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• Blister Entertainment Launches Location-Based GPS Games for Sprint Customers on Nextel Nationwide Network

  - 2005-10-25

  CALGARY, Alberta -- Calgary, Alberta Company Grows Leadership Position in Location-Based Entertainment

  Tags: game, GPS, network, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications

• Blister Entertainment Launches Location-Based GPS Games for Sprint Customers on Nextel Nationwide Network.

  - 2005-10-25

  CALGARY, ALBERTA, Oct 25, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Calgary, Alberta Company Grows Leadership Position in Location-Based Entertainment CALGARY, ALBERTA, Oct 25, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Calgary, Alberta Company Grows Leadership Position in Location-Based Entertainment

  Tags: game, GPS, network, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications

• Nextel Partners and RIM Introduce New BlackBerry 7100i™; Sleek Handset Features Phone, Wireless E-Mail, Bluetooth and GPS Navigation

  - 2005-10-14

  KIRKLAND, Wash. & WATERLOO, Ontario -- Nextel Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTP) and Research In Motion RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) (TSX:RIM) today announced the availability of the BlackBerry 7100i Wireless HandheldTM. The BlackBerry 7100iTM from Nextel features an integrated phone, wireless e-mail and data applications for customers who want the power of BlackBerry with...

  Tags: Bluetooth, e-mail, GPS, handset, Nextel Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, wireless, wireless e-mail

• ''MapQuest Find Me'' Now Available for BlackBerry 7520 on the Nextel National Network; GPS-Enabled Wireless Service Provides Location-Based Group Communication for the First Time

  - 2005-10-03

  DULLES, Va. & OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & WATERLOO, Ontario -- Lets Users Share Their Location With Others Anywhere on the Nextel National Network

  Tags: GPS, Mapquest, network, Nextel Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, wireless, wireless service

• To everything, turn-by-turn.(TeleNav GPS Navigation)(BlackBerry)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-09-01

  TeleNav GPS Navigation is the first GPS application available on the BlackBerry platform with real-time, turn-by-turn GPS navigation, according to Nextel Communications. Offered by Nextel, TeleNav, Inc. and Research in Motion, the Java-based naviga TeleNav GPS Navigation is the first GPS application available on...

  Tags: GPS, Nextel Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry

• Nextel Expands Suite of Business Solutions by Providing New GPS Business Productivity Tools for BlackBerry; Solutions Enable Customers to Locate and Track Assets, Manage Workforce Wirelessly, Anywhere on the Nextel Nationwide Network

  - 2005-07-26

  RESTON, Va. -- Businesses using the BlackBerry 7520 Wireless HandheldTM from Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) have new ways to maximize productivity and increase their efficiency with a series of global positioning system GPS applications now available. These applications, which are an extension of services previously available on Nextel Assisted-GPS (A-GPS)...

  Tags: asset, GPS, network, Nextel Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, workforce

• South Glens Falls School District to Test Pioneering Student Safety Initiative; Nextel to Install GPS Tracking System on School Bus

  - 2005-07-14

  GLENS FALLS, N.Y. -- Summer school has just begun, but the South Glens Falls Central School District is already looking ahead to fall with an eye on student safety.

  Tags: GPS, Nextel Communications Inc., school district, South

• Truck-specific GPS navigator for cell phones.(NEW PRODUCTS)

  - 2005-07-01

  Nextel Communications Inc., ALK Technologies, and Motorola Inc. have collaborated to launch PC*Miler|Mobile, the first spoken, truck-specific GPS navigator for mobile phones. The service is powered by Motorola's Viamoto technology and is available on Nextel Communications Inc., ALK Technologies, and Motorola Inc. have collaborated to...

  Tags: cell phone, GPS, Motorola Inc., Nextel Communications Inc., phone

• Nextel TelNav GPS Navigation.(Equipment Gallery)

  - 2005-07-01

  TelNav's GPS Navigation is available to Nextel's Nationwide Digital Wireless Network. * Provides visual and audible, turn-by-turn driving directions and mapping on the BlackBerry ... TelNav's GPS Navigation is available to Nextel's Nationwide Digital Wireless Network. * Provides visual and audible, turn-by-turn driving...

  Tags: GPS, Nextel Communications Inc.

• New Wireless GPS Platform From Nextel Allows Large Enterprises, Government Entities and Solutions Partners to Create Customized, Easy to Deploy, Location-Based Services for All Nextel GPS Devices

  - 2005-06-14

  RESTON, Va. -- Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) today introduced the Nextel Wireless GPS Platform, an application development environment that extends location-based services LBS to a broader base of users. The Nextel Wireless GPS Platform provides large corporate and government customers and solutions providers with a means to create customized, server-based...

  Tags: GPS, Nextel Communications Inc., wireless