Nokia starts global positioning service
personal navigation devices
Nokia started a new service in which, it said, dramatically cuts the time a GPS-enabled cellphone takes to pinpoint its whereabouts, opening new business opportunities for location-based services.
So far, the long startup which takes up to three minutes in good conditions, has hampered takeup of cellphone navigation. But Nokia hopes the service, available for users of its flagship N95 phones, will cut that time to one minute.
Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, bought into the navigation industry last year through its acquisition of German firm Gate5 and started to offer free maps and routing data in February 2007, while charging extra fees for turn-by-turn navigation.
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