Garmins Between $100 And $120 For Black Friday
Posted at 4:41 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Garmin is expected to have a few models specially designed for the American Black Friday madness. These GPS navigation systems will cost somewhere between $100 and $120 according to Twice. Also according to Cliff Pemble who is the president and COO of Garmin the sales of nuviphone were “slow” so a TV ad campaign was [...]
The Red Light Camera Detector Skips Gps Navigation, Charges $200 Anyway
Posted at 4:36 am | Filed Under GPS devices
The Engadget Mobile folks made it really tough to justify the price tag of the Garmin-Asus nuviphone G60 in a comprehensive review of the GPS-oriented GPS handset yesterday. But Hammacher Schlemmer makes it even more difficult to justify the price of the Red Light Camera Detector by passing it off as a GPS navigator without [...]
Garmin Streetpilot C550 Gets Reviewed
Posted at 4:01 am | Filed Under GPS devices
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 [...]
Nikon’s Gp-1 Geotagger Gets Reviewed
Posted at 3:51 am | Filed Under GPS devices
The folks at Digital Review have performed a thorough review of Nikon’s GP-1 GPS geotagging device and were suitably impressed. If it’s not available now, it should be in the next few days for a little less than $300. Compatible with Nikon’s D90, D200, D300, D700, and D3 digital SLR camera models, the GP-1 uses [...]
Proclip Blackberry Dashboard Mounts Turn Your Smartphone Into A Pnd
Posted at 3:46 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Pretty happy with the GPS and mapping features of your Blackberry Curve 8350i or Blackberry Curve 8900, but need an in-vehicle navigation solution? ProClip USA has released device holders for both Curve models so they can be easily attached to the dashboard of your car, truck or SUV.
The holders are custom-made in Sweden and [...]
Mio Announces V500, V700 Digital Tv Pnds, Explora K75 Smartphone, And Litepad Gps Netbooks
Posted at 3:26 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Last week, Mio announced a variety of new GPS-oriented devices that will all launch during the rest of 2009. First off is the Mio Moov V500 and Mio Moov V700 PNDs, which both feature DVB-T TV tuners and the company’s new Spirit software. Both V series models incorporate Explore Mode, an intuitive POI search, video/photo/MP3 [...]
Tomtom Tells Microsoft To Take A Hike
Posted at 3:21 am | Filed Under GPS devices
It seems TomTom doesn’t plan on turning the other proverbial cheek when it comes to Microsoft’s newly filed patent infringement claims. The patent suit, duly filed with the United States District Court and the International Trade Commission, alleges TomTom infringes on eight Microsoft patents related to in-car navigational technologies and Linux-based file management procedures.
TomTom spokesman [...]
Htc 2009 Mobile Lineup Gets Spec’d…
Posted at 2:36 am | Filed Under GPS devices
We’re all aware of HTC’s Magic, Touch Diamond2 and TouchPro2, but while the blogosphere has buzzed all year with various HTC leaks and rumors regarding the 2009 mobile phone line, we haven’t come across anything with comprehensive specifications….until now. Here’s HTC’s 2009 mobile line spec’d:
HTC Whitestone
3.6-inch WVGA screen
5 megapixel camera
256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Windows [...]
Garmin Debuts Forerunner 405cx, Forerunner 310xt Gps Sport Watches With Ant+
Posted at 2:36 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Garmin has updated its Forerunner GPS watch family, announcing the Forerunner 310XT and Forerunner 405CX this morning.
The Garmin Forerunner 405CX succeeds the widely popular Forerunner 405 and adds some new features. Designed for the single-sport crowd, the 405CX has an improved algorithm developed by Finland’s Firstbeat Technologies that more accurately detects heart rate and calculates [...]
One Laptop Per Child’s Xo-2 Dual-screen Laptop Caught On Camera In Davos
Posted at 2:36 am | Filed Under GPS devices
When the One Laptop Per Child project, which aims to distribute low-cost netbooks among the world’s children, launched a couple year’s back, it was a revolutionary idea. And while it’s had its successes, the first OLPC XO-1 netbook never achieved the manufacturing scale it needed to drive down the cost.
At the beginning of the project, [...]