They say Necessity is the mother of Invention. But in present scenario, Desire has inevitably taken the place of Need in that dictum. Albeit Nokia enjoys a major or rather the most coveted slice of consumer favoritism, it further wants to grab more and more. It foresees hopes satellite navigation as a mode to attract consumers to its 770 Internet Tablet. The Finnish phone giant will next month ship a GPS add-on kit for the machine based on route-planning software specialist Navicore's code. Navicore has unveiled something that, according to their representatives, is the world's smallest and lightest Bluetooth-connected GPS receiver. Nokia's Navigation Kit will include Navicore Personal 2007, a Bluetooth GPS unit and car-mount device. It would have full UK and continental Europe street-level maps. Nokia says it will also offer a complete package that combines the Navigation Kit with a 770.

The features include up-to-date TeleAtlas and Navteq maps, now extending through optional extras to North America and "selected countries" in Asia Pacific and Africa. and Africa. In addition to the Nokia 770, the new software release will also run in the UIQ 3 user interface. The app currently runs on S60 and S80 devices. The folks at Navicore have managed to cut down the size by reducing the new baby to 6.4 x 2.2 x 1.5cm, which is about half the width and height of its predecessor. The 30g GPS device SiRF's SiRFstar III GPS chip. The battery has the enough juice to provide eight hours' usage. Navicore was kind enough to drop the Nokia charger-friendly power port in favour of a USB connector. The device is priced at €199 ($ 250).
Via - Fareastgizmos