Google Maps on Mobile

Ever get lost, or turned around? Found yourself in unfamiliar territory? Or worse, awakened with just one shoe on? Well, we have something for you. No, not a shoe -- we mean GPS-Enabled Google Maps on the Helio Drift.In a very short time, Google Maps for Mobile has taken a lead in mobile mapping and is available on more than 300 phone models. Now we've taken it to a new level: we're partnering with Helio to bring you GPS integration with Google Maps.It's hard to enter a starting point if you don't know where you're starting from. We think that integrating GPS capabilities into Google Maps for Mobile will make our phones much smarter -- and you've told us that too. When you use Google Maps on the Helio Drift you always know where you are. Start Google Maps and a blue dot is placed on the map at your current location. You can even see yourself move on the map as you change location. Say goodbye to sore thumbs from having to constantly type in your location.Of course, you still get all of the popular Google Maps functionality: real-time traffic, detailed directions, integrated search results, easily movable maps, and satellite imagery. So get yourself a Drift and just get lost! No matter where you end up, we'll show you the quickest way out.

First mobile handset capable of reading books

LG Electronics, the world's fourth-largest cell phone vendor, has added another compelling feature to the mobile handset- reading books for the visually impaired.The Seoul-based company yesterday started marketing the model, the LF1300, through LG Telecom, the country's smallest wireless operator; at around 400,000 won ($425).Only the blind, visually impaired and dyslexic can buy the talking phone after presenting a government certificate at sales outlets of LG Telecom. The LG LF1300 is the world's first mobile handset that is capable of reading books for the print-disabled, who otherwise could not enjoy them. Users of the gadget can download approximately 300 audio books from the Internet site of LG Sangam Library to their handsets in two ways- free of charge.

Beside its unique feature of reading books, the16-millimeter sleek -thick gizmo LG LF1300 features an MP3 player and a Bluetooth headset. The user interface of the LF1300 is also customized for the blind, enabling handset users to control it through a voice guidance system.
Via The Korea Times