Friday, August 28. 2009

Apple Patent App: "location-area applications"

The idea: the GPS in your phone will detect your location and "update" your apps to that location. The patent is titled Transitional Data Sets, application 20090215497.

The application was filed in February 2008 but just recently made public.

- Jaunted
- Apple Insider

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Nuvifone Likely to run on AT&T in US

If you are still waiting patiently for Garmin's navphone, word is it'll be running on the AT&T network. Running the number suggest Garmin plans to sell between 300,000 and 700,000 units per year to raise $100 - $200 million pushing company revenues up some 6%. One million units is the norm for a "successful" smartphone in these times. Analysts expect Apple to sell 20 million this year.

- Business Insider

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Satellite Navigation at 08:25 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |