shows.
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