AT&T Introduces Global GPS Service for Phones

Is it a lengthy, enlarged way to Tipperary? Don’t know whether you’re on the path to Bath?

AT&T Inc. aims to help, with a new phone service that truly puts the “global” in the Global Positioning System, or GPS.

On Tuesday, it introduced the AT&T Navigator Global Edition, a service that for the first day allows some of its phones to supply GPS navigation overseas. AT&T said it is the only plan of its kind from a U.S. carrier.

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plan costs $19.98 per month and works with seven “smart” phones: four BlackBerry models, plus the Tilt, BlackJack II and Moto QTM 9h.

Its maps cover most of Western Europe (Tipperary is in Ireland, Bath in England), Canada, Mexico and six cities in China that will host the Olympics that summer.

The service uses details connections to download maps, so an universal notes roaming plan is strongly recommended. It’s not strange for public […]

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