Mobile Phones Reviews and Tips

O2 has just made an agreement with Telmap, because they want Telmap’s navigation and mapping services, available for their customers. The app will be available for almost all the GPS-enabled devices and O2 will constantly provide support for their customers.

Telmap’s Navigator is known for its mapping and GPS navigation which features in-car 3D maps, traffic alerts with alternative route options and turn by turn direction. O2 customers will also have access to places and businesses, event ticketing, restaurant listings and reviews, and O2 will also include O2 Academy venues and Wi-Fi hotspots. Customers will easily pay for this service, as it will be automatically appear on their mobile phone bill, and before buying this service they will be able to try it for 14 days.

The first O2 devices that will come equipped with this application will be released in the autumn of this year. Prices for this app will start from £3.50 per month, and existing users will be able to download it, if they have a suitable mobile phone of course.

Pharos US officially announced the new Traveler 137,a GPS smartphone. The new device comes with satnav app and a large 3.5-inch screen with WVGA resolution.

Features and specifications: runs on Windows Mobile 6.1; quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support, and Wi-Fi; a 3 megapixel camera; Bluetooth connectivity; microSD/SDHC card slot; a 528MHz Qualcomm CPU with 256MB SDRAM/512MB ROM; GPS; a special software, by Pharos, called Smart Navigator, which uses vector maps, manages several routing calculations and provides real-time traffic; another feature, called Follow Me, that allows your friends or family to view your location through the Internet or another Windows Mobile device.

The Pharos Traveler 137 will be available through AT&T and T-Mobile, at the end of the first quarter of 2009, at the approximate price of $600.