This story was originally published on August 8, 2024, and has been updated. Your smartphone is designed to suck you in. You might pick it up to quickly check the weather, only to find yourself an ...

Nokia’s announcement Thursday of free voice navigation for its GPS smartphones is bound to pound some GPS competitors such as Garmin Ltd. and TomTom. There was already a short-term impact, with ...

Nokia's free navigation services via Ovi Maps come just months after Google launched its latest version of Maps Navigation for the Google Android platform. Maps Navigation takes elements from the ...

The new Garmin-Asus venture announced its first two smartphone offerings at the GSM Mobile World Congress and true to earlier promises, each uses a different operating system: one runs Linux and the ...

GPS is the best technology for tracking the location and movement of any object anywhere in the world. GPS stands for “Global Positioning System,” and refers to a worldwide network of satellites, ...

Driven by increased demand from developed regions for high-end models, along with an unexpectedly strong push from emerging economies for lower-cost products, smartphones are expected to rise to ...