brighthand.com - 12/16/2008
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BY: Ed Hardy , Brighthand.com Editor PUBLISHED: 12/16/2008 Verizon Wireless offers several Windows Mobile smartphones that have GPS receivers with limited functionality. Specifically, these models only support Verizon's navigation software, and not third-party apps Like Google Maps. Today, this ...
googlemobile.blogspot.com - 12/10/2008
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googlemobile.blogspot.com —
(cross posted with the Google LatLong Blog )
In case you hadn't noticed, the Google Street View...
team has been busy photographing France , Italy , Spain , and Australia . Given the international focus of recent Street View launches, it's time we make ...
(more)
Official Google Mobile Blog: Street View on Nokia S60 ...
pandora.com - 12/16/2008
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pandora.com —
Pandora for Windows Mobile It's a new era
for radio. Personalized, mobile, and free. Pandora Radio is...
your own FREE personalized radio now available to stream music on your Windows Mobile handset. Just start with the name of one of your favorite ...
(more)
Pandora Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New ...
gizmodo.com - 12/13/2008
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gizmodo.com —
Many of you asked for a re-do of
Windows Mobile browser testing after our Battlemodo declared the...
platform beyond worthless for surfing. So here it is, the internet running on Windows Mobile's finest hardware. Before we get started, a quick note on ...
(more)
Windows Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Can You Get the Real ...
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Verizon relents, promises to open GPS on some WinMo phones next year
Engadget —
Okay, so maybe the unlocking of the GPS on Verizon BlackBerrys wasn't an accident after all -- and maybe hell has frozen completely over. BrightHand is reporting an official statement released by the carrier claiming that GPS has remained locked down on many of its models simply because it hasn't met Verizon's "performance goals," which granted, sounds like a crock -- but to Verizon's credit, they're the ones getting the phone calls when things aren't working smoothly, not the phone's manufacturer. Still, when you consider that VZ Navigator runs a pricey ...
verizon to unlock GPS feature
NaviGadget —
... Mobile device manufacturers to provide a software upgrade that will add this capability to the existing assisted GPS capability. This is a complex development project to provide open standalone GPS while maintaining the assisted GPS capability with the level of performance and security that our customers expect. The recently introduced Windows Mobile devices including Omnia, Saga, and Touch Pro are targeted to add open standalone GPS in the 1st half of 2009.
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