Article: Microsoft SPOT Initiative Accelerates With Addition of MSN Direct to Navigation Devices.

Traffic conditions, gas prices, local weather updates, movie times and more to be available on Garmin GPS devices.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp.'s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) Group announced the availability of MSN(R) Direct navigation services and announced that Garmin International Inc. will be the first to offer the new MSN Direct service to Global Positioning System (GPS) devices. Customers will be able to receive dynamic local information, including weather condition and traffic updates, movies listings, and gas prices.

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