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thomasdawes 2007-10-01 14:04

Nokia is buying Navteq
 
I am not sure how true this is, but the people over at Engadget are pretty good at getting good information before blogging. They are reporting that Nokia pruchased navteq a big mapping company.

I am not sure they will enhance the N800, but any new products would benefit from this incorporation.

Texrat 2007-10-01 14:43

Re: Nokia is buying Navteq
 
It was formally announced today.

This is a good fit. I like it. :)

Also, analysts are beating up NOK stock for it...

zerojay 2007-10-01 15:09

Re: Nokia is buying Navteq
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thomasdawes (Post 78812)
I am not sure how true this is, but the people over at Engadget are pretty good at getting good information before blogging. They are reporting that Nokia pruchased navteq a big mapping company.

I am not sure they will enhance the N800, but any new products would benefit from this incorporation.

They announced their intention to purchase the company. It's not bought yet as far as I know.

ScottRD 2007-10-01 15:17

Re: Nokia is buying Navteq
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by zerojay (Post 78839)
They announced their intention to purchase the company. It's not bought yet as far as I know.

I guess this just depends on how technical you want to be. The acquisition has been approved by the board of directors of both companies and all that still needs to occur is the actual closing. My understanding is that this means it is essentially a "done deal"

Reggie 2007-10-01 16:19

Re: Nokia is buying Navteq
 
I like this move from Nokia. Garmin is one of the biggest clients of Navteq and in the US, Garmin navigation devices have the best maps. This would mean same Garmin-quality maps for Nokia devices.

Now can we infer that the next Internet Tablet will have built-in GPS and navigation? ;)

aflegg 2007-10-01 16:32

Re: Nokia is buying Navteq
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Reggie (Post 78858)
Now can we infer that the next Internet Tablet will have built-in GPS and navigation? ;)

I'd wager we can infer that as much as Nokia announcing the free availability of Nokia Maps for "all N-series devices" included the N800 :-/

Reggie 2007-10-01 16:57

Nokia Aquires NAVTEQ
 
Quote:

Nokia announced today that it intends to acquire NAVTEQ for $8.1 billion. NAVTEQ is a leading provider of navigation maps commonly seen in mobile navigation devices from Garmin as well as on-board automobile navigation systems found in Audis, BMWs, Mercedes-Benzs, Jaguars, Prsches, and Volvos, to name a few. I like this move from Nokia. Garmin is one of the biggest clients of Navteq and at least in the US, Garmin navigation devices have the best maps. This would mean the same Garmin-quality compressed maps for Nokia devices. Can we infer that the next Internet Tablet will have a built-in GPS and navigation functionality? FYI, the Nokia N800 Navigation Kit uses maps from Navicore.
Read the full article.

Mara 2007-10-01 17:21

Re: Nokia is buying Navteq
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by aflegg (Post 78861)
I'd wager we can infer that as much as Nokia announcing the free availability of Nokia Maps for "all N-series devices" included the N800 :-/

If that happens, I'm afraid what's going to happen Gnuite's great work on creating MaemoMapper? (Most likely Nokia Maps will not be made available for 770, thus that will still find good home for MaemoMapper...)

zerojay 2007-10-01 17:26

Re: Nokia Aquires NAVTEQ
 
I'm pretty sure that the lack of Nokia Maps on the N800 has more to do with not castrating Navicore than because they simply don't want to do it.

scbauer 2007-10-01 18:04

Re: Nokia Aquires NAVTEQ
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by zerojay (Post 78868)
I'm pretty sure that the lack of Nokia Maps on the N800 has more to do with not castrating Navicore than because they simply don't want to do it.

??????????


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