GPS Becomes New Tool In Hunt For Cheap Gas
By TelematicsWire on April 30th, 2006 Via: TelematicsWire.com - Telematics Industry News with RSS
“The service automatically searches fuel prices within five miles of a user’s location and can search further if nothing is found, according to the company. The fuel prices are updated daily, and the search results are sorted for prices of 87 octane gas. Users can also search by gasoline brand name.”
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The Telematics Wire site is fast loading, relevant, and frequently updated. Above and beyond the news, supplementary resourceful content is also posted on a regular basis. Telematics usually references mobile computing, specifically vehicle computing and vehicle telemetry. This includes Fleet Management, Logistics, Location Based Services [LBS], Global Positioning Systems [GPS], Infotainment, etc. However, in the past couple of years, vehicle telematics applications such as GPS and Infotainment have spilled over into the Mobile Phone Industry, creating a whole new array of “Personal Telematics” devices and services. Personal telematics devices include New-Generation Mobile Phones, The Infamous Blackberry, iPods, etc.
