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19th October - Navicore, a specialist in navigation
software for feature phones and smarpthones (including
Symbian OS S60, S80 and UIQ handsets), is porting its
GPS (global positioning system) software, Navicore Personal
2007, to Linux for Nokia's 770 Internet Tablet. This
is the first such solution for the handheld, which is
designed to access the Web through a Wi-Fi connection
for browsing, e-mail, VoIP calling and instant messaging.
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The Navicore Personal 2007 software features maps, turn-by-turn
directions, and points-of-interest data from Tele Atlas, which
provides the same type of information to many other companies,
including TomTom and RIM (for its new BlackBerry Maps application),
for example.
It will be made available in Europe as part of a standalone
bundle - including Navicore Personal 2007, a Bluetooth GPS
receiver and a car holder - for 199 Euros (about $248), or
as a total package that also packs the Nokia 770 itself this
December. Both will feature UK and continental Europe street-level
maps.
If you want to use the GPS solution in the U.S., it looks
like you're going to have to buy optional American street
maps, as Navicore hasn't revealed plans to release a version
of either Navicore Personal 2007 bundles in the states - at
least not yet.
The 770 comes with applications to read RSS news feeds, listen
to audio, watch video, and view images. While its Wi-Fi radio
lets users access the Internet via broadband, support for
Bluetooth enables you to use the tablet in conjunction with
a Bluetooth-enabled phone or other peripherals, like the GPS
receiver mentioned above.
It has 64 MB of RAM and a RS-MMC (reduced-size MultiMediaCard)
slot for memory expansion.
The 770's landscape touch screen display measures 4.1 inches
diagonally and it runs at a healthy 800 x 480 pixel resolution.
The unit measures 5.1 x 3.1 x 0.75 inches (141 x 79 x 19 millimeters)
and weighs 8.3 ounces (230 grams).
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