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Friday, August 10, 2007
LBS: Mobile phones combine location and always on line
'TeleNav Adds Social Networking Features and Business Reviews to Mobile GPS Navigation Service' is not all new, but certainly still relevant.
TeleNav is fundamentally a navigation application running on a mobile phone, but as the title says, also other aspects of location have been added, and it makes good use of information on line. A few examples:
An interesting aspect is that you can e.g. mark where you parked your car, and then track your way back to it when on foot.
TeleNav is fundamentally a navigation application running on a mobile phone, but as the title says, also other aspects of location have been added, and it makes good use of information on line. A few examples:
- Plan trips on line and then download
- Share locations
- Look up addresses
An interesting aspect is that you can e.g. mark where you parked your car, and then track your way back to it when on foot.
