STOCKHOLM, Sweden–(BUSINESS WIRE)–mobilkom austria and Wayfinder today announced the launch of the most powerful and easy to use Navigation solution, A1 NAVI, on the Nokia N95 phone with built-in GPS. The latest version of A1 NAVI, that is based on Wayfinder Navigator 7 comes equipped with top of the line map 3D map experience, Wayfinder Power Search (patent pending technology) that enables the users to search in many databases simultaneously, night mode that adapts the color and light strength of the screen and other user friendly services that will greatly enhance the user experience.
The offering is bundled into a fixed price per month including unlimited usage of the attractively priced service.
“At Wayfinder we are excited about the introduction of phones with built-in GPS which will greatly simplify the user experience of phone based navigation. It is also becoming more common that operators choose to pre-install our services on phones with built-in GPS”, says Magnus Nilsson, CEO Wayfinder Systems AB.
A1 NAVI will be available on Nokia N95 in June 2007.
Wayfinder Navigator 7 will also be available on Nokia’s E90 phones with built-in GPS from the Communicator series.
“At A1 we are convinced that the introduction of phones with built-in GPS will dramatically increase the usage of location services in general and navigation in particular. Together with Wayfinder we are taking the next step in the direction of quickly growing the user base of such services”, says Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter, Director of Marketing, Distribution and Customer Services, mobilkom austria.
Well, a step forward that was expected. Guess that it will be a matter of time that these services will be costless. The promotional value of this maybe even combined with advertising should make it a free product: Companies will pay something like Wayfinder to be listed in a special way.
Free turn by turn navigation for the masses I say!