GeoLife, a GPS navigation solution provider, has announced Navmii, a new GPS navigation system with integral friend-finder service, for use on Microsoft Windows mobile devices.
Navmii is said to offer convenient preloaded maps of the UK, supplied by TeleAtlas and doesn't require any monthly fees or subscriptions.
Navmii is available either on preloaded microSD card (included with SD adapter card), DVD or Download. Once the SDcard or the software is installed on a compatible Microsoft Windows mobile device with GPS capabilities, the software is ready to be used. Customers are said to get a simple and intuitive map display and user interface, which will allow the user to route to a chosen destination or find what they need from included Points of Interest. Navmii is a full navigation solution, providing clear turn-by-turn; voice-guided directions and a 'graphically rich', detailed moving map display.
Navmii integrates mobile GPS navigation with a new friend-find location-based service, 'GeoFriend'. GeoFriend allows users to securely send and receive locations to and from other Navmii users, answering the age old question, "Where are you? "
Navmii's advanced routing capabilities can then plot the best route to other Navmii user at a touch of a button.
Peter Atalla, CEO of GeoLife said: "Navmii not only offers the user a fantastic, easy to use and affordable navigation solution but also the added benefit of always knowing where the people that matter to you are. We believe connected Social Navigation is the future of this industry.
"With the GeoLife framework, we intend to fully realise the potential that has been shown in early LBS solutions and take them to the next level, where we believe they will become an everyday feature of modern life."
GeoLife intends to offer a full European and US version of Navmii in the New Year, featuring map data from Tele Atlas. Pricing will be announced in due course.
To broaden the reach of Navmii, a Symbian version will be available in Q1 2009. Versions for Android, Microsoft XP/Vista and Linux operating systems will be made available soon after.