New Panasonic Strada Gps Navigation Systems
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Panasonic of Japan just announced three new GPS navigation systems for their Strada series. The new models are CN-MP150D/DL, CN-MP180D, and the CN-MP250D.
All the new sat nav systems have a 5″ screen and come with a faster processor – not sure how that affects the battery life though. There’s a slot for microSD [...]
Garmin Streetpilot C550 Gets Reviewed
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Ever find the navigation menus that are supposed to make portable GPS devices easy to use, um, less than intuitive? Garmin is one brand that doesn’t have this problem–that’s why nuvi devices don’t have an instruction manual in the box. But Laptopmag.com says that Garmin’s StreetPilot c550 is a “good choice for technophobes [...]
Samsung Nc20 Netbook Official With Via Nano Processor
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Samsung has finished the week on a strong note by officially announcing the NC20 netbook, or more accurately, ultraportable notebook. The system features a 12.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, full 12-inch keyboard and a trackpad.
As opposed to the usual Intel Atom processor, the Samsung NC20 instead uses the 1.3 GHz VIA Nano processor [...]
Is Nokia Mulling A Palm Takeover Bid?
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I’ve always been a big Nokia fan despite the company’s recent struggles in capturing a piece of the smartphone market, especially in North America. If a rumor filtering from PreCentral is true, Nokia may be considering a strategic move that is sure to help out its prospects. That strategic move being the possible acquisition of [...]
O2 Launches My O2 Iphone App
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Free app allows customers to view their account from their handset
O2 has today announced My O2 for iPhone, an app designed to help make viewing the amount customers spend on their phones even easier. The app is now available as a free download on the Apple App Store. The My O2 section [...]
Gps-tracked Sex Offender Kills A Young Girl
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Experts are questioning the effectiveness of GPS ankle bracelets often used to monitor sex offenders in the United States after a 13 year old girl was murdered.
Alycia Nipp was headed home from a Walmart in Vancouver, Washington when she decided to cut across a field often used as a crash pad by the homeless. [...]
Asus’ Eee Keyboard Brings A New Form Factor To Netbooks
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One of the more enthralling netbook concepts to emerge from CES this year is ASUS’ Eee keyboard. With a built-in computer and keyboard-embedded 5-inch touchscreen, the Eee keyboard is made to connect with any type of display, whether PC or HDTV. The 2 pound Eee keyboard has typical netbook specs including a 1.6 GHz Intel [...]
Inavi K3
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We’ve talked about bunch of iNavi’s before. But not this one. This GPS navigation system from Thinkware is called iNavi K3. As with any GPS navigation system from Korea this one also does amazing graphics, video game like 3D renders, lane assist, and split screen view.
It has a 7″ screen with WVGA resolution (800×480), [...]
Texas Instruments Reveals Next-gen Omap36x Processors, Gets Skyhook Wireless Xps Location Technology
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Building on the success of its OMAP34x processor family for mobile internet devices and smartphones, Texas Instruments has announced the next-generation OMAP36x processor family today. Built with a 45nm manufacturing process, enabling smaller chips, the OMAP36x processors will support clock speeds up to 1 GHz, and use 25 percent less power than OMAP34x processors [...]
Sony Ericsson Idou
Posted at 3:57 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Sony Ericsson IDOU will probably be the highlight of the MWC 2009 (mobile world congress in Barcelona) for the company. However keep in mind IDOU is only a concept name until they’re ready to market it.
Until we get a list of full specs you’ll have to make do with these features:
Symbian OS
3G
12MP camera with [...]