Nokia N900 available for pre-order in US: despite Nokia’s failure so far in the US market, I’m still bullish regarding the company’s future prospects. And I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on the new N900 smartphone. Too bad its unlocked price is an utterly unaffordable $649.
Bing Maps gets a PHP toolkit: the traditionally proprietary Microsoft has decided to embrace open-source programming language PHP, and make a toolkit for said language available to Bing Maps developers.
Foursquare pulls in $1.35 million, hits the Android Market: uber-popular location-aware social game Foursquare is now available for Android-based mobile phones. The company has also raised a $1.35 million round led by Union Square Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and a few angel investors.
Loopt gets background location updating on iPhone: According to Silicon Alley Insider, Loopt has struck a deal with AT&T that will allow the location-based iPhone application to pull in users’ location even when the app isn’t running. However, the app doesn’t actually run in the background. Location updates are done server-to-server. Loopt has a 14-day free trial for 5, 000 users after which the service will cost $3.99 per month.
Nokia, NAVTEQ integrate GPS data: NAVTEQ is finally incorporating Nokia GPS data into its maps. NAVTEQ Traffic products for North America and Europe will now have exponentially more data from which to plan routes, predict traffic patterns, and add secondary roads.
NAVTEQ 3D Motorway Junction Objects come to Europe: 3D objects help drivers make decisions at complex junctions in real-time in 10 European countries and 6000 locations.
