Garmin and Navigon AG announced today that Garmin and the shareholders of Navigon AG have signed an agreement for a subsidiary of Garmin to acquire privately held navigation provider Navigon AG (“Navigon”).

Navigon is headquartered in Germany. In addition to its automotive OEM and navigation application for smartphones, the company has an estimated seven percent share in portable navigation devices (PNDs) in Europe. In regards to PNDs, Navigon’s products are known for …

Telmap announces the availability of a pioneering special edition of Telmap Navigator for Palm webOS, allowing Telmap’s award-winning location-based services solution to be accessed on Palm Pre and Palm Pre Plus devices.

As part of Telmap’s strategy to optimise its solution on many operating systems, the Palm webOS edition follows successful launches on iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, BREW, Android, and Windows Mobile and will allow for webOS users to enjoy the popular …

The free NAVIGON MobileNavigator iPhone 1.6.0 updates the navigation app in several respects. It is tailored to the iOS 4 iPhone operating system and the iPhone 4 and, in addition to new features, also contains the latest available map material.

Customised app for iOS 4 and the iPhone 4
The update supports the new multi-tasking function in the iOS 4 iPhone operating system. When another application is opened or there is an …

Telefónica O2 Germany is giving its customers a complete search, mapping and navigation system, effective immediately. It doesn’t matter whether you are travelling by car or on foot: almost any GPS-enabled mobile phone will become a pocket-sized route planner with Telmap Navigation – including the latest traffic information from ADAC.

Telmap Navigation uses spoken and graphical navigation instructions to guide the user to the desired destination in a precise and step-by-step …

Get ready to feel the Force – behind the wheel! In association with Lucasfilm Ltd. and VoiceSkins.com TomTom brings official Star Wars voices to TomTom navigation devices for the very first time.

Launching today with Sith Lord Darth Vader, the line-up will continue to expand throughout summer 2010 – with C-3PO arriving in June and Yoda in July. The cast will be complete with Han Solo in August.

“We are thrilled to launch …

AT&T today announced a more than 20 percent increase to the top end of the company’s typical 3G network downlink speed range and a 50 percent increase to the top end of the typical uplink speed range for wireless laptop card customers¹. The upgrades are results of recent network enhancements, including the deployment of High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technology across all existing 3G markets before the end of June.

AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband network is available …

Sony thinks the Playstation Portable is the ideal device to add GPS. We don’t wonder why. Just take a look at all the navigation devices that resemble the form factor of PSP. The software update for GPS will be added sometime in the next twelve months. It takes that long to add GPS? Maps from TeleAtlas with 3D rendering with UMD and memory stick support. A car mount and keyboard that folds up to cover the …

Motorola, Inc. today announced that on May 20, 2008, Judge James M. Peck approved a global settlement of disputes in the Iridium bankruptcy cases pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Approval of this settlement resolves in Motorola’s favor, at no out of pocket cost to the Company, all pending claims against the Company arising out of Iridium’s bankruptcy proceedings.

“This is a favorable outcome for Motorola,” said Peter Lawson, …

The GSM Association (GSMA) today announced the Top Innovators for the Americas leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition, along with additional, high-calibre industry speakers at the Mobile Innovation Marketplace – Americas, which is being held in Atlanta, Georgia, 3 – 4 June, 2008.

The Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition was created by the GSMA as part of the Mobile Innovation Market, which encourages breakthrough technology, applications and services in the mobile industry by bringing together smaller companies developing …

Today at the Mobile World Congress Nokia announced that the Beta version of Nokia Maps 2.0 is ready for you to take out for a spin. Nokia Maps is taking its mapping and navigation experiences to the next level by enhancing its pedestrian navigation, adding multimedia city guides, offering satellite images, and sporting a redesigned user interface.

Nokia Maps 2.0 adds Walk, a pedestrian focused navigation component to the application, while still offering Drive, a world class …