Destinator Technologies Partners with Tele Atlas to Deliver First Navigation System for Symbian-Based Smartphones.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Consumers Will Now Have Live, Turn-by-Turn Navigation on Smartphones Based on Symbian, One of the World's Leading Smartphone Platforms Destinator Technologies, the leading provider of personalized navigation software and live mobile navigation-based services, today announced that it is partnering with Tele Atlas  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . to deliver the first navigation system A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking. for smartphones based on Symbian, one of the world's leading smartphone platforms. Destinator Smartphone (SP) for Symbian will use Tele Atlas maps and point-of-interest data to integrate live information with dynamic location updates for real-time navigation and decision-making. The announcement is being made in conjunction with the CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless IT and Entertainment 2005 conference being held September 27-29, 2005 at the Moscone West Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. Together, Destinator and Tele Atlas offer the world's only navigation system to use real-time, location-based services See mobile positioning. in addition to millions of built-in points of interest. As a result, consumers will have turn-by-turn navigation on smartphones for the first time. The benefits to smartphone owners who take advantage of the combined Destinator-Tele Atlas navigation system include: --Audible turn-by-turn navigation directions, so phone users can keep their eyes on the road. --Ability to send one's location to friends, family, and coworkers and automatically navigate them to the location on their phones. --Storage of data for multiple cities on a phone, enabled by Destinator compression technology. --No need for multiple devices -- no navigation device required when renting a car. --Online information based on a phone user's exact location at any time. The companies' landmark collaboration builds on the established partnership between Destinator and Tele Atlas, which has contributed to Destinator's leadership positions throughout Europe. It also represents the most recent application of Tele Atlas maps on smartphones in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Destinator and Tele Atlas have been strategic partners in delivering innovative, award-winning personal navigation solutions to markets around the world," said Mike Gerling, president and COO of Tele Atlas North America. "We are excited to build on the proven success of our relationship by bringing a new experience in live, dynamic navigation to consumers, which starts today with the US launch of our combined solution for Symbian-based smartphones." "We are proud to team with Tele Atlas to enable a new generation of portable consumer devices powered by Symbian that deliver converged services for telephony; contact and calendar management; and live, actionable navigation," said Jeff Kukowski, senior vice president of Destinator Technologies. "We look forward to our continued collaboration in bringing dynamic customized navigation-based services to mobile users here in the US and around the globe." About Tele Atlas Founded in 1984, Tele Atlas is a leading provider of digital maps and dynamic location content for a variety of navigation, location-based services and geospatial products and database solutions. Tele Atlas's database is a highly accurate reproduction of today's street network, enabling turn-by-turn route guidance on a high percentage of European, US and Canadian roads. Tele Atlas's compatibility with major navigation systems and its open system design have made the company's technology adaptable to both consumer and business-to-business applications in its markets. From logistics to marketing to traffic and fleet management, in almost every sector of today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. and consumer world, Tele Atlas has built a reputation as an acknowledged pioneer and leader in the digital map industry. For more information, please visit www.teleatlas.com. About Destinator Technologies Inc. Destinator Technologies enables personalized navigation solutions that provide relevant information, anywhere, anytime. As the preferred OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and provider of choice, consumers, businesses and governments purchase our patented and award-winning solutions through the largest hardware manufacturers, mobile carriers and systems integrators in the world. Our solutions are fully adaptable for individual personal navigation, live, navigation-based mobile services, private and public sector security, and enterprise mobility. Destinator Technologies is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " , U.S.A. with offices in Richmond Hill, Ontario Richmond Hill (2006 population 162,704) is a town in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area. History The area was first surveyed by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1794 while he was constructing Yonge Street. , Canada; Beijing, China; Unterfohring/Munich, Germany; Herzliya Pituach, Israel; and Taipei, Taiwan. Visit www.destinatortechnologies.com to learn more. Copyrights Destinator is trademark or registered trademark of Destinator Technologies Inc. in Canada, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. Other names and brands mentioned herein maybe the properties of their respective owner. Certain statements contained in this press release, including without limitation, statements that are not historical facts and statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "hopes," "intends," "expects," and other words of similar import, constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. 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