Nokia starts global positioning service

The Washington Post reports that Nokia launched a service which it said would cut the time a GPS-enabled cellphone takes to pinpoint its whereabouts, opening new opportunities for location-based online services.

"Nokia hopes the service, available for users of its flagship N95 phones, will cut the startup time to one minute, from up to three minutes currently. The slowness has so far hampered takeup of cellphone navigation.

Handset makers see GPS-based navigation as one of the next big value-adding offerings and even at this early stage."

emily | 10:33 AM | Localisation |
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