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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Biddle who wrote (31595)	1/23/2003 8:00:43 AM
From: Jim Mullens	Respond to of 197244

John- Thanks for the MOT LBS article which provided a wealth of info. No mention of Qualcomm’s Agps system, CDMA phones, or BREW though. Highlights below. offering wireless carriers, auto manufacturers and other enterprises location-based services software that will deliver relevant, easily accessible information to consumers while they are mobile. Information delivered through the "ViaMoto" software can be customized depending on a consumer's personal preference, will be available in virtually any environment and will be available on a variety of wireless phones or other devices. are currently available and are undergoing customer trials with Motorola GPS-enabled cell phones in North America. Driscoll-Wolfe's 2002 Wireless Location-Based Services Marketing Research Study states that nearly half of all cell phone users are interested in receiving directions to their destination on their handsets. That same study showed that a third of all mobile phone users would agree to pay $5 per month for unlimited navigation assistance on their phones. transforms a wireless phone, and other wireless devices, into "navigators" that deliver textual or audible route guidance prompts to users. enables consumers to receive spoken turn-by-turn directions through their cell phones. Motorola's ViaMoto server is continuously updated with map data and is integrated with traffic conditions and point-of-interest databases to provide users with the most accurate and up-to-date navigation services possible.