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  • Nokia adds GyPSii social networking app to GPS-enabled sets

    by 
    Sean Cooper
    Sean Cooper
    11.28.2007

    Nokia and GeoSentric (née Benefon) have signed a deal to put the GPS-enabled GyPSii application on the Nokia N95 and 6111 handsets. The GyPSii software's magic lay in its ability to encode a "where" stamp -- you know, location instead of time -- in pics and vids you create with it. Users can then share this content on the GyPSii site -- or presumably some future Nokia site -- and see where their friends were when they took the pics or captured the videos. Of course, misuse -- or accidental use -- of this system will likely end is tears, misery, and divorce so buyer beware.

  • Benefon announces WM6 GPS devices for 2007

    by 
    Brian White
    Brian White
    02.22.2007

    Benefon is rolling out a trio of new GPS-enabled mobiles for its 2007 product portfolio. As always, the trade names it assigns are just so cute: The TWIG Talisman, Totem and Monolith. That almost sounds like a fourth Lord of the Rings flick. Anyway, this triumvirate of WM6 Smartphones geared towards the navigation junkie should delight many looking for a newer WM6 device with out-of-the-box GPS integration -- and that includes the new TWIG Talisman (GPRS / EDGE). The TWIG Totem comes with HSDPA and EDGE along with an integrated SiRF Star III GPS chip and Bluetooth revision 1.2 (no 2.0?). Finally, the TWIG Monolith gets a touch-screen interface along with the same SiRF chip from the Totem and adds WiFi into the mix. ??? [Thanks, Tapz]