Mapquest Feature Lets Users Use Phones
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A new feature from Mapquest will allow Web users to send color maps and driving directions to their phones.
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While some handheld computers have GPS capabilities, not nearly as many people carry a PDA as the legions who've adopted cell phones as a daily appendage. That's why the notion of adding GPS navigation to a cell phone, as Nextel has with a service called TeleNav, seems appealing.
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Now you can project different images of yourself on the mobile phone, depending on who's calling.
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Subscribers of the company's Net phone service can get information on park locations, public transit, and so on.
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uLocate Communications, Inc., an  award-winning publisher of wireless location-based services (LBS), today  announced support for GeoRSS and KML to bring worldwide content to the  WHERE mobile application. WHERE now provides easy tools to add KML and  GeoRSS from Mapufacture to the phone.
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Living with ads that contact your cell phone and ask if they can be shown to you.
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The company seems to be focused on developing a solution that would enable users to access complete directions and maps using a portable device.
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InfoWorld - Nokia has added new features to its mobile mapping application, with a revamped user interface and a status indicator to alert users when they&#39;re connected to a GPS satellite.
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Ziff Davis - The software, which users download from their phone provider, shows traffic congestion on maps on the phone's screen "in fairly real time." Sprint, Cingular and others have already signed on.
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New mobile devices allow users to make free or low-cost phone calls over the Internet using nearby wireless access points, which range from cafes to private homes.
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Group seeks to make Web access for mobile device users as easy as it is for desktop users.
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Don't be using Voip though T-Mobile customers signing up to Web 'n Walk Plus (or Max) will get free access to the operator's 39,000 hot spots from January. So for Â£12.50 a month users can get 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and be allowed to use instant messaging too...â¦
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UniquePhones is writing an app that will let customers use a carrier other than AT&amp;T with the iPhone.
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By Oren Dorell  The same technology that keeps cellphone users in touch with their cellphone companies can also help locate people who are lost.
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia will give away mapping software to its customers as well as users of Window Mobile devices. Phones based on Linux and older Nokia and MicrosoftÂ devices will be supported in the future, the Finnish mobile phone maker said Thursday. Mobile users can download the Smart2go maps that cover 150 countries and include 15 million points of interest, such as restaurants and accommodation. Users can store the map data on a memory card in the handset. The data can be downloaded over the air or via a connection to a PC. Users of phones with GPS (global positioning service) or with an external GPS module can subscribe to a turn-by-turn navigation service. Subscriptions come in a variety of packages so customers can pay for a week's worth of navigation services for use while on holiday. Prices vary based on the user's location but as an example, a one-week subscription for navigation services in Germany costs â¬6.49 ($8.43), one month is â¬7.99 and one year is â¬59.99. Nokia is trying to compete with the personal navigation device market but hopes to gain an edge in offering a different pricing model. While standalone navigation device makers typically charge users for the hardware and the maps up front, Nokia is giving the maps away and charging for the navigation services as users need it. In January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,Â Nokia announcedÂ that it would start giving away maps to Nokia customers and offering a paid navigation service. Thursday's announcement includes compatibility with non-Nokia devices, details the pricing and sets the date -- Saturday -- when the free maps will become available. Nokia has begun focusing heavily on the location market. The Smart2go application comes from Gate5, the mapping and routing company thatÂ Nokia boughtÂ last year. In addition, Nokia last yearÂ acquired the exclusive rightsÂ to license and sublicense 700 GPS patents owned by Trimble Navigation. At the time, Nokia said that essentially every company offering a mobile navigation service would have to license the patents. Nokia introduced another free offering on Thursday, this one only for certain Nokia phones. Users of 16 Nokia devices, which include the N95, N93, N71, N62 and N60, can download a free application that lets them search for content on their handsets. Users can search for information in calendar entries, SMS messages and multimedia files. Â
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"Send to Phone" feature unveiled as part of MapQuest Mobile service, priced at $3.99 a month.
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Sightseers in major cities no longer need a tour guide or travel book to point out local landmarks. Several startup companies now offer tours delivered by cell phones. By Rachel Metz.