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Google Maps now shows subway lines in NY

Nov 10, 2009 gps navigation 5 Comments

With Google maps you can now see New York’s subway lines. It is part of the transit layer so do not forget to turn it on under “more”.

Colored lines are interactive. When you click on a station name, a bubble pops up with the names of the line that service the station, and all the other lines on the screen fade out.

Google Maps doesn’t only cover NYC but other big cities too such as Paris and Tokyo, and offer transit directions by cooperating with over 436 agencies around the world.

The new subway lines of NYC is also available on Google Maps Mobile.

LG SB210 for golfers

Nov 2, 2009 fitness, gps navigation, phones 1 Comment

LG SB210 is the name of the new GPS enabled phone designed for golfers. LG SB210 is a touchscreen device announced in South Korea that comes with maps for 280 golf courses.

Nicknamed Cyon, the device also includes a G-sensor, compass, and software for counting calories so your experience on the golf course can be perfect.

Here are some more features of LG SB210:

• 3″ touch screen
• GPS
• 3MP camera
• 242MB memory
• microSD card slot
• 1000 mAh battery

For about $539 you can show off the LG SB210 to your golfing buddies. South Korea only… Read More …

GPS tracking for Alzheimer’s patients

Oct 3, 2009 gps navigation, tracking, wrist watch 6 Comments

Vision Localization Systems and CEAFA (Spanish Confederation of Relatives of Alzheimer’s) just unveiled a new and improved GPS tracking system for Alzheimer patients and their families called Keruve 2010. Keruve 2010 is made up of two parts. The base station which helps you locate where the patient is, and the super sleek wrist watch that actually looks pretty stylish too.

Different from their previous version, this GPS locator is a lot more discrete and comes in three gentleman models (classic, sports), two lady models, and even a unisex model – wrist watch without any compromise in functionality.

The device relies on four different tracking systems which includes GPS-SBAS (<2.5m), a special indoor positioning system (10-40m), VisionCellid (200-500m), and T-GSM (200m-1500m), and has a feature called “multicoverage” which use the sum of all GSM networks available in each country.

The base station has a 4.2″ screen, display streets with large letters, and has an ergonomic design. We don’t have any information on how much this GPS tracking system from Alzheimer’s patients will cost but it can’t be that cheap.

LG-GW620

Sep 15, 2009 gps navigation, phones Leave a comment

Check out LG’s first Android phone, the LG-GW620.

LG-GW620 features a 3″ touchscreen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. This makes the LG-GW620 a bit too fat but it is still a good looking phone. It has a 5MP camera, GPS receiver, and most probably an accelerometer, e-compass too.

LG-GW620 will be available in October in European markets. We don’t whether the LG-GW620 will come to U.S. markets.

TomTom for iPhone + car kit

Aug 4, 2009 gps navigation 30 Comments

Interwebs on the other side of Atlantic are talking about TomTom’s iPhone GPS navigation app and the kit that you should get (but optional) with it. It looks like an online seller is already offering both the app and the car kit (not yet in stock) for a total of £113.85 which equals to about $193.

So – what do you think about this price? We want to know. No monthly fees. Just about $200 which will get you a car charger, ability to stream music to your car stereo, etc.. in addition to the GPS navigation system.

By the way we have some more details on this car kit:

• 1. ‘EasyPort’ mount – same one from TomTom ONE and XL
• 2. Speaker for the voice directions and the hand-free calls + external GPS receiver
• 3. Volume control
• 4. Microphone for hand-free calls
• 5. USB connector
• 6. audio jack to use your car’s audio

Oh, and it will work on iPod Touch we hear.

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LG Chocolate: LG-BL40

Jul 30, 2009 gps navigation, phones 1 Comment

LG has confirmed their newest Chocolate a.k.a. LG-BL40. The first that catches your attention is here of course the 21:9 screen aspect ratio. It reminds us of a futuristic communicator, more than a phone. That screen actually measures 4″ diagonally and can support 800×345 pixel resolution. Of course a beauty such as this wouldn’t be complete without GPS, so we were happy to hear that the new LG Chocolate would be location aware.

Some other features of LG-BL40 include a 5MP camera, 3G network support, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a slot for microSDHC cards.

The new LG Chocolate will be available in 54 countries 3rd quarter of this year. U.S. better be one of those 54!

LG GM730 out next month

Jun 17, 2009 gps navigation 1 Comment

Remember LG GM730 we talked about back in February?

Well it is set to be released next month – in July – starting in Asia, and then all over the world.

Here are some features of LG-GM730:

• navigation-based social networking service
• 5 megapixel camera
• MP3 player
• 3″ touchscreen
• 3G network support
• A-GPS
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• games
• 11.9mm thin
• colors: black, lime and pale pink

Also starting new in July will be the app store, conveniently starting up as soon as LG GM730 comes out.

NAVIGON 7310

May 27, 2009 gps navigation, navigon 1 Comment

Navigon may have left the North American GPS navigation system market but they seem to be keeping presence in Europe well and alive. This new NAVIGON 7310 seems to be the European version of NAVIGON 7300.

NAVIGON 7310 boasts an amazing Panaroma View 3D which can show hills, valleys, tunnels, just as you’d see from your windshield.

Other higher end features on 7310 include voice recognition for voice commands, bluetooth hands free kit, and lane assistance pro.

It goes for 349 € and includes maps of Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, British Isles, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonian, Monte Carlo, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Vatican.

LG Viewty II

Apr 16, 2009 gps navigation, phones Leave a comment

LG Viewty II, also known as Viewty Smart, is a 3G phone with aGPS capabilities.

It is hasn’t been made official just yet but we know almost all the specs already:

• 3″ WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) touchscreen display
• Quad-band GSM/HSPA
• Wi-Fi
• aGPS receiver
• 8MP Schneider-Kreuznach camera, Xenon flash
• 32GB storage
• DivX playback

We don’t know if it’ll make it to U.S. but we at least know it’ll be available in Europe via Orange thanks to the logo on the phone… Read More …

Garmin Forerunner 405CX

Apr 3, 2009 fitness, garmin, gps navigation, wrist watch 3 Comments

Garmin Forerunner 405CX was just announced yesterday by Garmin. 405CX is obviously very similar to Forerunner 405 which came out beginning of last year. Improved with the 405CX is the way your heart rate and consumed calories are calculated.

Apparently people at Garmin spent some time with exercise scientists (Firstbeat of Finland) and pro athletes to come up with the algorithms which use the micro changes in a your heart rate to better calculate the number of calories burned during aerobic activity.

Garmin Forerunner 405CX weighs only 60 grams and has some features that let you track speed, distance and location. It has this “bezel” based interface that lets you control this GPS integrated wrist computer by tapping, holding or running a finger along the bezel.

Garmin Forerunner 405CX uses ANT+ technology which sends workout data to a PC or Mac wirelessly so you don’t even need to take off the watch.

Forerunner 405CX will cost $370 when it comes second quarter of this year.

Here is a video showing how easy it is to change wrist bands on the 405CX.