GPS navigation solution by Mobilink has been re-launched with enhanced features and with a web portal. Mobilink has actually strengthened its presence in navigational application – won’t be wrong if I say Mobilink is the only company offering real time navigational solution. However, we have seen other location based services by Ufone and Warid...
Post by Farhan Chawla A week ago I was out of Karachi, touring in the middle of Punjab, many a times I felt the need of a Personal tracker which should keep my family and friends updated of my whereabouts and that they could be posted automatically about my location. A little probing in my software cache gave me the tools I required on my E71 and I...
Ufone has jumped into Navigational Services, soon after Mobilink launched its Mobile Navigational System. Backed by naqsha.net maps, Ufone has got more of what Google Maps is offering. Though we have discussed before that community powered Google maps are getting more rich with time – however, at this point of time, Naqsha.Net has surely more points/addresses...
Guest Post by Shahid Saeed Automotive Navigation Systems have become extremely popular all over the world today. These devices are used extensively in major cities around the globe; by everyday people, taxi drivers and people new a the city or town. The bigger the city, the more the need for a navigation system is. Sadly, we Pakistanis have long been...
Megallan’s Triton series GPS devices are now available in Pakistan. These easy to use, low end GPS devices come with handy features with affordable price tags. Primarily, I will term Triton devices perfect match for first-time GPS users. Equipped with full-color display, SD-card compatibility, rich features, fast signal acquisition, reliable signal...
Data Solutions (Pvt) Ltd and Tracking World (Pvt) Ltd have released an update to their Pakistan Navigator map for Garmin GPS devices. We have discussed before on how these maps works on Garmin GPS devices in Pakistan. This latest update in maps includes house number information for Islamabad and Lahore. Users will now be able to navigate directly to...
Data Solutions (Pvt) Ltd and Tracking World (Pvt) Ltd are offering Pakistan’s very first in-car GPS system. Initially in detail maps are available for major Pakistani cities (including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Multan, Gujranwala and Wah Cantt) and all major national highways. Streets are labeled...
Nokia E71 carries along the footsteps of the E61i messaging phone, one of a rare Symbian mobile phones to come with a QWERTY keyboard. It is significantly more compact and lighter and thinner than the old E61i, it comes with faster networking, a better camera and GPS too. But on the negative side, the E71’s display and the keyboard looks altogether...
Thanks to Abdussamad who pointed out this another Location Based Service by Waird, that will enable you to find the real time location of your fiend, family, kids and so on…! How to find a friend’s Location through SMS? To Locate a Friend via SMS: User-A sends an SMS by writing FIND<space><NUMBER> e.g “Find<space><032XXXXXXXX>”...
Warid can now help you find various places of interest while you are on move. All you need is to send an SMS and you will get a response from Warid displaying you a list of restaurants, Banks, ATMs, Mosques or hotels near you. Warid Location Based services are very affordable in terms of pricing, user friendly and helpful for those who often travel...
I have previously discussed the availability of iPhone in Pakistan, emergence of 3G iPhone and its craze that we have been witnessing in Pakistani consumers, now i thought of presenting a comparison 3G iPhone and Nokia N95. As we know well that 3G iPhone or even its earlier version are good enough when it comes to data services, but a gadget lover in...
Couple of weeks ago I had chance to experience a GPS enabled (AT&T) blackberry 8310 in Islamabad. The good thing was that we were able to view our real time location on handset screen with Google maps. I was greatly impressed as the accuracy was more than anything, with spotting us exactly as where our car was. It was awesome. I am quite familiar...
