Google Aerial Imagery Hits 3 More Us Cities
Posted at 2:18 pm | Filed Under GPS devices
Back in December, Google announced the launch of aerial imagery for 2 cities in the United States. The high-resolution imagery augments the satellite imagery of Google Earth and the street-level imagery of Street View, giving viewers a look at the ground as if they were flying in a helicopter or some other low-flying aircraft. Originally [...]
Trimble Launches New Version Of Its Outdoor Gps Navigation Application On The Android
Posted at 5:21 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Trimble announced a new version of its Trimble Outdoors application for the Android Marketplace. The new version allows outdoor enthusiasts to find their way, capture their excursions with multi-media, and share with others through the Trimble Outdoors community. In November, Trimble introduced its popular AllSport GPS application, a fitness application for mobile phones, for the [...]
Review: Acer A1 Liquid
Posted at 5:11 am | Filed Under GPS devices
My initial reaction to this Acer Android device was desire and excitement. On paper everything looked great, the design was sexy, the OS robust and the price tag was uber-attractive. Did it do it for me? Well, yes and no. You will have to decide.
The device isn’t as thin as the likes of [...]
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 [...]
Tomtom Start Gps Appears In The Uk. Explanation Required.
Posted at 4:01 am | Filed Under GPS devices
TomTom Start GPS
TomTom Start? Has anyone heard of this PND? UK online retailer eXpansys has the TomTom Start up for sale on its website. The unannounced PND seems to be an entry-level TomTom GPS device with a 3.5-inch resistive touchscreen, QuickGPS Fix technology, Map Share which enables community map corrections, IQ Routes, a pre-installed speed [...]
T- Mobile Pulse Payg Android Phone (htc Click)
Posted at 4:01 am | Filed Under GPS devices
It seems T-Mobile UK has revealed that it’s going to have an Android Pay-As-You-Go handset named the T-Mobile Pulse; made by the manufacturer Huawei, it will coast around £179.99 and be available in October.
The handset is a 3.5 inch HVGA touch screen with a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, GPS and Wi-Fi and like the [...]
New Zealand Bans Mobile Phone Navigation While Driving–but Pnds Are Legal
Posted at 4:01 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Tell me if I’m missing something here, but a new New Zealand Transport Ministry law will prevent drivers from using mobile phone navigation software while driving, even if it is mounted on the dashboard or windshield–while still keeping traditional navigation devices legal.
Called the Road User Amendment Rule 2009, the law will allow drivers to make [...]
Mobile Navigation Apps Retain 1/3 Of Users After 30 Days
Posted at 4:01 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Mobile analytics and monetization startup, Flurry, has released the results of a study today that sheds light on the difficulty mobile application developers have in retaining users over a long period of time. The study compiled usage retention data over a period of 90 days (in 30 day intervals), 200 million user sessions, apps in [...]
New Panasonic Strada Gps Navigation Systems
Posted at 4:01 am | Filed Under GPS devices
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 [...]