With the recent success of the TomTom turn by turn navigation system designed for the iPhone and reports indicating that the demand for GPS enabled devices will steadily increase in the coming years, Dell has elected to delve into this market of opportunity by offering GPS and Wi-Fi positioning services on their Mini 10 netbook line.
Expected to launch next week in the US, the new service takes advantage of Dell’s “Wireless 700 location solution” which consists of an internal GPS card with Wi-Fi locationing and Dell’s CoPilot navigation software.
With this new feature, users will gain access to a wealth of information including turn by turn directions, 2D maps, 3D maps, trip optimization routes as well as detour information in the event of route delays.
Dell will also be partnering with Skyhook Wireless and Loki to provide additional local information such as a restaurant and business location service.
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