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Route 66 Brings Augmented Reality To Android GPS Navigation

4:40PM February 18, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Route 66′s implementation of Augmented Reality into GPS navigation for Android devices is fantastic. Using the camera on your dash-mounted, android smartphone or tablet, the Route 66 Maps + Navigation app will display the road ahead of you and place a 3D car in the picture that shows you exactly how to navigate the roads and eliminating confusion over what’s a soft turn and a sharp one. More »


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Nokia Plans to Put GPS Chips in All Its Cellphones: SatNavvers Playing Ketchup

11:56PM April 13, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

Bad pun, I know, but I couldn’t resist. We’ve already reported on the TomTom and Garmin cellphone rumors earlier this week. And now here comes some more news that makes the rumors about the SatNavvers wanting to multi-task seem even more likely.

Mike Goodenough, from the UK office of Route 66, has been quoted as saying that “Nokia’s goal is to be at the top of navigation.” Route 66 is, of course, the company that puts the GPS software on Nokia 6610s. And it won’t just be Nokia’s top-end cells that will be getting GPS—even Nokia’s pay-as-you-go phones are expected to have the chips in them. –Ad Dugdale

Soon all Nokias will have a GPS Chip [NaviGadget]

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