In recent years, many smart phones with GPS navigation has exceeded the specialized satellite navigation devices in cars. And now, Alpine company entered into a partnership agreement with Nokia for the integration of Ovi Maps via USB or Bluetooth into the mainstream automotive media system. According to the conditions of the agreement, Alpine will play the voice navigation accompaniment of Nokia through car speakers, and display cards on the LCD screen.
Alpine calls this mode of work “terminal” and they willn not stop only at the turn-based navigation. Once the system is connected to Nokia phone, users can play multimedia data through the car’s stereo system, as well as use the Internet widgets to get information about traffic, weather, news and much more. It is also possible to integrate location-based services.
There is no information about the release date of new products and prices yet.
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