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LG SB210 for golfers

Nov 2, 2009 fitness, gps navigation, phones

LG SB210 is the name of the new GPS enabled phone designed for golfers. LG SB210 is a touchscreen device announced in South Korea that comes with maps for 280 golf courses.

Nicknamed Cyon, the device also includes a G-sensor, compass, and software for counting calories so your experience on the golf course can be perfect.

Here are some more features of LG SB210:

• 3″ touch screen
• GPS
• 3MP camera
• 242MB memory
• microSD card slot
• 1000 mAh battery

For about $539 you can show off the LG SB210 to your golfing buddies. South Korea only…

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Satsports GPS

Oct 16, 2009 fitness, gps navigation

Satsports (a name we haven’t heard before) just came out with a handheld GPS receiver called satsports gps specifically designed for activities such as running, skiing, golfing, cycling, etc. The specialty Satsports GPS is of course the software. It includes satski for skiers and snowboarders, pocket caddy for golfers, satsports log for runners, cyclists, hikers, and satsports street navigator (optional) for driving directions. It is all-weather too.

Here are some specs:

• Processor: Samsung 2440A 400Mhz
• Battery: 3.7V Li Ion 1050mAh
• OS: Windows CE 5.0
• Speaker: 1W internal speaker
• Built in Flash 256MB
• RAM – 64MB
• Dimensions: 90 x 55 x 16 mm
• Weight: 125g
• Display: touchscreen LCD – 2.7″ TFT QVGA (320 x 240)
• GPS: SiRF Star III Embedded Patch Antenna
• Applications: Satski, Pocket Caddy, Satsports Log (running & cycling), MP3 Player, Image Viewer, Video Player
• Micro SD card
• Free silicon case with built in 6hr back up battery

Satsports GPS device is a bit costly. It goes for about $490 in the U.S., or $540 CAD… two more pics after the jump.

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Sony Ericsson K850 + HGE-100 GPS accessory

Oct 4, 2009 fitness, gps navigation, software, sony, tracking

Remember that Sony Ericsson HGE-100 we talked about long time ago? Well we just came across a video of HGE-100 being used with Sony Ericsson K850. There’s an application called tracker that can show your route’s overview, replay your progress, calculate calories consumed depending on your weight, and a lot more.

It’s not the latest news.. since now most higher end Sony Ericsson’s come with an embedded GPS receiver making the HGE-100 obsolete.

e-Mobile GPS Fitness for Blackberry

Sep 25, 2009 fitness, gps navigation, phones

As a Blackberry user you may be jealous for not having a GPS tracking application for your workouts. Android has the “My Tracks” from Google for completely free, iPhone has the MotionX GPS for $3 – and now… Blackberry has the e-Mobile GPS Fitness for $22. Yes, it is quite unreasonable to ask that much for such a simple app – but hey – there must be a market for it.

e-Mobile GPS Fitness is a bit different though. It lets you set a time, distance, or calories goal. Lets you select if you want to listen to workout music – and provides decent looking graphs showing your progress over past workouts.

You can even export your data in an email as a KML file which opens up on Google Earth.

Any buyers? Please share with us if you have a better/cheaper solution for Blackberry’s…

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Snooper S280 Saphire Plus

Sep 22, 2009 fitness, gps navigation, radar detector

We’ve mentioned the British Snooper name a few times here before. But we didn’t know they had this new 3 in 1 GPS navigation system. It is called Snooper S280 Saphire Plus and here is what it can do: 1) a good old sat nav device with maps from Navteq 2) GPS radar detector that uses the comprehensive AURA database, and 3) a golf shot saver that knows about over 2000 golf courses in Europe and provides distances to bunkers, lakes, streams, paths plus many other hazards, and a lot more.

It includes a free lifetime subscription to the Aura database and other updates for the golf courses.

Snooper S280 Saphire Plus has a 1.75″ color touch screen, voice alerts, headphone socket for motorcycle use. The device is very portable measuring 105mmx53mmx20mm.

It costs £140.

RoyalTek BV-3200 GPS Navigation System

Sep 21, 2009 bluetooth, fitness, gps navigation, on bikes

We haven’t had a word from Taiwanese RoyalTek for a while now but we’re glad to see that they’re still in business as they just pushed their new GPS navigation system RoyalTek BV-3200 through FCC’s doors. The BV-3200 is a GPS navigation system with a sun light readable 3.5″ touch screen, a Broadcom GPS receiver, bluetooth, and a special mount device for bicycle handlebars. Royaltek really wants to focus on bikers as far as we can tell since the device comes with a 2.4Ghz ANT+Sport communication antenna and is IPX7 waterproof. Another out of the ordinary feature of this device is that it comes with a removable 1800mAh battery. Who else puts removable batteries in their sat nav systems these days?

