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Pharos Partner, Hitachi Team on GPS-enabled Communicator

By Staff Writer | January 9, 2004

      Pharos Science & Applications, a provider of portable GPS navigation and location-based services, has announced a partnership with Hitachi to combine Hitachi’s G1000 multimedia communicator with Pharos’ Ostia Smart Navigator system. Smart Navigator takes advantage of the wireless Internet capability of Windows mobile devices and GPS positioning to deliver location and navigation information to a position specified by the user. Throughout the United States, users of Windows mobile-based pocket PCs, such as the new Hitachi G1000, can access the latest traffic reporting service, Smart Traffic, to select the most efficient driving route, and improve mobility.