GPS/WI-FI Location Based System for Phone Licensed by SiRF to Skyhook Wireless.:



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"GPS/WI-FI Location Based System for Phone Licensed by SiRF to Skyhook Wireless.
GPS chip and software company SiRF is set to offer it's dual GPS/wi-fi location based system to phones. SiRF will be licensing its technology to wi-fi location based services startup giant, skyhook wireless company, the company that made headlines when it developed the Loki browser plug-in, which adds location to search and other web services.
Wifi is capable of assisting GPS in locating any device in problem areas like urban environments or indoors that is dense. It also help when the device want to get a first location fix which sometimes take too long in warming up . But using GPS, wifi becomes more quicker, said Ted morgan the CEO of skyhook wireless.
Skyhook, which is based in Boston was started in the year 2003 and at present have been able to raise about $8.5 million from some investors like Bain capital ventures and Intel capital. This SIRF deal is the latest mobile partnership following the one which was announced at CES where skyhook teamed up with a korean company, ReignCom which is behind the iriver brand, so that skyhook wi-fi LBS technology will be added to their iriver W10 portable media player.
Any type of wi-fi enabled devices or phone you use will surely benefit from wi-fi LBS but it is "