So the device is pretty high end. Don’t let the 3.5″ inch screen fool you – that is so it fits on your bicycle or motorcycle. It does hands free bluetooth, has an FM transmitter and reciever too.

iRiver NV Mini Bike

Sep 21, 2009 fitness, gps navigation, on bikes

iRiver just announced a new navigation system called the NV mini bike Edition.

After releasing this device with a 3.5″ screen, they’re now upgrading it with a sturdy bike mount kit and a firmware release that lets you keep track of your cycling workouts.

It measures things like total ride time, distance, speed, calories burnt, etc. iRiver NV Mini Bike Edition can hold charge up to 2 hours and 30 minutes thanks to the generous built-in battery, and riders can listen to tunes with the integrated speakers. You can even use the POI database on the device to find restaurants, bike shops, coffee shops, etc around you or on your route…

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Garmin Edge 500

Sep 2, 2009 fitness, garmin, on bikes, tracking

Garmin Edge 500 is the latest GPS device for cyclists.

It can track speed, distance, time, GPS coordinates, elevation, calories burned, climb and descent. For the last part – the climb and descent – Edge 500 actually uses a barometric altimeter which is a lot more accurate compared to GPS data alone. Of course the Garmin Edge 500 has wireless sync capabilities via the ANT+, and can also work with speed/cadence sensors. Provided you have a Garmin heart rate monitor, it can even give you very precise calorie consumption data.

Garmin Edge 500 will cost $250 by itself. If you decide to go for the heart rate monitor and speed/cadence sensor bundle expect to pay an extra $100.

We hope your workouts last less than 18 hours. That’s how long the battery will last.

Garmin Foretrex 301

Jun 16, 2009 fitness, garmin, gps navigation, tracking, wrist watch

In addition to Foretrex 401, Garmin also introduced its little brother today: the Garmin Foretrex 301.

Foretrex 301 is quite similar to 401, except that it lacks the electronic compass, and the barometric altimeter. In addition it is slightly has a lighter color and supposedly will last up to 18 hours (instead of 17) with only 2 AAA batteries.

Garmin Foretrex 301 is rugged and waterproof, boast a sensitive GPS receiver with HotFix that quickly acquires and maintains satellite reception. It keeps track of where you’ve been so you when turn on the TracBack feature, it will retrace your path right back to where you started.

Foretrex 301 feature dual-position readout so that you can view your current location in multiple formats, including latitude/longitude and an alternate position format of your choice.

Also no wireless sharing your tracks and waypoints on 301. Only 401 has this feature.

Garmin Foretrex 301 can store up to 500 waypoints, 20 routes or a tracklog of up to 10,000 points and 10 saved tracks.

UPDATE: Pricing info has just been released and Garmin Foretrex 301 will go for $200.

Here are some more specs:

• Unit dimensions: 2.9″ x 1.7″ x 0.9″ (7.5 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm)
• Display:1.4″ x 0.9″ (3.6 x 2.3 cm)
• Resolution: 100 x 64 pixels
• Display type: Black and white LCD
• Weight: 3.1 oz (87.3 g) with batteries
• Waterproof: yes (IPX7)
• Floats: no
• Interface: USB

Garmin Foretrex 401 now official

Jun 16, 2009 fitness, garmin, gps navigation, tracking

Just as we promised the Garmin Foretrex 401 has been made official by the company today. And just like we talked about Garmin did mention the military personnel as one of their target markets.

Long story short, Foretrex 401 is a lightweight GPS recevier/navigator designed to be comfortably worn on your wrist. Device comes with a highly sensitive GPS receiver, keeps track of where you’ve been by using bread crumbs so you can always get back to your camp site or vehicle or whatever. It also includes a trip computer, sunrise sunset hunting and fishing information, electronic compass and even a barometric altimeter.

It works on 2 AAA batteries which should last up to 17 hours.

Press release does not mention the price but we suspect it’ll be around $250.

UPDATE: Foretrex 401 is now up on Garmin’s site. Suggested retail price is $249.99.