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Free navigation comes to Windows phones
Well, they've got to give people some reason to buy the bloody things. Windows Mobile 6.5 is wretched. Until the touted upgrade arrives later this year, Microsoft needs something to keep its fading phone OS in the game. This might be it. Free turn-by-turn navigation, just like Google's Android phones. The GPS makers like TomTom can't be at all happy about this...
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Hiawatha Bray
Hiawatha is a business reporter and columnist covering the high-tech industry for the Boston Globe business section. His weekly Tech Lab gadgets and software reviews appear in the Globe every Thursday.
