Mobile Phone Navigation Leader Demonstrates Turn-by-Turn
Navigation System Via WiMAX
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Networks In Motion (NIM), the award-winning wireless navigation
and location-based services (LBS) company, today announced that it is
demonstrating a WiMAX connected navigation system solution for
consumers. This 'proof of concept' is similar to installed auto
navigation devices, but with the ability to access real-time location
assisted search and travel information.
The AtlasBook turn-by-turn GPS navigation application, which runs
on the Azentek in-dash computer running Windows Vista(R); and uses
WiMAX for wireless data access, may soon be available on touch-screen
PCs installed into vehicles.
A demo of AtlasBook can be seen in the Azentek booth #2125 North
Hall at 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan 7th to 10th.
The application is also part of a mobile vehicle demo provided by
Intel Corporation on Clearwire's WiMAX demonstration network, which is
built with Motorola's wi4 WiMAX end-to-end solution.
The proof-of-concept also integrates NIM's NAVBuilder(TM)
platform, which uses a client-server architecture to provide a fast,
easy-to-use solution on mobile phones--and now PCs--with 'off-board'
data that sends maps, local search results from servers to the device,
and is therefore more current than navigation solutions with maps and
points of interest (POIs) stored 'on-board' in today's car navigation
systems and Personal Navigation Devices (PND).
The technology also uses NIM's AtlasBook(TM) product to provide
maps, local search and turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance, 3D
moving maps, and visual instructions. It also features navigation
based on real-time and historical traffic information, automatic trip
recalculation, and 3D perspective view. It will also allow users to
search for points of interest (POIs), such as restaurants, hotels and
ATMs, along their route or around a selected location and will display
traffic incidents and weather conditions.
"As the leader in navigation for mobile phones, this development
project will demonstrate that our NAVBuilder client/server technology
can be applied to in car and other mobile devices," said Doug Antone,
president and CEO of Networks In Motion. "We believe GPS navigation
offers unlimited technological opportunities and we're looking forward
to the results of this project and other exciting new developments to
showcase our advanced local search and navigation solutions."
About Networks In Motion
Networks In Motion is an award-winning wireless navigation and
local search company, with products on most major wireless carriers.
Networks In Motion powers: AAA Mobile(R) on Verizon Wireless, Alltel,
and Sprint; Verizon Wireless' VZ Navigator; YellowPages.com Mobile,
which is currently deployed on AT&T Alltel's Axcess Mobile Guide
navigator; U.S. Cellular's Your Navigator; TELUS Navigator and TELUS
Kid Find, making NIM's NAVBuilder platform the most widely used mobile
phone navigation service in North America. Founded in 2000, the
company is privately held and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif.,
with international offices in Sweden and Spain. More information is
available at http://www.networksinmotion.com.
Networks In Motion, Inc.
Steve Andler
949-453-3807
sandler@networksinmotion.com
or
Maples Communications, Inc.
Amy Johnsonbaugh or Mike Kilroy
949-855-3555
ajohnsonbaugh@maples.com
mkilroy@maples.com
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