Tuesday, March 28, 2006

GPS natigation service in Europe

TomTom
Most famous adn most commly used navigation system.
Three kinds of services,
 -All in One (専用機)
 -PDA(Bluetooth), + GPS device(Bluetooth)+PDA software
-Mobile phone(Bluetooth) + GPS device(Bluetooth)+Mobile phone Software

TomTom Company web page
TomTom, portable GPS car navigation systems
TomTom Mobile version review
http://www.coolsmartphone.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=376


wayfinder
I suppose this service is not that famous as TomTom is.
Looks less nicer GUI according to the review page.

wayfinder homepage
http://www.wayfinder.com/index_en.php
wayfinder for mobile phone is on review
http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/wayfinder-p800.php


Will COM, position searching service

Will COM offers the new service " Will COM position searching service " which of the PHS terminal can search present location from April 6th. Early registration fee and month amount utilization charge are necessary, but, free campaign is executed to September 30th.

As for " Will COM position searching service ", by the fact that it communicates with base station, the service which can find the position of the PHS terminal. You can find from the personal computer and the other terminal, to " position searching " function and the partner who is registered beforehand address is notified can utilize " self position notification " function. Proposal accepts from only main person of the contractor of the terminal which becomes the searching object.

English
Translated version of http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/28435.html

日本語
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/28435.html

Toshiba Terminal for 3D navigation

The KDDI and Okinawa cellular announced Toshiba make " W43T " which corresponds to new functional " 3d Nabi " of EZ Nabi walk and so on as a new type of CDMA 1x WIN terminal of au. The schedule which is sold in the April last third.

The W43T indicates intersection and the like in threely-dimensional with EZ Nabi walk the Toshiba make CDMA 1x WIN terminal which " 3d Nabi " can utilize. The electronic compass is not loaded. Furthermore, the 3d drawing engine " T4G " which is loaded " 3d Nabi " not only, is utilized even with the BREW game and the like of 3d indication.

Music synthesis service " au LISTEN MOBILE SERVICE (the LISMO and the リスモ)" it corresponds, in order to be able to utilize music playback function smoothly, the button for music playback 3 is allotted on the rear of the display side body. It re-raises music by the fact that length you push, the central button can do the skip and the like of music with the button left and right.

English
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/28411.html

日本語
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/28411.html

Navitime 3D version released

Nabi time Japan and cooperation of labor it does the KDDI and Okinawa cellular,, it develops new service " 3d Nabi " who guides intersection and the like in 3d indication in the pedestrian navigation service " EZ navigation " which is in the midst of offering with the au, starts offer from the April last third.

As for EZ Nabi walk, for the pedestrian who utilizes the GPS functional on-board terminal of the au navigation service. The same service becomes navigation service of the 2d indication which is guided alongside the map picture, but while " 3d Nabi " of new service becoming the 3d indication the car Nabi's way in the part where it becomes an important point of navigation such as intersection grasping the position relationship of the landmark and around those which do navigation. You say even in complicated intersection of business quarters and the like than past it is easier to know due to 3d indication.

Point of view, the eye line indication which indicates the view from the eye line of the pedestrian and, disdains from upper part tilt, " sky view indication " can be selected. Being same also the audio guide available as usual EZ Nabi walk, from the standard map of EZ Nabi walk, the mechanism which changes to 3d Nabi automatically with the position which becomes an important point of the guide. Furthermore, with navigation service, it is the au where also " suicide seat Nabi " for the automobile is in the midst of developing, but according to the explanatory member, in suicide seat Nabi it must be with in the midst of examining concerning 3d indication.

Following is,,,

English
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/28419.html

日本語
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/28419.html