GPS

February 22, 2006 – Coffee loyalists and sweet-tooth savvies can now breathe a sigh of relief. When desperate for a Dunkin' Decaf, Boston Kreme Donut or Jamoca® Almond Fudge ice cream, motorists can now tap their TomTom navigation systems and see Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins logos as Points of Interest (POI) on the 3D map. Beginning today, fans of Dunkin' Donuts' famous coffee blend and 31 Flavors can locate and navigate to over 2,700 Baskin-Robbins nationally and 4,400 Dunkin' Donuts outposts in 27 states using any of TomTom’s GPS products.

January 19, 2006 –Parrot's 3400 LS-GPS car kit has won "Best in Show" in the automotive category by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), a not-for-profit trade association composed of over 4,000 members including Agere, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and Toshiba, and thousands of associate and adopter member companies. The award was presented on January 6 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Mobile Crossing already had one of the best handheld GPS Navigation systems available (it is based on a handheld computer), but they recently showed significant upgrades to its WayPoint 100 and WayPoint 200 navigation systems including national maps and numerous new software features, improved user interface, increased performance and upgraded safety features to an already fine product.

November 30, 2005 – Dream'eo, manufacturer of mobile digital entertainment systems, introduces Solo, the newest device in its product line. Solo is a pocket-sized portable media player and Global Positioning System (GPS) all in one.

November 4, 2005 -- Mobile Crossing today announced significant upgrades to its WayPoint 100 and WayPoint 200 navigation systems including national maps and numerous new software features, improved user interface, increased performance and upgraded safety features.

September 28, 2005—Ipsos Insight released research today which suggests that Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation could become the next “breakout” cell phone feature. As part of a wider survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults on technology and communications trends, nearly 9 in 10 (86 percent ) of 171 users of mobile devices that offer visual display screens say that having a GPS navigation feature would be either “very important” or “nice to have” on the next handset they purchase. The response to GPS followed closely behind email, text messaging, and camera features, also considered utilitarian features, and greatly exceeded responses of demand for cell phone capabilities for watching TV (42 percent), downloading video (38 percent), and watching movies (33 percent).

Sept 28, 2005 – MapQuest, Inc. and TomTom Inc. just announced the launch of the MapQuest Personal Navigation Device (PND). Combining the latest GPS technology with preloaded detailed maps, the MapQuest PND will deliver highly accurate, turn-by-turn, voice-guided directions in an easy-to-use portable device. With the MapQuest PND consumers simply turn it on, tap in the destination and drive. This announcement further extends the company’s popular maps and directions beyond the desktop and builds upon its presence in the location-based services arena.

Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NAVTEQ expands its relationship with Garmin International, Inc. as the digital map provider for Garmin Mobile, its newest GPS-navigation application for mobile phone users. Garmin Mobile, a new application that leverages Garmin's expertise in portable automotive navigation, delivers maps, directions, and automatic turn-by-turn routing to wireless phones. The application is Garmin's first product offering that targets the emerging location-based services market, and is currently offered by Sprint on select Sprint PCS handsets.

Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Navicom GPS has introduced the latest technology for personal GPS locating to compete in this exploding marketplace. The new unit is revolutionary with full-featured GPS capability that provides unlimited GPS tracking/locating, an E911-emergency feature, push-button concierge service, two-way voice speaker phone, programmable buttons for one-touch dialing, and is about the size of a key chain.

Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Garmin today announced that Garmin Mobile -- a new suite of applications delivering maps, directions, and turn-by-turn navigation -- will be offered by Sprint Nextel on select handsets. Garmin Mobile represents Garmin's first product offering that targets the emerging wireless handset applications and location-based services market.