Feb 23 2006
Webraska, a leading provider of mobile
GPS navigation solutions and high-end geospatial software platforms for
wireless carriers and major service providers worldwide, is pleased to
announce that Orange has renewed its confidence in Webraska by selecting
Webraska's new Webraska Navigation 6 software for the upcoming version
of its Orange Navigation solution.
Available from March 2, the new offer
from Orange will include new features such as:
-- Smart Traffic Update to automatically
monitor traffic conditions and be alerted every 5mn to 20mn along with
suggestion for alternative routes;
-- Pedestrian navigation;
-- Advanced point of interest search by
criteria and the opportunity to automatically generate a phone call to a
selected point of interest.
Orange Navigation includes Webraska's
renowned crystal clear voice instructions and easy to read colour maps
clearly showing all street names and all details of the most complex
intersections to guide drivers safely and on time to their destination.
Other popular features such speed trap alerts, with their location
automatically refreshed, and automatic map updates, are part of the
standard version.
The new offer will be compatible with new
devices including SPV C600, SPV M3000 and Nokia N70, and will include a
new SIRF III GPS receiver.
Pricing will be either a pay as you go of
1.50 EUR per route, or a subscription of 10 EUR /month. The GPS receiver
will be available from France Telecom points of sale and on the Orange
website www.orange.fr at the price of EUR 129.
Planning ahead, Orange's development
roadmap includes A-GPS integration allowing to shorten the localisation
process and a new SIM card concept, SIM+, a SIM card with widened memory
space allowing downloading automatically the navigation application in
the device when inserting the SIM card.
Orange Navigation is hosted and powered
by Webraska, and uses NAVTEQ's digital maps and traffic information from
V-Trafic.
It offers GPS assisted car navigation on
mobile devices running Symbian Series 60, Symbian UIQ, Windows Mobile
for Smartphones and Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, and is available all
over Europe.