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Navizon now available for the Motorola Q

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:40 am    Post subject: Navizon now available for the Motorola Q Reply with quote

Navizon was designed mainly to provide location based on Wi-Fi access points, but it looks like it is extending to provide positioning based on cellular networks, so even Motorola Q that has no Wi-Fi at all, can now...

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Navizon first launched on the Motorola V325, then on the Motorola Razr V3c and V3m. So the service first launched on devices with no wifi. The technology was obviously designed to do so from the start.

Update: I was mistakenly referring to the Verizon VZ Navigator service.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

raulr wrote:
Navizon first launched on the Motorola V325, then on the Motorola Razr V3c and V3m. So the service first launched on devices with no wifi. The technology was obviously designed to do so from the start.


You must be confusing navizon with something else. It was first for Pocket PCs with WiFi and has never been for the V325 or Razr. Now Navizon works on all Windows mobile pocket pcs and smartphones with WiFi, GSM and CDMA, and there is also a version for Symbian.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="indiekiduk"]You must be confusing navizon with something else. It was first for Pocket PCs with WiFi and has never been for the V325 or Razr. Now Navizon works on all Windows mobile pocket pcs and smartphones with WiFi, GSM and CDMA, and there is also a version for Symbian.[/quote]

Oops, your right! I thought that's what Verizon called their navigation service (VZ Navigator).
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:04 pm    Post subject: Local Positioning Systems Reply with quote

You can learn more how positioning systems like Navizon work on this website http://indoorLBS.com .
This is website is dedicated to alternative and complimentary positioning technologies to GPS, including Wi-Fi positioning.
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