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News came out today talking about Motorola getting ready to enter the two-way-connected GPS navigation system market.

“We’re absolutely making a bigger play,” said navigation product line manager Blake Bullock. “We believe we can bring something new to the table with Motorola’s vast experience in wireless connectivity. We have aspirations to do just that, combining the best aspects of 3G smartphones with PNDs and creating optimized experiences for consumers.”

Even though there are no details about the new 3G lineup we expect something similar to the MotoNav TN20 and TN30 that were released back in October of 2008 and sold exclusively by Radio Shack… read »

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.

Motorola today announced two new enterprise digital assistants to the MC55 series. The two new models are the MC5590 and MC5574, both of which have a rugged design, 3.5″ display, two way radio, bar code scanner, cell phone, digital camera, and a WinMo 6.1 mobile computer.

MC55 is not 3G but supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE, comes with integrated GPS for real-time location-based applications, including directions for drivers and real-time fleet location, geo-fencing and bread-crumbing for dispatchers.

MC5590

• wireless 802.11a/b/g LAN (WLAN)

MC5574

• wireless WAN (WWAN)
• wireless LAN (WLAN)

Both devices offer push-to-talk services as well in addition to bluetooth connectivity.

MOTOSURF A3100 is a 3G touch tablet phone with an embedded aGPS receiver.

It will be available around the world beginning in Q1 2009, including Asia and Latin America. No mention of U.S. there.

MOTOSURF A3100 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 software and the interface supports applications that can be accessed with the tip of a finger, a stylus or an omni-directional trackball.

As far as connectivity you’ve got WiFi and 3G but no bluetooth.

The press release says you can use “aGPS to navigate from point A to B” but do not say with which software or for how much.

Other features include 3MP camera, microSDHC card support (up to 32GB), and the 2.8″ touch screen.

The second model from Motorola for their brand new GPS navigation lineup is the MotoNav TN30, one model up from TN20 we just talked about.

Motonav TN30 has a larger 4.3″ screen, pronounces street names (text-to-speech), features bluetooth connectivity that has been tested on 15 different brands of phones, and comes with preloaded maps of the 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Just like TN20, MotoNav TN30 will exclusively be available at RadioShack but will cost an extra $100; to bring the price up to $300.

We would like to welcome to Motorola to the standalone GPS navigation system market! Their first model is called MotoNav TN20 and it will be available at RadioShack for $200.

TN20 is their entry level GPS navigation system with a 3.5″ screen. However it still has text-to-speech feature so you can always keep your eyes on the road. The maps are from Navteq and cover the continental U.S; no Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or Canada.

There’s really nothing else special about the TN20. The hardware is pretty standard too: SD card slot for updating maps, 2.5 hours of battery life, touch screen, and a USB port for charging.

After some spy-shots, now official Motorola website confirms the embedded GPS receiver on the highly awaited Motorola Q11.

This slim device will come with integrated WiFi, have an optimized keyboard for fast and easy messaging, and integrated GPS for navigation support for popular applications like Google Maps.

Moto Q11 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, supports Bluetooth enabled stereo devices, and features a 3MP camera which can be used to shoot stills or videos. There’s a slot for microSD cards too so you don’t have to worry about space since it supports them upto 32GB.

Motorola VC6096 is an in-vehicle/fixed mount mobile computer. Seems like the device is not for end consumers but rather the work force on the roads. Designed for transportation and logistics providers Motorola VC6096 promises to maximize driver productivity, improve safety and vehicle utilization.

As far as connectivity I don’t think anything can beat the VC6096. It’s got Integrated 3.5G GSM HSDPA WWAN as well as 802.11a/b/g WiFi… and when you speak of transportation and logistics you must have someway of telling where your fleet is. Therefore Motorola VC6096 also has a SiRF Star III GPS receiver. Oh yes, there is bluetooth too.

Other hardware specs include SD card slot, five programmable soft keys, mic and speakers; all running on 128MB of RAM, 256MB flash, 624Mhz processor and Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro… thanks Dustin.

Say hi to Motorola Q11. Currently details are somewhat unclear but you can be sure that Q11 will offer an embedded GPS receiver as you can see from the picture (see top of screen, and left side of frame).

Obviously Q11 is from the Q series that has been out for a while now and seems like they are still targeting business professionals with the Windows’ latest Mobile 6.1 Pro operating system and a full QWERTY keyboard.

Other features of Motorola Q11 include WiFi, bluetooth, and a 3MP digital camera. There’s no information whether this sleek smartphone will ever make it to U.S. but we’ll keep you updated as we find out more… read »

Motorola today announced their first ever USB adaptor for WiMax connections. Called USBw100, this gadget has three version which work just fine on three different approved bands (2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5 GHz), and according to the official press release it also offers GPS services, probably similar to Compass 597 we talked about a while ago.

USBw100 is expected to be available as early as the end of this year but there’s no word on pricing just yet.

The device, which easily plugs into the USB port, seamlessly connects the laptop computer to a WIMAX broadband network for reliable, easy, high-speed connection for e-mail, web surfing, video and audio streaming, GPS services, Internet phone calls and other uses.