http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126969 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:41:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126969 1 year later, Nokia GPS is quite smart. They’re able to compete at all levels against other GPS companies especially outside of the U.S.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126968 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:44:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126968 [...] like Gramin, a NAVTEQ customer, but it is too early to say what Nokia’s strategy will be. Nokia had also released Nokia 330, a GPS-based navigation device targeting the European market, and so could find itself [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126967 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:27:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126967 Dave, don’t forget that a few years ago everyone was talking about how cars would change to 24 or even 48 Volt batteries for better integration with all the in vehicle electronics. Hybrid engine technology was production ready in 1992, but didn’t really appear in any consumer models for another 10 years. It takes a very long time for a large change, that is not safety related, to make its way into major auto lines. CAN will happen eventually.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126966 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:54:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126966 on a related aside, do you have any insight into the evolution of the ‘CAN – Car Area Network’ – this was a topic a couple of years ago, companies like BMW were talking about putting upwards of 70 sensors within all interiors operating around ad hoc wireless sensory networks (mesh, self organizing) and there was a lot of debate looking at zigbee, tinyos and other proprietary implementations…the idea was that such sensors could route information from not only within and around the vehicles, but also to and from devices both within (builtin) and inside the car (like a phone or machine)…not sure what really came of it, but talks were apparently quite real with BMW supposedly meeting a couple of companies right here in boston (yeah, you know who they are, won’t drop names on this blog)…

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126965 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:43:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/nokia-gps/#comment-126965 interesting to see Nokia moving into the stand alone GPS market and will be good to keep an eye on their new GPS releases. Thanks for the info

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