NaviGadget

This in-dash car PC from Prober Industries, called the “E319″, is for those who don’t want any cables and chargers in their car. The device functions as an entertainment center and has a 6.5″ touch screen with 800×480 resolution with a 65 degree viewing angle. Speaking of angles, it can connect to backview camera using a CVBS video input port so you can see what’s behind when you are backing out of your garage.

It can connect to the internet using GPRS networks and can be used as a cell phone over GSM networks. The car PC components aren’t that impressive but it should be good enough for playing your media files. It has a 20GB HD with 128 MB of RAM which connects to a 400MHz AMD AU1200 processor running Microsoft Windows CE 5.0.

The specs on the GPS receiver isn’t all that clear but the navigation system supposedly can provide voice guidance and route planning.

Besides all these, other features that are worth mentioning: AM/FM radio, DVD, VCD, CD, MP3 player. USB and headset ports in front and a stylus pen.

The price is not given but Prober Industries is willing to share that info if you put in an order for 100 or more units.

Another day, another Korean-bound product that we’ll never see on our side of the pond, especially given that it has that big obvious antenna sticking out the side. The T43 series, or “i-Station”, is the latest personal media player to hit the Korean market and as you can probably tell, it does the DMB dance with the best of them.

They proudly exclaim that the T43 rocks a fresh and intuitive (Flash-based?) user interface, which is always a good thing. It looks very similar to the V43 model that they announced just a year ago, but now have tossed in the DMB. In addition to the usual music and movie playing stuff (including DAB) on its 4.3-inch widecreen LCD, the i-Station also packs in a few PDA functions like a scheduler, calculator, and notepad. Its powered by the AMD Alchemy au1500 500mhz

It even seems to pack GPS into the mix. When placed in the GPS cradle, navigation can begin, or you can play back your audio or videos through the cradles dual speakers. They also have a home dock for you to record your shows and take them with you on the go.

Dreams of T-DMB have been rampant in North America, so just keep dreaming. More pics at i-Station’s website.

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It’s a bit tough to find innovation among the sea of in-car GPS devices making their way to the market. At the core, they all do about the same thing. Navman saw this, and went to the drawing board to find something that would truly distinguish their product from the other players on the field. The result was a feature called NavPix, which lets you take picture of places you’ve been through an integrated camera on the unit. When you snap the picture, it records the geographical coordinates, so that the next time you want to visit the particular location, you simply tap on the picture. It’s a very intelligent way to get around. Today we’ll look at Navman’s top-of-the-line unit, the brand-spankin’-new iCN 750.

Let’s see what is unique:

NavPix: Though a very simple concept, picture-navigation has never made its way into any units on the market. Navman plans to extend NavPix to being a guided tourer when you’re in a new town. Imagine logging online, downloading an intinerary for Washington D.C., and having an array of landmark pictures to choose from in your NavPix gallary on the device. To navigate to any place, simply tap on the picture and click “Go”. For more on NavPix, click here.

Screen: This unit has a crisp, 480 x 272 widescreen touchscreen, which shows more data than your standard 320×240 screen.

Rechargeable Battery: The unit has a rechargable battery that provided a solid 120 minutes of use in my testing.

Software: The iCN 750 uses SmartST 2006 software.

Hardware: Inside you’ll find an Intel PXZ270 312MHz processor, with 64MB RAM and ROM, a 4GB hard drive, and the SiRF Star III chipset for quick signal acquisition times. As with most units using this chipset, cold start times are around a minute, while warm and hot start times are almost instant…

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The motor bike accessories supplier Xtream Wearther and the GPS manufacturer Asus announced a pack intended for the motorcyclists and especially conceived with safety at the head. Pack “SO EASY TO WRINKLE® ” was born from this collaboration. The collaboration is expected to compete with the TomTom Rider in the European markets.

The concept rests on a GPS contained in a small pocket neoprene waterproof which is installed on the arm of the user as a watch or on the handlebar of the motor bike.

This pack is composed of Pocket PC ASUS A632 (with integrated GPS), of So Easy Neobag®, an auricle So Easy Security® intra-auricular and well on software of navigation Destinator PN6. Tariff envisaged for this Been worth Pack is of 459€ Euros (529€ Euros for the pack Premium which contuent in more one long battery lasted).

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The fancy navigation software Rousen we talked about recently can do some cool 3D tricks on the Mio C310. Since auto-translation is no good when it comes to Korean we can only give you the source and expect you to BYOKF (bring your own Korean friend).

Despite their troubles, Delphi is still kicking it with their auto add-on business, now pushing a premium navigation system designed for most 2003-2006 GM light trucks and SUVs, including the Chevy Tahoe, Suburban, Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade, among others. The Delphi TNR800 (Touch Screen Navigation Radio) combines DVD-based GPS navigation with AM/FM/CD capabilities in a package sporting a fairly largish 6.5-inch touchscreen that blends in neatly with your vehicle’s console. What’s more, the system is able to interact with other pre-installed GM options like XM, On-Star, DVD systems, and CD changers, as well as the vehicle’s computer system itself, picking up speed information and no doubt telling you how good or bad a driver you are. All this comes at a price, of course — $1,999 when it drops before the end of the month.

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Garmin today announced an update on the launch of its application support for Mac OS X version 10.4 “Tiger.” The company’s Training Center software is now expected to be compatible with Mac OS X version 10.4 “Tiger” by the end of 2006. Also at that time, we will announce the expected completion date for Garmin’s other hardware and software applications. We thank the Mac community for their support, understanding and patience as we work through these unanticipated delays, and we look forward to providing Mac users with direct support for their Garmin products.

We lost track of how many new navigation systems came out at this year’s gadget show SEK 2006. MD-1000 is GPS navigation device as well as DMB receiver with 7″ screen. The GPS has the newest SiRF Star III chip and it can also play your media files which can be stored on your SD card upto 1GB.

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Has after-market GPS device glare got you down? I’ve definitely found it to be annoying in the past myself. This may solve the glare problem for some: GlareStomper Visors.

Originally designed for Tomtom Go GPS units, the Corona, California based company which makes the GlareStompers announced they’ve expanded the product line up to encompass GPS devices from Garmin, Magellan, Navman and Sony. This is in addition to now covering every Tomtom device on the market.

The GlareStomper Visors, which are flexible, reportedly block out ambient light which can wash out GPS displays. Sunlight is prevented from striking both the tops and sides of the unit. They are made of black Cordura nylon and priced at under $20 each.

We had talked about various PMP’s from Viliv before. This one is the P2 that is now live on their website. Unfortunately it does not have an integrated GPS chip but it does support a GPS cradle which should work seamlessly with the software already installed on the Viliv P2.

T-DMB GPS Car Navigation

• Modern & slim design
• AMD Alchemy processor
• 4.3 inch 16 million True Colors TFT Wide LCD
• Touchscreen and touch sensor button
• Flash User Interface (Mobile Flash Lite 2.0)
• H.264, DVix, MPEG 1/2/4, XVID, WMV support
• MP3, OGG, AC-3, WAV support
• Text and image viewer
• DMB recording function
• USB 2.0 Host
• Windows CE OS
• T-DMB
• 20/30 GB HDD
• GPS Car Navigation (optional)

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