Locative Media and Gear: Phones are the new GPS Devices

As of now, there are two ways to use a cellphone to get location-based data. Either the phone has an internal gps unit (or can be blue-toothed to one), or it has firmware that allows triangulation via cellphone towers and wifi hotspots. Nokia is betting heavily on the gps-enabled phones. They recently released 4 new gps-enabled devices, the latest being the Black N82.

The Finland giant Nokia silently unveiled the highly expected and speculated Nokia N82 Black version last few day, bringing a blend of state-of-the-art imaging, integrated navigation and high-speed Internet connectivity to the Nseries range of converged devices.

Most features are identical to the original Nokia N82, but this jet black multimedia computer enables people to “geotag” the images they capture - allowing them to not only be saved by date, but by location as well. This is a feature that was all the rage at last month’s big Mobile World Congress event.

This report via http://www.mobilephone-reviews.com

Posted: March 22, 2008