ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced a new Bluetooth GPS phone accessory that will bring location services to Nokia phone owners. The move is notable as Nokia has so far shied away from adding GPS capabilities directly into most of its phones.
“Location based services, such as navigation and point-of-interest search for hotels and restaurants are becoming increasingly popular with consumers,” said Aage Snorgaard, senior vice president of Nokia’s phone business. “With the introduction of the Nokia GPS Module LD-3W and through our collaborations with navigation industry players such as Wayfinder and Telmap, we offer a compelling range of location based services to the tens of millions of consumers who have one of our highly popular mid-range models, such as the Nokia 6230i or the Nokia 6280.”
Nokia said the module will allow phone users to check their location within around 15 feet of accuracy. The module will ship sometime in the next few months for around $131.
