AarLogic C10/3: Linux OS breadboard with GPS
Mar 31, 2009 gps navigation, hacks
Let’s take a break from all those ready to use, nicely finished GPS navigation systems and tracking devices and have a look at this tiny Linux machine with an embedded GPS receiver. It is called AarLogic C10/3 and with this, the possibilities are endless!!! (provided you have at least a BSE from an accredited university and the time and energy to actually build something out of this).
You can make your own sat nav device, vehicle tracking system, or even a satellite guided missile!
The breadboard includes a Quad-band GPRS module SiRF Star III GPS receiver, USB, RS232 and ethernet interface. It comes with 4 Mb NV memory standard but can be expanded a lot since you there’s also an SD-card reader.
The heart of the PC is two ARM processors, responsible on one hand for the GSM component, and on the other for applications executable under Embedded Linux. The processor module, including the GSM component, is also available for purchase separately. Despite its small surface area – roughly the size of a matchbox – its 160-pin socket provides a wide array of connectivity options. Aside from keyboards, digital cameras and reading devices, this also includes WLAN, Bluetooth and GPS components.
You’ll be pleased to hear that there is a free test server available visualisation of the geo-data.
It measures 104mm x 63mm (4″ by 2.5″) and costs €192.00. …
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Motorola Evoke QA4
Mar 31, 2009 gps navigation, gps phones, motorola
Motorola Evoke QA4 is the newest handset from the company that is targeting a specific market:
a socially-inclined device with a 2.8″ full touch-screen that keeps you constantly connected
But you know we pretty much only care about location fix capabilities of gadgets here at Navigadget and Motorola Evoke QA4 makes the cut with its sGPS/aGPS chip.
Some other features include CDMA 800/1900/1700/2100, Diversity 1900MHz and 2100 MHz EVDO Rev A network support, 1170 mAh battery, 2.8” WQVGA 240×400 display, and a 2 megapixel continuous with 5x digital zoom camera.
Motorola Evoke QA4 will be available in Q2 2009.
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T-Mobile G1 + Telenav for less than $200
Mar 31, 2009 android, gps navigation, gps phones, gps software, t-mobile, telenav
TeleNav blog has this great idea about how you can get the relatively new T-Mobile G1 Android phone and the TeleNav GPS navigator for less than $200. The TeleNav company blog maybe slightly! biased for suggesting this combo – but if you’re already considering buying a new phone and a sat nav device why not check this out.
Here is how you’d do it: Get the T-Mobile G1
Of course there’s the whole new phone bill for the next 24 months, and the yearly TeleNav purchases if you decide to stick with it. Don’t forget to get a car charger for your G1!
Tags: android, gps navigation, gps phones, gps software, t-mobile, telenav
Apple patents some sort of touch screen GPS navigation system
Mar 31, 2009 apple, gps navigation, in-dash gps
AppleInsider is reporting a new patent filed by Apple that describes an in-dash navigation device with many other features such as 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, CDMA, GSM and EDGE; and possibly the ability to communicate with many sensors including tire sensors, engine sensors, steering sensors, or GPS sensors.
We have no idea when such a device would be offered from Apple if at all, but it looks like the patent is more focused on keeping the driver from being distracted than anything else.
“The angle detection can provide the navigation device with the functionality to determine whether a driver or passenger is operating the navigation system,” Apple says. “As such, the combination of any or all of a seat sensor, seat belt sensor, angle detection, or other sensors can determine which user provided input to system.”
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CoPilot Live 11 for laptop
Mar 30, 2009 copilot, gps navigation, gps software
You know we like to talk about CoPilot Live here a lot; so here is another opportunity for us: CoPilot Live11. This is GPS navigation system software specifically designed for your laptop. It maybe a small market – those who use their laptop in their vehicle for getting driving directions – but it is good to see someone other than Garmin doing this. Competition is always good.
The navigation software is available for the U.S. with more than 800 counties just updated, 200000 miles of new road have been added, and 750,000 miles of road have been updated to accurately reflect their current placement (this last one makes us wonder…)
Some features of CoPilot Live 11 for laptop include 2D, 3D map views, ability to enter 50 addresses per trip, route optimization, automatically re-routing, and other well known stuff like continuously updated Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) and distance to destination.
GPS navigation software alone costs $150 and if you decide to get a USB GPS receiver with it, it costs $250.
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HTC Magic is the new G2 for T-Mobile
Mar 30, 2009 android, gps navigation, gps phones, htc, t-mobile
As you know we talked about HTC Magic back in mid-February when it first became available for Vodafone in Europe. Now it looks like T-Mobile is finally bringing this Android phone to the U.S. The device just made it through FCC and someone who read the FCC documents figured out that the U.S. version will have a 5megapixel camera instead of a 3.2 one.
Of course it is all 3G on T-Mobile’s 1700Mhz band which is capable of 7.2Mbps downloads. Other features include Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, and a trackball for navigation. You won’t be getting a physical keyboard with this; it’ll all be on screen…
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ThinkNavi T7
Mar 29, 2009 gps navigation
Korean brand ThinkNavi now has a model for the European market. It is called ThinkNavi T7 and has a really big 7″ touch screen. You’re going to need that screen space since T7 allows you to watch TV and navigate at the same time thanks to the picture-in-picture feature and DVB-T receiver.
Some hardware specs of ThinkNavi T7 include 500Mhz processor, SiRF Star III GPS receiver, 2×1.5W speakers, remote control, AV-in port, and a USB 2.0 host.
Like we mentioned this GPS navigation device is designed for the European continent so it comes with maps of 45 European countries (see list below), which also include safety camera database.
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein,
Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City,
Channel Islands, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus,
Serbia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary,
Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, Montenegro
Not only the maps but the voice guidance also covers whole of Europe. You’ve got 20 different languages to choose from which include German, British English, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Turkish, Russian, Serbian, Greek.
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mercedes benz GPS navigation system for trucks
Mar 27, 2009 gps navigation
Mercedes-Benz just last week announced a new GPS avigation system for some of their trucks; namely Atego, Axor and Actros model series.
This will make European drivers very happy as Mercedes-Benz will be providing TeleAtlas maps (onDVD) for 26 European countries; and 15 languages to choose from for voice directions.
As with any other truck GPS navigation system this one also takes into account the dimensions and weight of the commercial vehicle you’re driving and provides driving route accordingly…
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Sony Ericsson T707
Mar 27, 2009 google, gps navigation, gps phones, sony
Sony Ericsson just unveiled a new really good looking phone called Sony Ericsson T707 with 3G goodness and GPS capabilities.
Before we move on to important things such as photos of Mario Sharapova holding the Sony Ericsson T707 let’s go over a few boring details:
- 3.2 megapixel camera
- Media player
- Light effects
- Pulsating light notification
- Gesture control
- Day and Night changing theme
- FM radio with RDS
- Geo tagging of photos
- Google Maps
Depending on where you live you’ll either get T707 with GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 2100 or the T707a with same GSM but UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100.
Now onto some Maria Sharapova photos to make your Friday more pleasant:
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iNavi K3
Mar 27, 2009 gps navigation, inavi
We’ve talked about bunch of iNavi‘s before. But not this one. This GPS navigation system from Thinkware is called iNavi K3. As with any GPS navigation system from Korea this one also does amazing graphics, video game like 3D renders, lane assist, and split screen view.
It has a 7″ screen with WVGA resolution (800×480), a 900Mhz processor, SiRF GPS receiver, 8GB SDHC memory card, 256MB RAM, and some other entertainment features such as DMB player, video and audio player, a few games, and a simple car diary program…
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