The GPS chip in this phone transmits speed and location data to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley who are using algorithms that will provide the driver with up-to-the-minute traffic information.
"The beauty of this approach is that the users also become contributors, and the more data that is collected the better the accuracy and range of the service," Quinn Jacobson, a research leader at the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, Calif., said during the demonstration ride along Tenth Avenue in Manhattan.
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