Nokia 6600 和 WayFinder

瑞典 WayFinder 公司結合 Symbian 60 和 GPS 系統的導航服務，在 2003 年度的 NOKIA Series 60 Platform Community 被提名為「Most Innovative Service」大賞得主。GIS Data 部分由 TeleAtlas 所提供，目前涵蓋範圍是 Western Europe (Denmark, Finland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland)。今年年中後預計在米國推出服務。Pocketgps.co.uk 的完整測試報導。這套系統的特點如下… Wayfinder Mobile Navigator Software Features (Manufacturers Description):

The following is a list of the features of the Wayfinder Mobile Navigator as provided by Wayfinder:

* The map is always up-to-date.
* The solution gives access to personalised databases such as favourite destinations and points of interests.
* The solution also gives access to company information such as yellow pages and other types of points of interests. (Not available on all markets)
* The solution provides the widest map coverage.
* You can enter the destination in many ways, both inside and outside the car and through a call-centre.
* Traffic information is taken into consideration when routes are calculated. (Not available on all markets)
* The route is calculated and downloaded extremely fast compared to traditional systems.
* The solution is completely portable and versatile and can be used inside the vehicle as well as while walking or biking.
* The solution can easily be integrated with other existing business systems for professional users.
* The service is operator independent.
* The solution can use GSM, GPRS as well as future 3G networks.
* The product can easily be upgraded for additional functionality such as a drivers journal in the future.
* The solution has substantially lower cost of ownership than traditional navigation systems.

Pros 和 Cons 請見測試報告的最後一段。Symbian 60/90 手機若能提供友善的導航介面和足夠的空間地理資訊，那麼拿起來頗不方便的 PDA 似乎就可以丟掉了。不知道它的 voice navigation aid 有沒有辦法經由藍芽把 audio 傳到藍芽耳機上，報出 GPS 訊息。否則我騎車的時候還要低頭看小螢幕，可能不是很方便(想像中…)。另一個據稱要在今年第一季於德國上市的服務是結合 Traffic Message Channel 的 bundled service。測試報告中說：

Hmm… 這好像又比日本的降雪状況をメール通知更進一步了。