“The screens on the wall and the computers that back them up can locate and guide hundreds of trains anywhere on Union Pacific Corp.’s 34,000 miles of track in the United States, but to John Cazahous this complex matrix is not enough. “We need to take what we do to a new level beyond the […]

“The car of the future is out there now. Take the all-new 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550, for instance. It’s bristling with technology and features that surely will filter down to smaller Mercedes products in a year or two — an almost deadly accurate infrared technology-based night vision system, a system that automatically prepares you for a […]

“In fact, Google Earth is used widely outside engineering and construction. The fact that it integrates with GPS and radio-frequency identification systems makes it well-suited for asset tracking in any industry. For example, Dell uses Google Earth to track business customers’ equipment in Asia as part of its inventory management system.
Google Earth is becoming a […]

“In an instant, a tiny Global Positioning System receiver he carries in a pocket can pinpoint where he is and offer step-by-step directions verbally or via a Braille display. Charlson, who is 50, lost his vision at age 11 in a household accident. Thanks to a GPS system he bought in January, he is navigating […]

W00t! Carnival of the Mobilists No. 20 kicks off over at Dorrian Porter's Silicon Valley Himalayan Expedition. Entries include a great piece by Rudy De Waele on the missing link in much of mobile analysis: context. Justin Oberman recaps action…

“More than 200 taxi drivers in Marbella and San Pedro de Alcántara are installing GPS location systems in their taxis, to improve the quality of service offered to customers. It will cost each of them 2,500 euros, although subsidies may be available from the Junta de Andalucía and the European Union.”
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i-mode Business Strategy. Weekly Newsletter. 1. Vodafone’s vision will be missed; 2. PayPal goes mobile; 3. Could a bad hair day lock you out of your mobile? 4. NEC transfers Japanese mobile/search experience to Australia; 5. NEC grows 3G ECO phone for FOMA.

MoCoNews hipped us to an interesting service on 3 UK, the 3G operator. The service, launched in October, is called See Me TV, and allows users to post video they shoot with their 3 handsets and post them for others…

MobileTracker has flagged Cingular CEO Stan Sigman's announcement to attendees at TelecomNext this week that his company plans to shut down all non-GSM networks it operates by 2008, the earliest date allowed by the Feds. While the big orange jumping…

The Nokia N92 is Nokia’s first mobile TV phone, and is a technological tour de force. Two megapixel camera, FM radio, MP3 player, 3G, 16 million colour screen, up to 2GB storage, and WiFi are just some of the features that have been crammed into the N92’s 107 x 58 x 25 mm dimensions. Read the complete Nokia N92 review to see just how amazing this phone really is.

KTF Technologies have released what they claim is the world’s thinnest phone. The KTF EV-K100 is just 7.9mm thin - that’s half the thickness of the Motorola RAZR - and weighs just 60g. KTF achieved this through an innovative antenna design, which up until now has been the limiting factor for phone thickness. Now the 8mm barrier has been broken, phones can get thinner still, so the credit-card mobile really could become reality soon.

Minimo 013 works on Windows Mobile devices, including PDAs and smart phones. It includes a new user interface and displays tabs that indicate multiple open pages. It also features a bar on the left side of the screen containing icons that directly link to common Web sites or applications such as Google, and a list of news Web sites with mobile-optimized pages.

Minimo 013 works on Windows Mobile devices, including PDAs and smart phones. It includes a new user interface and displays tabs that indicate multiple open pages. It also features a bar on the left side of the screen containing icons that directly link to common Web sites or applications such as Google, and a list of news Web sites with mobile-optimized pages.

Minimo 013 works on Windows Mobile devices, including PDAs and smart phones. It includes a new user interface and displays tabs that indicate multiple open pages. It also features a bar on the left side of the screen containing icons that directly link to common Web sites or applications such as Google, and a list of news Web sites with mobile-optimized pages.

The carnival of the mobilists is at Damien Porter’s weblog. It’s truly excellent!. Have a read HERE