BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.-Airbiquity and Televigation hope to take over the elusive location-aware phone market by integrating their technologies to offer real-time, voice-activated navigation services.
Under the deal, Airbiquity will combine its global positioning system accessory, which can retrofit wireless phones with GPS technology, with Televigation’s new line of voice-activated products.
“Through this alliance, Airbiquity’s customers will have access to turnkey navigation applications off the shelf, speeding time to market and increasing revenue opportunities,” said Andy Rimkus, the company’s vice president of marketing.
Airbiquity’s GPS accessory can be used with Nokia’s 5100, 6100 and 7100 phones. Televigation’s suite of products includes the TeleDirectionsT.voice, which offers detailed spoken driving instructions, TeleFinderT.voice, an address search machine, and TeleTrafficT.voice, which provides traffic and road construction updates.
