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TomTom sat-navs shipped with viruses

News Satellite-navigation company TomTom has admitted that it has shipped two viruses on a number of its devices. According to the company, a "small number" of TomTom GO 910 satellite-navigation devices were shipped last year with malware pre-installed.

30 January 2007, 9:37

Nokia maps future with Navteq

News Navteq has been viewed as a takeover target since this summer, when navigation device maker TomTom said it would pay €1.8bn (£1.2bn) for Navteq's top rival in the mapping market, Tele Atlas. TomTom accounts for about 40 per cent of Tele

Tags: navigation, nokia, maps, maker

2 October 2007, 10:57

News.blog: Apple going into car tech?

News Is Apple looking to compete with Garmin or TomTom down the road? German magazine Focus has reported that Apple is developing something that would combine maintenance, entertainment, communication and navigation for cars into one device and that...

19 June 2007, 9:53

Sat-nav systems set to get smart

News The GPS market as we know it is set for a shake-up with pay-as-you-go mobile offerings and high-end services gearing up to put the squeeze on traditional big names such as Garmin and TomTom. According to a recent report by research company Strategy...

3 January 2007, 9:00

News.blog: Nokia navigates new Maps

News The initial version of Nokia Maps, which was announced at last year's edition of this wireless show, was developed for people who wanted navigation while driving, essentially replacing the need to have a separate navigation device, like those...

Tags: navigation, nokia, maps, beta

12 February 2008, 8:45

HTC duels BlackBerry with 'Excalibur'

News The HTC P3300, due in October, is HTC's first dedicated navigation PDA with built-in GPS, and features TomTom's Navigator 6 software. HTC has unveiled its autumn range of Windows Mobile-based handsets, including a long-rumoured BlackBerry-like...

12 September 2006, 10:52

iPaq leak shows Hewlett-Packard's hand(held)

News The devices also use five separate wireless technologies: GPRS, GSM, EDGE with 802.11g, Bluetooth and GPS, with navigation service provided by TomTom (plus one city map for free). A slip-up on Hewlett-Packard's UK Web site is revealing some...

15 August 2005, 9:53

HP unveils vision of personal hub

News The RX5700 and RX5900 will ship for little more than it costs to buy TomTom software on its own, HP said. HP has revealed its vision for the future of mobile devices by unveiling, as a concept, a wearable wireless communications hub.

10 October 2006, 11:14

Phone makers cash in on location services

News Personal-navigation software companies such as TomTom are already offering versions of their software for high-end smart phones. In a bold move to accelerate the adoption of location services for mobile devices, the world's two largest handset...

16 February 2007, 9:17