Sony Xperia X10
Nov 4, 2009 gps navigation, phones, sony
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 was just made official yesterday. The new X10 has a 4″ capacitive touch screen and runs on a flavor of Android 1.6. It carries an 8.1MP digital camera with auto focus but there’s no flash. The processor buzzes at 1Ghz and it may likely come to T-Mobile as supports the 1700Mhz frequency for HSPA.
There’s of course an integrated GPS receiver and as soon as you can upgrade the Xperia X10 to Android 2.0 you can start using Google Maps Navigation.
Other features of the Xperia include WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, standard 3.5mm audio jack, gesture controls, 1GB of internal memory, and a microUSB port.
Expect to meet the new Sony Xperia X10 by first half of 2010.
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TomTom car kit review
Nov 3, 2009 gps navigation, phones, reviews
Engadget has a decent review of the TomTom’s car kit for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. What they did was to use the iPhone 3GS with a regular car kit and let it use its own GPS receiver, and an iPhone 3G with the TomTom car kit.
In the end both iPhone’s performed very similarly suggesting it may not be a great idea to spend an $120 on the car kit on top of the $100 app…
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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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nuviphone now only $99
Nov 1, 2009 garmin, gps navigation, phones
Oh nuviphone… Now you’re only $99. Remember the days when we thought you’d cost $300?
Amazon knows what the true value of nuviphone is these days. It has to compete with many other smartphones which are much better at many other things and can expand with apps. Nuviphone on the other hands does not do apps, had some bad reviews, but but.. does a great job at navigation.
Grab the Garmin nüvifone G60
google navigation
Oct 29, 2009 gps navigation, phones, software
Google – the supreme being of the internets – just announced their new GPS navigation application which will cost nothing. It will come standard on the Android 2.0 OS. And soon it will probably be offered on Blackberry, WinMo, and one day even the iPhone.
Before we go into the details of Google’s new turn-by-turn GPS navigation application – we would like to ask you? What do you think this will do to standalone GPS makers? Or more importantly what will all these iPhone GPS apps will do once it hits the iPhone? Do you think the stock prices changes of TomTom and Garmin were because of Google’s announcement?
Anyways – officially called Google Maps Navigation – the new application is an internet connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance. It will be part of Google Maps Mobile and will is already available on phone with Android 2.0.
Some features include ability to search by business name, search by voice, traffic view, search along your route, satellite view, street view, and finally a car dock mode for devices which support it.
A question that comes to mind is how will will caching of maps along your route will work – so you don’t have to rely on a 3G network. Can you get directions from LA to NY and have all the maps downloaded before you leave the Pacific?
On a separate note I would personally like to thank Google for not using Starbucks as an example destination. Instead they used In-N-Out :)
Check out all the videos:
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tomtom car kit for iPhone at Apple Store
Oct 23, 2009 gps navigation, phones, tomtom
The highly anticipated TomTom car kit for iPhone has finally made its appearance at the Apple Store. It is going to cost $120 and will ship in two to three weeks. Some of the mentioned features include secure docking, enhanced GPS performance, clear voice instructions, easy charging, hands free calling, and the ability to play music through cars’ audio via cable.
Here are some specs for the TomTom car kit:
- Audio out: 3.5 mm
- Volume control: Yes
- Portrait/Landscape support: Yes
- Windscreen and dashboard mounting: Yes
- iPhone charging via CLA: Yes
- Dimensions: 5.17 x 2.7 x 1.96 in./131.43 x 68.68 x 49.86 mm
- Weight: 4.13 oz./117 g
more TeleNav giveaway
Oct 22, 2009 GPS giveaways, gps navigation, phones, software
As you know a few months ago we gave away free subscription to TeleNav’s GPS navigation software. Now we’re doing it again. The only difference is that we’ve upped the prize. Instead of three 6 months of service, now we’re giving away three 1 year subscriptions.
What’s the occasion you may ask? Well, just recently there was an update for AT&T Navigator, and now the GPS navigation software from TeleNav has a new look and some new features.
Check out the video here which demonstrates support for landscape view while navigating, integrated iPod controls and improved audio. The video is for iPhone but you can still win if you’re using another device.
Here is how you can get your hands on one of these free 1 year subscriptions.
First make sure you have a compatible phone here. And then subscribe to our feed and leave a comment below with an email address we can reach you at.
The giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. Sorry rest of the world. Also duplicate entries, emails, IP addresses will be disqualified.
We’ll close this article for comments a week from today and after that we’ll announce the winners.
Good luck.
NYTimes review for iPhone apps
Oct 18, 2009 gps navigation, phones, reviews
New York Times’ Eric Taub just recently reviewed four iPhone GPS apps.
TeleNav’s AT&T Navigator, Alk’s CoPilot Live, Navigon’s MobileNavigator, and TomTom’s iPhone app. I know we’ve talked about all these many times here on Navigadget before but maybe you just want to hear it all over again from NYTimes.
…According to a report from the iSuppli research firm, GPS applications for smartphones are about to explode, growing from 2.5 percent of users today to 10.5 percent in 2013. And half of those will be iPhone owners…
Acer Liquid
Oct 17, 2009 acer, gps navigation, phones
No need to complain about the sluggishness of your Android. You should just get a new one. Take for example Acer Liquid. With a processor that clocks at 1Ghz the new Anrdoid powered Acer Liquid is bound to be faster than any other smartphone out there. Of course it comes with a GPS receiver that supports assisted GPS, and has a 3.5″ touch screen, so you can say goodbye to your standalone GPS navigation system. With a 1350mAh battery you may not even need to plug it in (OK maybe for short trips only).
The rest of the specs of Acer Liquid is also pretty outstanding. It does WiFi, Bluetooth, has a 5MP camera with auto focus, 3.5mm audio out, a light sensor, accelerometer, and of course 3G network support (HSDPA Category 8/ HSUPA Category 5 /UMTS 2100/1900/850 Mhz)…
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iBike Rider for iPhone GPS navigation on your bike
Oct 11, 2009 gps navigation, on bikes, phones
If you’ve been looking for a solution to use GPS navigation applications on your iPhone while riding your bike then now is your time. A new product from SoEasyGPS, called iBike Rider is hoping to make it easy for bikers to use their iPhone while riding.
The kit consists of a 100% waterproof case that will position the iPhone on the handlebars or on the riders forearm. There’s also a battery that can be installed on the handlebar so you don’t run out of juice while using your GPS navigation program.
Now of course you may ask yourself: “how am I supposed to hear driving directions with this thing?”. Well worry no more, because you can also get the headset / microphone iBike Rider, which allows you to accept calls and listen to voice instructions or even radar warnings.
http://www.soeasygps.com/shop/kit-gps-moto/kit-moto-ibike-rider-iphone.html
Here is the pricing:
- 39€/57$/36GBP for the Moto Kit
- 39€/57$/36GBP for the Battery
- 9€/43$/27GBP for the headset/handsfree
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