Bharti Airtel Ltd in association with Wayfinder Systems has launched GPS navigation for select few cities in India[Bangalore, Chennai, Chandigrah Delhi NCR, Kolkatta, Mumbai and Pune] and for almost the entire US and Europe. Few months ago I had seen a GPS navigation system in Bangalore and didn’t find it good and compelling enough to recommend to others. The bad thing about this is, it is only compatible with BlackBerry 8800 sets. How many of us are really Blackberry users ?
Mr Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Airtel Mobile said,
Airtel users will also have the option to purchase map information and area coverage details of Europe and North America.
Why should one purchase GPS in the US when you can install Google Maps which is as good as a GPS system. In the snaps below you can see Google Map View as well as Satellite view of Redmond Ridge in the state of WA. Mobile screens captured on my Nokia N70 running Google Maps powered by Airtel Online GPRS network.
Its disappointing to see the service being launched for blackberry users alone.
I have used google maps on my nokia 6630 mobile over Airtel gprs and it works fine , kind of slow.
i dont see any point in purchasing a GPS service
In India, will we ever need a GPS? When ever you get lost, you stop by and ask anyone on the road and they shall direct you very happily. Some over-enthued guy might actually come with you to show the place 🙂
please do come up with more speedy network..
we are in need of a best navigation system in kerala,along with it’s network providers..