cheetah gps speed camera detector for U.S.
Oct 26, 2009 gps navigation, radar detector
Called Cheetah C50, this device is a small GPS speed camera detector for the U.S. It costs $100 and has 65 unique spoken voice alerts for various types of
threats. It can identify the different types of cameras such as speed, red light, speed-on-green, and also is capable of telling you if the camera is on a freeway, a highway, an exit ramp, a frontage road, a nearby city street, in a tunnel, after the end of a tunnel, on an overpass, in a school zone, in a construction zone or even near a bridge ahead.
Cheetah C50 has directional intelligence, meaning it won’t bug you if the camera is facing the other direction, has a speedometer and a compass, and of course is loaded with camera locations for North America.
Here is the video:
Whistler GPS Red Light Camera Detector
Oct 13, 2009 gps navigation, radar detector
We think the Whistler GPS Red Light Camera Detector is a bit too big for serving only one purpose. Not to mention it’ll cost you $20/year after the first free year – that is if you decide to keep it on your dash that long. Maybe you will since you’ll have spent a whopping $200 on the initial hardware.
But anyhow – here is what this red light camera detector can do. In its database it stores locations of 6000 red light and speed camera locations in the US of A and Canada. It has integrated GPS and figures out if you’re approaching one of these locations. And then the 1.6″ color OLED screen displays your current position on a digital street map, and gives you visual and audible cues, shows how far away you are from the red light camera.
The database is updated monthly.
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.
Snooper Lynx GPS
Aug 28, 2009 gps navigation, radar detector
The British brand Snooper is not really new to Navigadget. We’ve talked about them here before. However they have something newsworthy of mentioning here again. It is called Snooper Lynx GPS. What makes the Lynx special is that in addition to warning you about speed traps, and cameras, it also has a GPRS module to provide you with real time traffic udpates. Also with the touch of a button it lets users of the device share the location of mobile police speed traps and other mobile elements in real time – as soon as the police gets situated at an intersection.
Of course since the device is connected your speed camera locations are always up to to date and you never have to go back to your PC to update it.
It costs £194.
Cobra SL3 GPS radar detector
Jun 15, 2009 cobra, gps navigation, radar detector
The new Cobra SL3 is a standalone GPS enabled radar detector that warns drivers about thousands of driving threats that include red lights, speed cameras and caution areas.
For the location of these threats Cobra SL3 relies on the AURA database, and uses various colored LEDs and beeps and tones to nag the driver about that speed camera on your way to work. It is smart enough to time the warning based on your speed so you always have enough time to react whether it is to slow down, cover your face, or eject from your seat.
The purchase will you rights to access the AURA database 24/7 so you can always get the latest locations stored on your Cobra SL3.
Another cool feature with this GPS enabled radar detector is that you can also add up to 1000 locations as a threat (such as common hideout place for cops) to ‘customize’ the SL3 to your needs.
Current introductory price for Cobra SL3 is $100. That’s less than the price of one single traffic citation.
AlerteGPS G520 with over-the-air updates
Feb 11, 2009 gps navigation, radar detector
French brand AlerteGPS just announced their latest speed camera warning system G520 which supports a SIM card for automatic over-the-air database updates.
Like G220 and G320, G520 has a 1.8″ OLED screen with 240×160 pixels resolution and the ability to support 262K colors. G520 can also work with a battery and can work on bikes as well.
The G520 can accommodate optional service RTA (Real Time Alert) that allows you to be informed of the presence of mobile radars in real time. This is where the users come in. They could either be using the AlerteGPS G520 or GPS-equipped cell phone with Winkango software. We’re not sure about the details but the information from the users is then passed on to the servers and then transmitted to G520 over the air.
G520 currently sells for 249 € and it comes with 3 years of automatic updates for the radar database which is done at least once a month. After the first 3 years udpate will cost 10 € per year…
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gps angel winner is…
Jan 24, 2009 GPS giveaways, gps navigation, radar detector
Our winner for the GPS Angel we were giving away is #9, Cory who said:
Would love to win this!!!
And he did. So we’ll get in touch with him and ship it to his address.
If you didn’t win check it out on Amazon. It is $99: GPS Angel
GPS Angel giveaway
Jan 15, 2009 GPS giveaways, gps navigation, radar detector
We’re giving away a GPS Angel. GPS Angel is a red light, speed camera warning system, or as we like to call it: a GPS radar detector. As you know we already reviewed GPS Angel and realized it can be very useful once you figure out you can customize the warnings.
To participate you need to subscribe to our feed and leave a comment below with an email address we can reach you at.
We will ship this out to a U.S. address 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 winner.
UPDATE: Winner is #9, Cory.
new Cobra GPS Radar Detectors with Aura database
Jan 7, 2009 CES 2009, cobra, gps navigation, radar detector
Cobra today introduced their new Advanced Universal Road Alert (AURA) database that stores GPS coordinates of speed and red-light cameras and driving hazards. The most annoying thing about these devices are of course false positives and here is how Cobra makes sure their alerts are accurate:
…by communicating directly with municipal police departments, traffic bureaus, state transportation agencies and proprietary data partners to guarantee that every single alert is accurate
There are already six AURA-ready devices offered by Cobra. Two of those are the high-end radar detectors XRS 9960G and XRS R10G. XRS 9960G and XRS R10G will cost $389 and $439 respectively and a lifetime AURA database subscription is included in that price. And if you want to add it on to your already existing, AURA-ready radar detector you can expect to pay somewhere between $209 to $339. To check their full selection go here.
GPS Angel v4e review
Jan 1, 2009 gps navigation, radar detector, reviews, tracking
I like to consider myself a very photogenic person. I’m not vain but I enjoy being the subject of everyone’s photograph (nope, not vain at all!). Well, that was until I received a letter in the mail from the state of Arizona with an unflattering picture of me along with a speeding ticket. Which brings me to introducing the new GPS Angel v4e! This little Road legal device is a red-light and speed camera warning system. The GPS Angel uses GPS technology to warn the driver of red light and fixed speed cameras. You might wonder if it uses mystical powers to know where these cameras are actually the GPS Angel connects to your PC (Mac not supported) and using the GPS Angel software it downloads the database of Speed and Stop light cameras from the Patriots Camera Database.
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