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Nokia Maps and Messenger services upgraded

Crave The upgraded Nokia Maps offers new features, such as high-resolution aerial images and 3D landmarks. Nokia has also tied the latest version of Nokia Maps more closely with its PC-based service Ovi. And the new Nokia Maps allows users to plan their...

Tags: nokia, maps, navigation, location

3 December 2008, 9:19

Photos: Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson W705 Walkman

Crave Specs-wise it's got a super-crisp 240x320-pixel screen, a 4GB Memory Stick Micro M2 card (there's little internal memory to speak of), a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash, a low-res front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, 3.5G HSDPA data...

27 November 2008, 13:34

Apple in trouble over iPhone advert

Crave The ad showed a close-up of the phone being used to surf a news Web page, view the Google maps service and download a file -- and all the actions had waiting times of only a fraction of a second. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned...

Tags: apple, iphone, ad, complained

27 November 2008, 9:02

Nokia 6260: 6600 eat your heart out

Crave It packs a 5-megapixel camera, HSDPA and Wi-Fi for fast access to the Internet, and GPS alongside Nokia Maps. It's only been a few months since we reviewed a cute little Nokia slider called the 6600 and already Nokia has unveiled another similar...

Tags: nokia, packed, location, nokia maps

26 November 2008, 11:49

Apple releases iPhone 2.2 firmware

Crave Walking directions in Google Maps are also included in the update. Just in time for pay day and free pay day beers in the CBS Interactive lounge (if you work here, that is), comes the iPhone's 2.2 firmware.

Tags: apple, wi fi, itunes, iphone

21 November 2008, 10:41

Sony Ericsson W705 Walkman: Socket to me

Crave But it's sure as hell a pretty melon farmer, and we applaud So Eric for injecting Wi-Fi and GPS into the mix, not to mention the pre-loading of Google Maps. Sony Ericsson has just announced its final phone of the year -- the W705 Walkman.

Tags: sony ericsson, wi fi, fi, ericsson

6 November 2008, 10:45

T-Mobile G1 vs iPhone 3G: Can Google bite Apple?

Crave When we turned Google Maps on, the G1's GPS was quick to respond and performed faster than the iPhone 3G, but that may have been due to network issues at that moment in time. From the packaging to the headphone socket, we've given it a thorough...

29 October 2008, 22:59

US Army: Twitter could organise terror 2.0

Crave The report -- present by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion and posted to the Federation of American Scientists Web site -- examines the possible ways terrorists could use mobile and Web technologies such as GPS, digital maps and Twitter...

Tags: mobile phone, cell, movement, attacks

27 October 2008, 9:41

DXG DVH58: Geotate maps out first geotagging camcorder

Crave Bolt-on geotagging gizmos are available, or you can manually add pictures to maps with software or on sites such as Flickr. Geotate is the leading GPS software company, and camcorder manufacturer DXG is, er, a camcorder manufacturer.

Tags: geotate, map, picture, location

21 October 2008, 11:40

T-Mobile G1 versus Apple iPhone 3G: Side by side

Crave Google Maps with Satellite View, Traffic, Street View and compass mode that orients the screen as you move Google Maps with Satellite View and Traffic. Maps After the T-Mobile G1 was announced yesterday, we had a good hands-on with it and assessed...

Tags: contract, band, fi, slot

24 September 2008, 11:49

T-Mobile G1 pics and specs leaked hours before official launch

Crave You'll be able to watch YouTube videos and access Google Maps, which works in conjunction with the G1's built-in GPS. Update: read our hands-on the T-Mobile G1 with photos and our T-Mobile G1 previewIt seems that few companies can keep a product...

23 September 2008, 10:52

HTC Touch 3G and Touch Viva unveiled

Crave Native support for Google Maps makes the offering more attractive still -- Google's mapping software, when combined with a decent GPS receiver, is a robust and extremely useful navigational tool. As if giving birth to the Touch HD wasn't an epic...

Tags: htc, hd, bluetooth, fi

15 September 2008, 16:43

Apple let-downs: What we didn't get

Crave Again, it's not something we think would've been an oft-used feature, but someone, somewhere, would've made use for it, not to mention a built-in repository of Google Maps. It was very much an evolutionary step Apple took yesterday -- not so much...

Tags: apple, robot, wireless, capacity

10 September 2008, 8:44

Sony Ericsson G705: With added Web goodness

Crave There's a Google shortcut key to ensure you're never away from a quick search and the assisted GPS is tied in with Google Maps to help you figure out where you are. Sony Ericsson today announced a slider phone aimed at people who want to use the...

Tags: sony ericsson, ericsson, gps, microsoft exchange

9 September 2008, 10:53

Apple's September event: Definitive rumour round-up

Crave We considered integrated GPS for use with location-based apps from the App Store, but as the iPod touch only has Wi-Fi, how would it download maps? September the ninth is an important date in music and media.

4 September 2008, 12:02