Incredibly poorly written and researched article. Google and Nokia/Navteq are still years ahead of Apple Maps. Apple has licensed Tom Tom maps. Offline Maps is far superior on Nokia Maps and then Google, vector has...
Nokia and Navteq have been doing everything that Google just announced. They have 3D maps, Offline usage on mobile, Turn by Turn, Routing, etc. Seems like Google was trying to pre-empt the Apple announcement and play some catch...
Nokia Maps launched Mobile HTML5 version of Maps for iOS, Android and any other mobile device running HTML5 browser
http://api.maps.nokia.com/en/mobile/
The government issuing such a broad patent is simply a joke. patents should be narrower in scope.
I bet many will challenge this and it will not be enforceable
And Apple has had not LBS technology at all - no iPhone until 2007 and...
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Needham should commended for actually giving a hard set of rules for its ratings.
Setting Price targets are useless, baseless and manipulative.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this thing is, or can be, a cell phone, and with video-conferencing built in. That would certainly put some distance between it and the rest of the pack.
Sorry, but Apple is...
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how to make Rolls-Royces, Lamborghinis, Aston-Martins, etc for 10,000 bucks and sell them in the millions.
Apple is Audi and Microsoft is the belated 1970's Ford Pinto that explodes to rear...
it's going to get slower.....a great wifi phone though......
tmobile hotspots should see a boost even if they lose customers.
apple had 2 viable options:
1) GSM carrier in US. They can roll out GSM phones for international...