Struggling to get a GPS lock on your smartphone? Blame the testing of nuclear bombs, according to new research from Ohio State University. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

Getting a jump start on CES 2009, location-based provider Pharos officially introduced on Tuesday the Pharos Traveler 137 smartphone, a Windows Mobile 6.1-based handset with integrated GPS and ...

Palm just announced the Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition, a nice little bundle for your Palm smartphone that will have you zipping around town without getting lost. How he managed to pull it off ...

Nokia’s announcement Thursday of free voice navigation for its GPS smartphones is bound to pound some GPS competitors such as Garmin Ltd. and TomTom. There was already a short-term impact, with ...

Garmin-Asus plans to display its first GPS smartphone of 2010 on Thursday, the M10, loaded with the latest version of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and a 3.5-inch touchscreen. The M10 has the same ...

If you’re not familiar with HTC, it’s a company that makes various smartphones both under their own name and for service providers to brand as their own. Their latest, the PDA/phone Artemis, continues ...

The new Garmin-Asus venture announced its first two smartphone offerings at the GSM Mobile World Congress and true to earlier promises, each uses a different operating system: one runs Linux and the ...

Yesterday’s introduction of the Google Maps Navigation service was seen by many as the death of standalone GPS. That isn’t true and rumors of the death have been greatly exaggerated. Consider the ...

A new study demonstrates how anonymized GPS data from people's smartphones can be used to monitor the public's use of parks and other green spaces in urban areas, which could help inform their ...

Your smartphone might be quietly observing your every move figuring out whether you’re sitting, walking, or even waving your ...