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The evolution of Personal Navigation Devices

I have just read an interesting post at the Register on soe recent announcements for GPS in the UK.

This comes close to me completing a challenge question on the Techdirt Insight Community on the future of personal navigation devices.

I do believe that, with the number of mobile handsets now sporting GPS and a handful of Bluetooth GPS device available that you can connect to your mobile, GPS and Location Based Services are ready for large scale adoption.

You can read my insights from here:
PNDs for Pedestrians
PNDs for Vehicles

Telmap has an interesting spin on the collaborative and community aspects that I mentioned. And it will be interesting to see how the Vodafone & TomTom deal evolves.

If you are a Jeteye user you can also access my Jetpak.
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