GPSTracklog: Garmin is announcing a Forerunner 405 with a “touch bezel interface.” Simply by tapping, holding or running a finger along the bezel, runners can begin a new workout, access their training history or challenge a Virtual Partner(TM). The Forerunner 405 uses ANT+Sport...
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NaviGadget: Sony finally made the GPS add-on for PSP official on their CES 2008 website. There’s not much info revealed there but just this: “Explore the world with GPS on your PSP. Utilizing the GPS peripheral and the latest mapping software on UMD, your PSP will provide 2D/3D locations,...
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NaviGadget: BenQ will be introducing a mobile internet device (MID) at CES 2008 called BenQ MID. Even though the press release does not mention an embedded GPS receiver a picture we found has an icon for GPS meaning the new device will have some sort of maps and/or directions capability - possibly u...
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NaviGadget: We have rumors regarding a new 800 series of Garmin Nuvi GPS navigation systems. The first two models from the 800 series will be the nuvi 860 and the nuvi 880. The most fundamental additions in the 800 series is the addition of voice recognition, picture navigation (routing to a geocod...
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NaviGadget: This little device automatically tags your photos with GPS information (geotag). The concept of ATP Photo Finder is a bit different. The way this machine syncs with your camera is very simple. First you set the time of your camera and the time on your ATP Photo Finder to the same time. ...
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NaviGadget: GIGA-BYTE Communications today announced GSmart?i350 in Italy. GSmart i350 has a 2.6″ touchscreen, miniSD card slot and a 2MP digital camera.This sleek phone supports quad band GSM/GPRS networks, offers WiFi, bluetooth, and runs on a Marvell PXA270 CPU. Not finished here though, GSmart i...
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Wired: On Christmas Day, Russia successfully got the last three of its GPS rival satellites into orbit. The system, known as GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System), consists 24 satellites and will interoperate with the US GPS network.Despite setbacks in the 1990s when the USSR collapsed, the G...
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NaviGadget: MainNav is getting ready to introduce the new MG-950D at CES 2008. MG-950D is a bluetooth GPS data logger that has a lot functions that make it useful for hiking, biking, driving, and maybe even running.It is similar to Garmin Edge 305 in terms of form factor but MG-950D also acts as a b...
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NaviGadget: There are many GPS navigation systems out there giving you various voices and accents to select from, but wouldn’t you like to just listen to yourself once in a while? Well YourPND does just that. You can go to their website record your own voice when you are instructed to and in less th...
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Mobile Magazine: With regular GPS devices, they’ll tell you to “turn left in 100 meters” or something and you may not be exactly sure where you should be turning, especially if there are multiple intersections coming up. Even with voiced turn-by-turn directions, the dev...
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NaviGadget: Manufacturer of the most popular GPS receiver chip Star III, SiRF, today announced that they started to implement features to make sure that GPS-enabled mobile phones based on Android provide location awareness experience for the consumers, joining Google to promote Android. ? ? ? An...
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Navigadget: O’Neill Europe and MyGuide just announced the launch of the NavJacket - a navigation tool integrated into a Gore-Tex jacket.NavJacket is designed to help you navigate through the mountains with a digital flexible display on the sleeve and the audio instructions in the hood. Apparently yo...
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Reuters: A new tracking system to pinpoint people inside smoked-filled buildings has been developed in a move that should slash the risks faced by fire-fighters.French aerospace company Thales said on Wednesday its Indoor Positioning System (IPS) was aimed initially at helping fire services although...
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Unbeatable: The Panasonic CN-GP50N is a unique portable satellite navigation system with some fantastic features including Bluetooth and an enormous 5inch screen. So, a widescreen monitor in your car sounds too good to be true, but here it is! OK, it might not be able to show the latest Blu-ray or ...
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The Register: Sat nav technology has been blamed for many wrongdoings - from lorries turning sleepy villages into scenes of HGV chaos, to directing owners of prestige vehicles into rivers. But an apparent lack of sat nav technology, or conceivably another example of its misuse, led to the late arri...
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CNNMoney: NAVTEQ Corporation, a leading global provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, announced yesterday that it has been granted early termination of the mandatory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (...
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Telegraph: British owners of Xbox 360 consoles will soon be able to download their favourite films and watch them on their games machine.? Microsoft will launch the Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store on December 11, from where Xbox 360 owners will be able to rent full-length feature films, such as H...
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NaviGadget: RoadTour of U.K. just introduced a new software that can install onto your already existing Garmin GPS system and other mobile devices running MS Mobile.Roadtour is basically an e-tour guide that can tell you about interesting locations as you approach them. Users for example can hear al...
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NaviGadget: Medion just introduced world’s first GPS navigation system with a finger print scanner that ensures only intended users can activate the device.Called GoPal P4425, the device features - in addition to GPS navigation - bluetooth connectivity, voice recognition and text-to-speech, RDS-TMC ...
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TheStreet.com: TomTom said it’s teaming up with Google?in a pact that will let users search for and send business addresses directly from the Google Maps’ Web site to its navigation devices.Google Maps local search pages have expanded their “Send to” feature w...
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