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Review: Qstarz BT-Q1300S Sports Recorder

Mar 7, 2009 gps navigation, reviews, software, tracking Leave a comment

For people interested in maintaining an active lifestyle, Qstarz has introduced the BT-Q1300S Sports Recorder. Basically, it is an updated version of the Qstarz BT-Q1300 Travel Recorder Nano (reviewed here in September 2008) that now includes the QSports software package and a bright orange armband. The ability to adjust the GPS signal sampling rate (for more or less accuracy) is also a new feature. I will not bother rehashing the device basics since it is virtually identical to the BT-Q1300 and I don’t have much to add to Gautam’s already good review. Instead, I will focus on the Qsports software.

My first impression of the Qsports software was that it was very easy to use. To begin, you first create a new user profile. This allows you to track separate workout plans and sessions for multiple persons. It prompts you for relevant information used for fitness calculations. You can then begin to import the logged tracks from the GPS device. Read More …

ATP GPS PhotoFinder Mini Review

Feb 2, 2009 gps navigation, reviews, tracking 9 Comments

Have you ever looked through old photos and wondered, “Where did I take this picture again?” If the answer is yes, then allow me to introduce you to the GPS PhotoFinder mini, the latest geotagging gadget from ATP Electronics. This handy little device will record your GPS position and with the help of a standalone docking station, add it to the image’s EXIF metadata. No need to remember where you shot that photo. After matching the GPS coordinates to the photo’s date and time stamp, your pictures can then be copied from the memory card to a PC and used with a geotagging compatible website such as Flickr. The PhotoFinder mini can also create ‘KML’ route files that are exportable to Google Maps and Google Earth – no computer required.

Click on ‘read’ for the rest of this extensive review: Read More …

qstarz bt-q1300 winner

Dec 8, 2008 bluetooth, gps navigation, tracking 1 Comment

We have a winner for our QStarz BT-Q1300 GPS logger! Out of 46 entries we randomly picked commenter #10 Oliver as the winner. Oliver said:

Subscribed – happy Christmas to me?!!

If you still haven’t won anything do not worry. We have more stuff to giveaway.

GPS giveaway and polls

Dec 8, 2008 GPS giveaways, gps navigation 3 Comments

First off; our giveaway is ending at the end of today so if you still haven’t done so go to our QStarz BT-1300 giveaway page and leave a comment.

Secondly, if you’ve realized we started doing polls to get your opinion on various GPS related topics. The latest poll will be placed at the top right of our site so if you’re reading this in an RSS reader you can go to navigadget.com and see it in action there. Or maybe we’ll just put it in a post like this ():

What do you think our next poll should be?

qstarz bt-q1300 giveaway

Dec 1, 2008 GPS giveaways, gps navigation, reviews, tracking 46 Comments

We’re giving away a Qstarz BT-Q1300 Nano Travel Recorder which we have already reviewed.

Qstarz BT-Q1300 offers one touch photo geotagging, google earth integration, ability to store 200,000 waypoints, and uses a 66 channels GPS receiver. It doesn’t end there though. It also has bluetooth which means you can pair it up with PDA, phone, laptop, etc to give these other devices GPS capability.

It sells for $100 on Amazon, but if you’re lucky you can grab one of these for free. Here is how:

To participate you need to subscribe to our feed and leave a comment below with an email address we can reach you at.

We will ship this out to a U.S. address only. Sorry rest of the world. Also duplicate entries, emails, IP addresses will be disqualified.

We’ll close this article for comments a week from today and after that we’ll announce the winner.

UPDATE: The winner is commenter #10 Oliver. We’ll get in touch with him. He better live in the U.S.

Qstarz BT-Q1300 review

Sep 19, 2008 gps navigation, reviews, tracking 15 Comments

Although it’s not Dolce & Gabbana, the black and gold Qstarz BT-Q1300 Travel Recorder Nano is a sleek and stylish gadget that even my sassy girlfriend wouldn’t mind carrying around. That is of course if she knew what a Travel Recorder was.

Basically this little guy is a GPS logger; a gadget that records your whereabouts as you travel. Although this is cheaper than hiring a private detective to follow a loved one around, travel recorders serve another useful purpose; Combine the your digital camera with the BT-Q1300 and the Qstarz software (included with the BT-Q1300) and you have yourself a great way to keep track of where your pictures were taken. The Qstarz software matches the timestamp of your picture with the data logged on the BT-Q1300 and updates your photograph file with GPS location information. No more having to remember where you were that night when someone took that embarrassing picture of you passed out at a bar. Even better, the Qstarz software will map out your locations on Google Earth so you can remember how to get back to that fine establishment to pick up your credit card the next morning (Just a warning: A 25% tip was probably automatically added to your tab).

Okay maybe there are better scenarios for this useful gadget, like taking a photography trek through Yosemite National Park. With the BT-Q1300 you’ll never have to take notes where you are when you took a picture. Just click away and use the software to add the latitude and longitude coordinates to your pictures and if you have a Blackberry handy you can also use the GPS logger to show you where you are on a map. But more on that later, first let’s take a look at the features of the BT-Q1300:
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qstarz GPS nano

Jun 20, 2008 gps navigation, tracking 15 Comments

QStarz just informed us of their new product; the GPS nano series. There’ll be two new models in the nano series: BT-Q1300 Travel Recorder nano, and BT-Q890 GPS Receiver nano.

The nano series will be available starting July 5th. BT-Q1300 will cost $99 and BT-Q890 will cost $69.

Here are some more features:

• super sensitive -165dBm MTK chipset (MTK3329) with 66 channels.
• supports 1-5 Hz update rate for higher accuracy
• can be connected to laptop as USB GPS mouse
• auto on-off function for smart power control
• battery can last upto 12 hours
• Ultra Thin – 38mm x 62mm x 7mm
• Ultra portable – Only 21g
• POI button to record your favorite places
• 4MB memory capacity; enough to record up to 200,000 waypoints

Neither device has bluetooth; so we don’t know why the model name starts with BT… but oh well.