According to Electronista yesterday, Vodafone has killed off its paid-for GPS service Wayfinder, resulting in the loss of around 90 jobs in the turn-by-turn navigation department.
“We could not charge for something that others gave away for free” Vodafone UK spokeslady Anna Cloke told Sweden’s Sydsvenkan, in an unusually and brutally honest assessment of the situation.
And that’s Google Maps Navigation, one of the reasons why paid-for GPS is on the way out – along with Nokia’s recent move to start giving away its Ovi Maps tool.
And isn’t it enough just to have a look at good-old traditional Google Maps every few miles to make sure you’re on track anyway?
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Paul manning
/ March 19, 2010GPSLocals.com
FREE for end users, all the costs are covered by businesses and establishments that want customers to find them using GPS.
You can now list your establishment, business, products or service on the GPS system for only 10 Euros per year.
Great idea!
This time the consumer wins – no fees
david channing
/ July 16, 2010Sorry to hear that 90 people lost their job but good move on Vodafones part. This looks pretty good