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Photos: Nokia and Navteq tech keep an eye on the roads
Mobile phones hunt out jams

By Marguerite Reardon

Published: Friday 21 November 2008

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.

Quinn Jacobson, a research leader at the Nokia Research Center, said: "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."

Photo credit: Marguerite Reardon/CNET News