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In the third quarter of this year Nokia sold almost 7 million GPS-enabled devices, up over 50% from the previous quarter, said Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo at the end of last week during a conference call with analysts. In that third quarter Nokia shipped almost 9 million Nokia Nseries and 3 million Nokia Eseries.

During the third quarter Nokia “Services and software” had EUR115 million of net sales and total billings of EUR140 million. Billings grew 15% sequentially. “Navigation has been and continues to be our lead service,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. Nokia now bundles navigation with over 70% of its GPS-enabled handsets.

Magellan is known for its innovative handheld GPS systems and has a considerable share in the handheld sat nav market. The Magellan Triton 200 Handheld GPS system features easy to use navigational functions and a simple design with entire European road maps and Marian maps.

The screen effectively displays an intuitive interface that is quiet friendly to the user and at the same time, offers some captivating features like water resistance up to one metre, an MP3 player and an image viewer.

Nextar is ready to introduce the ME, a slim navigation system that comes pre-loaded with Tele Atlas maps. At only 0.7″ thickness, it can be easily moved for use in multiple vehicles. The Nextar ME features a 3.5 inch touch-screen display, 1.6-million points of interest, 50 U.S. maps, text-to-speech, and includes a host of portable media player for functions like MP3 playing and JPEG image viewing.

The ME will be available at leading retailers across the US with a SRP of 9.99 in Spring 2009.