Archive for May, 2010

garminfone coming to T-Mobile

May 29, 2010 , , , ,


We’ve talked about garminfone here before but it was just officially announced by T-Mobile with a release date of June 9th. T-Mobile Garminfone will cost $200 after a two year contract and a $50 mail in rebate. Specs for Garminfone haven’t changed: Integrated GPS, HSPA 3G, bluetooth, WiFi, Webkit browser, 3.5″ screen, 3MP camera, and 1150mAh are some of the highlights.

T-Mobile already has a mini site where you can sign up to get notified when it hit the stores.

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garmin nuvi 1100

May 27, 2010 , ,


This is the wallet friendly nuvi GPS navigation system from Garmin for those on a budget. It is called the Garmin Nuvi 1100. This specific model found itself a place on Garmin’s site rather quietly – without a press release or anything. I guess they don’t want to advertise a GPS navigation system that lacks pretty much every modern day feature.

Nuvi 1100 has a 3.5″ screen and can provide turn by turn directions. Battery can last up to 4 hours. It does not do text-to-speech, lane assist, traffic updates, or speech recognition. However it is compatible with FM traffic, and MSN Direct.

We’re guessing this will be sub $100. If you find this on an online retailer let us know. Price not announced yet.

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Garmin G500H Helicopter Flight Display

May 27, 2010 , ,


There’s no vehicle Garmin won’t put their gadgets in. The latest is the Garmin G500H Helicopter Flight Display which recently got FAA’s approval.

It’s an all-glass avionics system designed for VFR Part 27 helicopters. Its PFD can either be on the left or right and it can display attitude, airspeed, vertical speed, altitude, and heading information. The MFD shows moving maps, helicopter’s current position in relation to terrain, chart data, and flight plan routings.

G500H is already available for an introductory price of $25000. Yes, that’s 25 thousand dollars.

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Pioneer AVIC Z120BT

May 27, 2010 , ,


Pioneer just recently announced a new in-dash GPS navigation system called Pioneer AVIC Z120BT which has a 2-DIN form factor and has a 7″ screen.

This is apparently their new flagship model which now adds the ability to listen to Pandora in your vehicle – but it actually streams the data through your iPhone using Pioneer’s own PandoraLink app for the device.

Pioneer AVIC Z120BT has all sorts of audio/visual specs but as far as GPS navigation it runs on TeleAtlas maps which covers all 50 U.S. states and Canada, has 12 million POIs in its database, and more importantly implements a voice recognition feature so you can enter addresses just by speaking.

MSRP for Z120BT is $1600 and Amazon already has it for $1400.

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MotionX GPS HD for iPad

May 26, 2010 , ,


If you’re looking for a mapping interface and navigation for your iPad other than Google Maps you may want to consider MotionX GPS HD.

The fact that it only costs $3 and it recently got a decent review maybe good enough reasons to give this app a shot.

MotionX GPS HD for the iPad is recommended for people looking to find a reasonably priced, do-it-all navigation app that covers land, air and sea. The app provides all the tools you’ll ever need, anywhere in the world. MotionX GPS HD works best when used on an iPad 3G but will also work with the Wi-Fi only version as long as there is a network available.

Some features of this app include the ability to use both Google Maps and Bing, and MotionX’s own maps, satellite, road, and hybrid views, turn by turn directions, and more.

Check out some serious action shots here.

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GPSMAP 62

May 25, 2010 , , ,


Successor to the GPSMAP 60 series has been leaked. It is the new Garmin GPSMAP 62 series which include GPSMAP62S, GPSMAP62ST, and GPSMAP62STC where C is for Canada.

Rumor has it that we’ll be able to get our hands on the GPSMAP62 series starting this July. The series will keep quad helix GPS antenna and support paperless geocaching, custom maps, BirdsEye aerial imagery, and tri-axial electronic compass and barometric altimeter on some models. They all have a 2.6″ sunlight readable screen, 500MB internal memory, and microSD card slot for expansion.

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nuvifone M10 coming to U.S. shores

May 25, 2010 , , ,


Nuvifone M10 recently made an appearance at FCC site meaning U.S. release is just around the corner – though no official word from Garmin has been released.

Nuvifone M10 has already been out in Europe and Asia to please users who would like WinMo as their operating system. 6.5.3 to be more specific.

We’ve already mentioned the specs here but some of the highlights are still worth mentioning such as the 1500mAh battery, 600Mhz processor, 512MB of RAM and ROM, 4GB of internal flash, and a 5MP camera.

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SafeNav: GPS navigation system for airport runways

May 22, 2010 , , ,


This is called the SafeNav and it’s an airport vehicle navigation system designed to make airport runways safer.

SafeNav is powered by Garmin and it enhances the situational awareness of airport vehicle operators regardless of visibility and other conditions. It provides a moving map of the vehicle’s location on the airport just like any other car GPS navigation system. It includes built-in maps of 950 U.S. airports, provides real-time tracking of vehicle location on the airport on its 4.3″ touch screen, comes with geofencing to keep vehicles off runways and other sorts of alarms for potential runway incursions.

Not sure how much this costs.

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HTC Wildfire

May 22, 2010 , , , ,


HTC Wildfire is a brand new mid range Android powered smartphone from the company – targeting young folks who may be going mobile for the first time. HTC Wildfire will be running Android 2.1 Eclair operating sytem and will come with a decent set of hardware features for a mid-range device.

Take for example the 3.2″ QVGA capacitive touch screen with pinch to zoom; or the 512MB ROM and the 384MB RAM, and even microSD card for extra storage. 1300mAh battery should give you more than 400 hours talk time but not sure how much that would translate if you were to browse the web the whole time. HTC Desire has a 5MP camera with auto focus and flash and can geotag your photos if you choose to. That means Wildfire has a GPS receiver and a few other sensor such as the G-sensor, digital compass, proximity sensor, and the ambient light sensor.

Some other stuff includes Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio, WiFi, 3.5mm audio jack, and a micro USB port. And the processor of course: Qualcomm MSM7225 buzzing at 528 MHz.

No word U.S. release just yet. HTC Wildfire will be out in Europe and Asia in third quarter of this year.

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro makes it through FCC

May 20, 2010 , ,


Another new Sony Ericsson product that is bound to the U.S. shores is the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro. Vivaz Pro was announced back in February at MWC 2010 but we had no clues on when it would be released here in the U.S.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro has a slide out full qwerty keyboard, a light sensor on the front side, USB port for syncing and charging, an awkwardly placed 3.5 mm headset connector, a digital camera with flash, tally light on the back face, 3G support with HSDPA, and of course integrated A-GPS. The antenna is located on the upper right corner of the device so make sure you don’t cover when GPS signals are weak.

More specs of the Vivaz Pro include 5.1MP camera, digital zoom, touch focus, smile detection, and even image stabilizer, bluetooth connectivity, WiFi, Google Maps, 70MB phone memory, and microSD card support up to 32GB

One more FCC abuse shot after the break…

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