Oct 8, 2009 gps navigation, software, sony Leave a comment
Remember that Zenrin GPS navigation for PSP?
It looks like they were demonstrating their late comer GPS navigation software program Sony PSP. It does 2D maps most of the time, but at complex highway intersections it switches to 3D mode even showing the surroundings… Read More …
Aug 31, 2009 gps navigation, sony 3 Comments
Well this is a bit too late isn’t it? Considering we’ve been talking about GPS navigation on Sony PSP for literally years now, and since then the new Sony PSP Go has come out.
Well all we can say is better now then never. Announced by Zenrin in Japan Minna No Nabi is a GPS navigation system software for the PSP 1000/2000 and 3000 Series (yep, no go for PSP Go).
When it will be released in Japan on Nov 5th it will go for about 8200 Yen ($85) – the GPS module is not included… Read More …
Apr 18, 2009 gps navigation 14 Comments
Sony PSP GPS navigation system has been around for a while but a GPS navigation system for Nintendo DS is new to us.
Fab Chain of China has just come out with a product called Ranger that does just that: GPS navigation for NDS. It uses Google Maps (which raises some questions) can do 2D, fake-3D map rendering, uses a U-Blox GPS receiver, and can connect to other devices such as laptops and PDA’s too.
Ranger has its own rechargeable battery so it won’t waste your consoles juice, and will charge through USB.
No word on availability or pricing just yet – but do check it out for yourself.
Jan 5, 2009 gps navigation, on bikes, reviews, tracking 57 Comments
As a rule, Men don’t need for directions. Now with that statement you probably think I’m going to be writing about a GPS Navigation Unit, but in fact I’m talking about the Holux GPSport 245 which is so easy to use that you don’t need to look at the directions! See how that first line makes sense now?
I’ve played with some of the GPS sport recorders out there and for some of them you definitely need to read the manual to understand how to get into all the different modes. Not with the Holux GPSport 245 though. With the dimensions of 82 x 53 x 23 mm and weighing in at 72g, this little device weighs has a large and very well organized screen.
There are six buttons on the unit. One each on the Left and Right side (Back/Esc and Enter respectively) and then on the front of the unit below the LCD are 4 function keys. Read More …
Dec 12, 2008 gps navigation, tomtom 14 Comments
TomTom is getting ready to introduce a new system here in the U.S. named DUB1. None of us were supposed to know about this but thanks to a flop at FCC we have access to a few pics of the in-dash/portable GPS navigation system.
We really love the concept of an after-market GPS navigation system integrating into your dash to get rid of the unsightly cables so we can’t wait for TomTom DUB1 to be available here.
Other highlights of DUB1 include getting traffic updates from a bluetooth enabled phone and the ability to control car stereo from the unit.
Here is a letter from TomTom asking for the pics to be removed:
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Sep 20, 2008 gps navigation 9 Comments
Kinwei Technologies of Shenzen is a GPS navigation system manufacturer. They’re trying to get an edge in the ever changing in car electronics industry with the KW-GM4306TG. KW-GM4306TG is a GPS navigation system and a gaming console in one device. Nothing like a PSP though. According to specs the device only supports old school 8 bits games: guaranteed to keep your border line ADD pre-teen occupied for about 55 seconds.
The device has a 4.3-inch TFT LCD Touch screen with 480 x 272 pixels resolution, and is powered by a Samsung ARM9 400MHz processor. Microsoft Windows CE.NET 4.2 is the operating system and comes with a controller for the games. Inside there’s a 64MB SDRAM ROM and 256MB NAND flash, and a high sensitive SiRF III antenna with 20 channels.
Another nice feature of this GPS navigation system is that it also has an AV-in port so if you get a rear view camera you can connect it to use the 4.3″ screen.
Aug 15, 2008 gps navigation, sony 2 Comments
PSP 3001 is so real that it even made it to FCC. As expected there’s no integrated GPS receiver, in fact from the FCC docs we can’t really say there’s any kind of innovation compared to PSP slim.
Since there’s no GPS, you’re going to have to rely hardware add-ons or other hacks to get navigation on your PSP like you used to do… Read More …
Jul 25, 2008 gps navigation, sony 6 Comments
Sony PSP GPS navigation we’ve been talking about for years has officially been mentioned by a Sony official for the U.S. market :) Big improvement…
It changes the dynamics of GPS but also changes the way developers think about games on PSP because you can start integrating GPS into it.”
Koller said Sony intends to start shopping the GPS add-on to publishers this year, but also told me that the company is already investigating ways to use it in games.
“There’s been a number of things that our first-party worldwide studios have looked at, and they’ve been trying to look at different options,” he said.
Does that mean we can expect a GPS game from Sony early next year?
“Yeah, we’ll probably lead the way on that,” he said.
May 22, 2008 gps navigation, sony 8 Comments
We’ve had numerous articles about Sony PSP GPS add-on and the navigation software. Gizmodo provided us a nice pic and some more details today.
Feb 24, 2008 gps navigation, sony 17 Comments
We’ve talked about the Sony PSP GPS navigation system numerous times before. Apparently the software was on demo at the Game Developers Conference recently. The GPS add-on (PSP-290) is not seen in this pic for it is a developers kit version it says our source:
However there were a bunch (7) GPS-supporting games that had been released in Japan on view, including Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus & a couple of golf games. (And by the way, the reason you can’t see the GPS top-mounted aerial in the photo is this is a devkit PSP.)
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