u-blox to Showcase Advanced GPS and Galileo Chipset at Intel Developer Forum

u-blox to Showcase Advanced GPS and Galileo Chipset at Intel Developer Forum

September 03, 2007

    SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- u-blox
America Inc., a worldwide leader in GNSS technology,
including GPS and Galileo chipsets for mobile,
battery-powered products, today announced its participation
at the Intel Developer Forum to be held in San Francisco
from September 18th-20th.

    u-blox will be showcasing its latest and most advanced
chipset, u-blox5 With -160 dBm SuperSense(R) sensitivity,
50 channels, excellent noise immunity, time-to-first fix
under one second and less than 50mW power-consumption,
u-blox5 will allow GPS enabled Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) and
Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) to operate in the most
challenging and difficult indoor environments such as
shopping malls, train stations and urban canyons.

    "With u-blox5, ODMs and OEMs creating small-form
factor devices based on Intel's leading mobile architecture
and platforms will enjoy unprecedented GPS performance for
navigation, LBS and other GPS related applications,"
said Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President of u-blox America,
Inc.

    u-blox will also showcase recent innovations like
AssistNow(R), u-blox's end-to-end A-GPS solutions that
enhance receiver performance, enabling instant positioning
anywhere, at anytime. AssistNow services make the long
waiting times usually associated with standard GPS
acquisition performance a thing of the past, even in
difficult signal conditions. The recently introduced
AssistNow Offline provides assistance data valid for up to
14 days, which is stored in the GPS receiver. This enables
the receiver to compute a position instantly without having
to connect to a mobile network at start-up to download the
data, as is the case with typical A-GPS services.

    Visit u-blox at booth 846.

    About u-blox

    u-blox is an international company headquartered in
Switzerland, with sales organizations in the Americas,
Europe and Asia. Founded in 1997, u-blox develops leading
positioning technology, products and services based on
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), including GPS
and Galileo, for the automotive and mobile communications
markets. For more information, please visit
http://www.u-blox.com.


    For more information, please contact:

     Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President, u-blox America, Inc.

     Phone: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]
    
     Alicia Montoya, Marketing Communications Manager
     Phone: [phone]
     EMail: [e-mail]

     Website:  http://www.u-blox.com