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QStarz recently announced a new bluetooth GPS receiver which they claim is world’s most powerful. The specs on the BT-Q818 eXtreme is pretty impressive; such as the 51 channel MTK chipset, and the 32 hours of use time thanks to the low power consumption hardware. However what makes the difference is the adjustable update rate which can be somewhere between 1 and 5Hz. Hz is cycles per second so when you move it up to 5Hz you can get position updates 5 times every second making this suitable for application where timing is crucial.

We’ll let you know when BT-Q818 eXtreme becomes available at online retailers.

Nolan is a new bluetooth GPS receiver that made an appearance on Semsons recently. There’s nothing too special about this bluetooth GPS receiver except the good price which is currently going for $43.

The specs are pretty standard. SiRF Star III GPS receiver capable of 20 channel satellite tracking, Bluetooth V2.0 + EDR transceiver, and battery that can last up to 10 hours.

It comes with a car charger and USB charging cable. Oh and if anybody owns the Nolan bluetooth GPS receiver please let us know what you think of it.

We’re giving away a BT-Q1000P today. All you need to do go here, then leave a comment and subscribe to our feed.

We’re giving away a new QStarz BT-Q1000P bluetooth GPS receiver / travel logger. We had a short review of this last week and we said we’d send to a lucky reader. Now is your chance.

To win you need to subscribe to our feed and leave a comment below with an email address we can reach you at. Don’t get too smart on us. We watch out for duplicate entries and IP addresses and stuff. Those will be disqualified. And we can only ship it to U.S. or Canada.

Here are the features of QStarz BT-Q1000P:

• Fast position fix: cold start 36s, warm start 33s, hot start 1s
• -158dBm high sensitivity MTK chipset with and 51-Channel tracking
• Lower power consumption for up to 32hrs for travel recording
• Stand-Alone travel recorder to log up to 200,000 records
• Easily switch from travel Recorder to NAV mode or LOG mode (Navigation + Log)
• Supports multi-mode setting to record data (vehicle, bicycle, jog)
• Button to manually to memorize your location immediately
• Auto on-off function for smart power control

We’ll close this post for comments a week from today and announce the winner.

NCS Navi R120 is one of the thinnest bluetooth GPS receivers out there at only 0.93 cm’s. (but do check out G66 at 0.63 cm’s). R120 just got the FCC approval to enter the U.S. market with its slim profile and 15 hours battery life. It uses the MTK low power consumption GPS Chipset which is capable of searching satellites in 51 channels for fast acquisition and reacquisition and has -159dBm sensitivity.

This bluetooth GPS receiver comes with a USB style car charger and currently the only place you pick one up seems to be eBay for about $75.

GPS gadget manufacturer Royaltek is about to send MBT-1100 our way now that it has cleared FCC regulations. MBT-1100 is a bluetooth GPS receiver and a tracklog recorder with a rechargeable Li-Ion battery that can last about 10 hours at least.

The MBT-1000 is equipped with the latest generation MTK digital processor specially designed for fast and accurate fix on GPS signals. It has a power button and 3 LEDs in the front, indicating battery low or charging, bluetooth status, and satellite fix status and memory status for the tracklog feature. Measuring only 69.5×23x20 mm and weighing 38grams MBT-1100 is very very portable.

Nokia’s bluetooth GPS receiver LD-4W has been out for a while but it just got reviewed by phoneArena accompanied with some cool pics.

The review is not very in-depth but you’ll get the idea:

The Nokia LD-4W’s built-in chipset is SiRFstar III-LT. In contrast to its predecessors, it’s the most power-efficient and smallest, manifestation yet of SiRF’s flagship SiRFstarIII architecture…

…In comparison to the previous model LD-3W, the battery life of the LD-4W is decreased, due to its small size. According to the official data, the device can be used for up to 10 hours of continuous tracking and up to 4 days in standby mode.

For more pics read »

It looks like this SiRF Star III bluetooth GPS receiver and data logger is coming to U.S. pretty soon now that it has cleared FCC.

Manufactured by NaviSys, GR-312 bluetooth GPS receiver has a smart design. It is made up of two parts, the actual GPS receiver and the bluetooth antenna inside the small USB stick on the right, and the bulkier power source on the left. So, if you need to use this with a laptop you can just use the USB stick. Say you’re in your car with no laptop or the battery. In this case you can use the provided car adapter which connects the USB stick directly to the power source.

And when you are on the go, say hiking or just using this with a smartphone outside the car just put the USB stick into its housing on the power source and you’re set. Why couldn’t others think of this before?

This device is not only for providing GPS data to other gadgets. It can also act as a standalone GPS logger. The software provided with GR-312 can supply your waypoints in the popular KML format - ready to be viewed on Google Earth.

We have no info on pricing or availability yet.

We came across one of the best looking bluetooth GPS receivers at CES 2008 yesterday. It is from GlobalSat and it is called BT-368.

BT-368 has a super slim design that would make your iPhone jealous but I’m sure they would work great together if you could pair up the two together.

This bluetooth GPS receiver can run for 10 hours under continuous operation thanks to its power saving technology. It uses the SiRF StarIII receiver chipset and of course bluetooth v2.0 interface. You’ll find three little LEDs on the front for bluetooth, GPS, and power stage.

It is WAAS/EGNOS supported and RoHS compliant says the spec sheet. No info on pricing just yet.

MainNav is getting ready to introduce the new MG-950D at CES 2008. MG-950D is a bluetooth GPS data logger that has a lot functions that make it useful for hiking, biking, driving, and maybe even running.

It is similar to Garmin Edge 305 in terms of form factor but MG-950D also acts as a bluetooth GPS receiver, meaning you can share the GPS data with other devices. It uses a SiRF Star III GPS receiver and can store up to 120,000 waypoints. It can calculate speed and altitude while you workout and store that info so later on you can transfer it to your PC via the USB interface and view on Google Earth.

We have no information on pricing or where/when it will be available but we’ll investigate at CES 2008 for you.