GPS is the Highlight at 3GSM

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February 13, 2007 at 10:29 pm · Filed under General

“GPS is definitely one of the key themes of the 3GSM show,”

said David Wood, head of Symbian.

“RIM, Motorola and Nokia have all launched GPS handsets.”

Everyone wants to get a piece of the GPS cake. I am sure we will see a lot of more mobile units with GPS capabilities. RIM is at the front as they already announced some months ago that they will fokus on the location based services market. Not just the BlackBerry 8800 will have GPS capabilities. I am pretty sure there will come other new BlackBerry families to the market with GPS, with a camera and even with file support.

Therefor we do always suggest to check out our BlackBerry and GPS overview that has been written some time ago but is still up to date. Also our collection of Bluetooth GPS receivers for those who need to purchase an external Bluetooth GPS receiver - if you are running a BlackBerry 7100, 7130, 7200, 7500, 8100 or 8700 series (excluding 7100i, 7520, 8703e at Sprint) - to get GPS positioning work on your BlackBerry.

Also important for our German readers:

Vodafone Germany will launch the BlackBerry 8800 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) at start-March. The smartphone has an integrated GPS receiver, …