Archive for May, 2009

TomTom NAVIGATOR 7

May 30, 2009 , , , ,

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TomTom has finally made the new NAVIGATOR 7 available for Windows Mobile; available for purchase to all end-users instead of bundling it with certain HTC phones.

You can either download after paying £ 35 or get it on a microSD card for £ 90. The current list of compatible devices include

  • HTC P3600
  • HTC P3470
  • HTC Touch Cruise
  • HTC Touch Cruise II
  • HTC Touch HD
  • HTC Touch Pro
  • HTC TyTN II
  • O2 XDA Diamond Pro
  • O2 XDA Guide
  • O2 XDA Orbit 2
  • Orange P4550
  • Orange SPV M700
  • SFR s300+
  • Swisscom XPA1615
  • T-Mobile MDA Vario III
  • T-Mobile MDA Vario IV
  • Vodafone XPA1615

And the maps cover maps of western European countries. However you can also purchase maps other countries ranging from Mexico to New Zealand.

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Thinkware iNAVI ES300

May 30, 2009 ,

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Thinkware iNAVI ES300 is the latest GPS navigation system from the company. Get this though; this beauty is considered low-end in South Korea! It has a big 7″ screen, supports split views to show you amazing realistic 3D intersection view, as well as vicinity map with 3D buildings.

Thinkware jumped on the green band wagon and included the ECO Drive function which is supposed to discourage you from driving like a maniac and get you the most efficient route to your destination. As far as hardware this “low-end” GPS navigation system features brushed aluminum looking keypads, comes with 2, 4, or 8GB of space, has a nice 900mAh battery, and the ability to read SD cards. It costs somewhere between $260 and $340 depending on the storage space…

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interstellar navigation

May 29, 2009 , ,

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Let’s say you’re traveling at warp speeds and you need to avoid hitting any kind of mass along your path? How do you navigate and know where you are? Can you rely on our flimsy earth-made global positioning satellites that are in danger of failing within the next couple of years? Nope, you sure can’t.

Then what you’ll need is something similar. Instead of listening to signals from these satellites you look for pulsars that emit regular radio signals; just like our satellites.

That’s what Bertolomé Coll at the Observatoire de Paris in France found: Four pulsars within our galaxy (specifically: 0751+1807 (3.5ms), 2322+2057 (4.8ms), 0711-6830 (5.5ms) and 1518+0205B (7.9ms)) that form a tetrahedron around our solar system that can help us locate the position of any point down to a meter. You may call it an interstellar GPS system.

Why four pulsars? Coll points out that on these scales relativity has to be taken into account when processing the signals and to do this, the protocol has to specify a position in space-time, which requires four signals.

Coll then defines the origin for this system of co-ordinates as 00:00 on 1 January 2001 at the focal point of the Interplanetary Scintillation Array, the radio telescope near Cambridge in the UK that first observed pulsars.

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TomTom gets on the race track

May 29, 2009 , , ,

tom-tom-race-carEuropean GPS navigation system leader TomTom just announced that it’ll become an associate sponsor of Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates for both the IndyCar Series and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) during the 2009 racing season.

With IndyCar their car will be the No. 10 Honda Dallara and for NASCAR it will be No 1. Chevrolet.

The No. 10 and No. 1 cars, as well as the driver and crew uniforms, will prominently display the TomTom logo throughout the 2009 race seasons. The TomTom logo and brand colors will also be featured as the primary paint scheme at several races throughout the year.

Drivers Dario Franchitti and Martin Truex Jr. said they’d be taking advantage of the new TomTom GO 740 LIVE’s traffic updates feature on the track but they weren’t happy about the monthly fees associated with the service. However they will be taking advantage of the lane assistance and text-to-speech features for their maneuvers :)

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travel honey? really?

May 28, 2009 ,

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If it wasn’t for the lame “travel honey” name this product would almost be perfect. It is 4 in 1 device that acts as a 1) GPS receiver for your laptop, 2) location finder to track back to a set point, 3) photo tagger with software, and 4) data logger for GPS tracking.

It is currently out of stock at this online wholesale site that is willing to sell retail for only $54.

The above images demonstrates how “travel honey” directs you back to your car. The only thing you have to do to record your car’s position is to press a button for two seconds so it can record its GPS coordinates when you’re ready to head back home…

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TwoNav Aventura

May 28, 2009 ,

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TwoNav Aventura is a new handheld GPS navigation device that is quite different than most other handhelds out there. It can accept any kind of maps, provided you are capable of creating vector maps and raster imagery. You can even scan your own according to gpstracklog and calibrate it to use on TwoNav Aventura.

Another feature of TwoNav Aventura (perhaps where the “two” is coming from) is that it can also act as a GPS navigation system for your vehicle, giving you door to directions.

Apparently it is being released in Europe this June for 650 Euros and they’re still looking for distributors in the U.S.

Here are some specs:

  • Li-Ion battery
  • Battery slot can be replace with 3AA battery slot
  • Up to 20 hours battery life
  • electronic compass
  • barometric altimeter
  • rainproof
  • SiRFStar III GPS chip

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NAVIGON 7310

May 27, 2009 ,

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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.

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Bushnell Yardage Pro XGC

May 27, 2009 , , ,

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Bushnell has a new GPS range finder called Yardage Pro XGC. Amazonhas the device available for $350 – same as a few other online sellers – but no reviews yet.

One of the nice things about Bushnell Yardage Pro XGC is that it has a 2.2″ sunlight readable color screen and a battery that is supposed to last up to 16 hours. A few other features of this golf gps device includes:

  • Download custom color course maps
  • Distance to any point on the hole
  • Stores up to 100 courses
  • Scorekeeping & statistics capabilities
  • Belt clip and storage pouch included
  • Rechargeable Li-lon battery
  • Rainproof

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GlobalSat GV-590D GPS navigator

May 27, 2009

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We’re surprised that these GlobalSat devices don’t make it to U.S. very often. Take this GlobalSat GV-590D GPS navigation system for example. It has decent specs, a solid SiRF Star III GPS receiver, and a big 5″ TFT LCD screen.

Even though GV-590D is on the main Taiwanese site there’s no mention of it on their U.S. site; so we don’t have much info on pricing or availability.

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Nokia N900

May 26, 2009 , ,

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Remember the Nokia N810? Well it seems like Nokia is not giving up on this internet tablet series since we have found some leaked images and specs of the all new Nokia N900. Good news is that they’ve kept the GPS on-board and even added an accelerometer to the mix.

Here are the leaked specs of the new Nokia N900 still not announced by the company:

  • GPS and accelerometer
  • 3.5″ 800×480 (WVGA) touchscreen
  • OMAP3430 500/600 Mhz processor
  • Quad band GSM; WCDMA 900, 1700/2100, 2100
  • 5MP Carl Zeiss camera with dual-LED flash, autofocus, and sliding cover
  • proximity sensor and a front-facing camera.
  • 1GB total virtual memory (256MB actual RAM, 768MB virtual)
  • Wi-Fi, HSPA
  • 1320 mAh battery
  • 32GB internal storage, expandable up to 48GB via external memory
  • Dimensions: 59.7mmx111mmx18.2mm
  • Weight: 180g

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