Pharos Science & Applications Inc., a leading provider of portable GPS navigation and location-based services, is introducing Smart Navigator, the first Web-based service to combine GPS navigation, real-time traffic and dynamic points-of-interest lookup for users of Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs (as well as Pocket PCs with integrated phone capabilities.) To mark the launch of Smart Navigator, Pharos is offering the service for free through the end of 2003.
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Smart Navigator is a Web-based suite of location-based services developed by Pharos to enhance consumer lifestyle experiences and mobile professional productivity. With Smart Navigator, GPS position and navigation data, and information specific to your location are all delivered via wireless communications link directory to your mobile device. Now, with a wireless-enabled Pocket PC, you can access Pharos' Smart Navigator service on the Web and get live, real-time "Smart Traffic" information or lookup points of interest by proximity or keyword using "Smart Finder". Smart Navigator integrates these Web-based information services with Pharos' award winning Ostia navigation and routing software (ver. 6.0) for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, to give users the ultimate mobility tool for information anywhere. Simply connect to the Internet via ActiveSync from your desktop PC, WiFi (e.g., Starbucks, Wireless Hotspots), wireless modem or Pocket PC phone (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Cingular or other wireless carrier), or Bluetooth (with a Bluetooth enabled phone).
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