Nokia’s Terminal Mode spotted in the wilds of the Geneva Motor Show
Those lovely people over at Nokia have furnished us with a few images of what their dashboard integration will look like, as well as the names of a few more partners for the Terminal Mode initiative. Intended to smarten up your car's hardware with the phone's capabilities -- whether that be to play back music, use Ovi Maps, browse the web, or whatver else -- this was announced in partnership with Alpine yesterday , but today we're hearing that Fiat , Harman Becker and Valmet Automotive are also getting in on the fun
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: dashboard, entry, fiatblueandme, geneva, geneva-motor, in-dash, inthewild, maps, valmet automotive
New Samsung Galaxy Spica ROM leaks, tastes like Eclair
Remember those rumors of an Eclair -flavored update for Samsung's Galaxy Spica earlier this year? Well, boom: it's not official just yet, but a gentleman by the name of Sameer Prabhakar appears to have scored a leak of an official customized ROM for Sammy's most diminutive Android set based on 2.1, which is even better than the 2.0 we'd heard we'd be getting before.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: entry, galaxy-spica, green, guess, maps, rumors, sammy, samsung
Nokia hints at augmented reality Maps and 3D smartphones in its future (video)
You know what happens when we see a video pop on Nokia Conversations (Nokia's official blog) featuring a senior VP from Nokia's smartphone division? Everything stops -- who knows what might be revealed during an informal, semi-scripted chat.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: augmentedreality, conversations, dives, entry, future, maps, means-content, nokia, smartphones, video
New Nexus One ROM leaks, fixes more radio issues?
Remember that hand-waving trick that got a Nexus One to give up the 3G ghost way, way too easily? Well, we don't want to pop the champagne just yet, but there's a new non-over-the-air firmware update floating around that includes yet another radio bump among its sundry features, suggesting HTC isn't quite done yet tuning this thing to get proper HSPA without freaking out from time to time. Whatever this update is, it may never see the official light of day in its current form -- it includes Google Maps 3.4, for one thing, while Google's already gone ahead and upped the ante to 4.0 for Buzz support -- but at least it seems engineers aren't done trying to make this thing work properly.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, htc, nexus one Tags: already-gone, buzz, champagne, done-yet-tuning, engadget, htc, maps, official, radio, sundry-features, thing
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: browsing-while, entry, internet, maps, n97, nokia, reliability, software-update
Nokia updates N97 with free Ovi Maps, just as promised
It was only a week ago when Nokia shook us with its free turn-by-turn navigation update, but the poor old N97 got left out in the cold. Not any more though, folks! In fact, the new Ovi Maps for N97 -- along with "improved touch screen scrolling" and "improved memory and battery performance" -- was delivered one day earlier than promised
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: cold, improved, improved-touch, maps, nokia, ovi store, ovimaps, result, update, week-ago
Nokia offering free turn-by-turn navigation on smartphones globally (updated)
Man, you thought Garmin and TomTom were in trouble when Google announced its free Navigation service... wait until investors hear Nokia's news
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 5800-navigation, breaking-news, chronicle, entry, gps, investors, languages, maps, nokia, offering-free, ovimaps, reuters
3D maps demoed on Sony Ericsson X10, Snapdragon paying off
Ericsson Labs is showing off an API for navigating through a three-dimensional interpretation of the world based on real imagery powered by Saab spinoff (the defense firm, not the car company) C3 Technologies on Sony Ericsson's upcoming X10 -- and in a word, it's looking impressive.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 3d maps, ericsson, goodness, important-thing, maps, result, snapdragon, technologies, x10, xperia-x10
MAG question
Will there be more maps and weapons when it releases? Right now i'm playing the BETA and its awesome but i'm just wondering if there's more to it.