NaviGadget

Sarantel antennas in your Twig

Mar 7, 2006 gps navigation, phones

Sarantel, the leading manufacturer of revolutionary filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices, today announces that its GeoHelix® GPS antenna has been designed into the new TWIG Discovery personal navigator and GSM mobile smartphone recently launched by Benefon Oyj of Finland. Benefon, a global leader in the design and manufacture of GSM+GPS mobile phones, selected the GeoHelix antenna for the TWIG because its small size and high performance enables Benefon to create a truly consumer-friendly, reliable, autonomous GPS navigation experience.

Benefon has a long track record of providing high quality, high sensitivity GPS receiver technology in products targeted at security, personnel and fleet management. Announced at 3GSM in Barcelona, the TWIG Discovery extends that heritage into innovative GSM mobile phones for consumers.

“There are a lot of mobile phones on the market that claim GPS functionality,” said Jonathan Bate, Benefon’s CEO. “True navigation is much easier to design and more effective to implement when it’s a consideration from the outset. TWIG incorporates Benefon’s most advanced navigation technology resulting in a reliable and precise navigation experience for the consumer. Sarantel’s antenna gave us the luxury of not having to compromise navigation performance while keeping the TWIG small enough to meet consumers’ expectations,” Bate concluded…