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 [...]
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 [...]
Google Earth Hater News Update: Nuclear Submarines, Assembly Bill 255 And The Infamous Boring’s Are Back
Posted at 3:26 am | Filed Under GPS devices
The Google Earth haters are busy this week, as three separate stories concerning privacy and Google’s satellite imagery have made headlines.
In the United Kingdom, previously blurred images of Britain’s nuclear submarine base are clearly visible after a Google Earth update. In fact, the imagery is so accurate, the country’s Trident-armed nuclear submarines are visible along [...]
Google Street View Concerns Continue With The Naked Child
Posted at 3:06 am | Filed Under GPS devices
The Google Street View furor hasn’t died down in Europe since it was released last week in the United Kingdom and Netherlands. The latest issue: naked kids. But I think it sounds worse than it really is.
The UK’s The Independent on Sunday flamed Google pretty badly in an article this weekend after claiming to find [...]
Google Earth Hater News Update: Nuclear Submarines, Assembly Bill 255 And The Infamous Boring’s Are Back
Posted at 2:22 am | Filed Under GPS devices
The Google Earth haters are busy this week, as three separate stories concerning privacy and Google’s satellite imagery have made headlines.
In the United Kingdom, previously blurred images of Britain’s nuclear submarine base are clearly visible after a Google Earth update. In fact, the imagery is so accurate, the country’s Trident-armed nuclear submarines are visible along [...]
Mio Moov S401
Posted at 9:51 pm | Filed Under GPS devices
Mio is coming up with a couple of new models for their Moov series. One of them is called Mio Moov S401.
Moov S401 will have a 4.3″ widescreen and carry about 4 million points of interests. It will feature the new Spirit interface Mio has been advertising lately.
A couple extra features are the ability [...]
Study Reveals Potential Hideout Of Osama Bin Laden: Usa Today
Posted at 5:40 pm | Filed Under GPS devices
According to a geographical analysis of satellite imagery, the infamous Osama bin Laden is most likely hiding in one of three compounds in Parchinar, near the Pakistan border.
The analysis, published in the MIT International Review, not only used satellite data, but included an analysis of his personal habits and public sightings since 2001.
From USA Today:
Essentially, [...]
Enigmatic Mio Netbook Sports Arm Processor, Gps, Wi-fi
Posted at 5:40 pm | Filed Under GPS devices
We’ve been hearing rumors of a Mio-branded mobile internet device or netbook for a bit now, so it’s no surprise the company has one under glass at CES. But tell me this: how the heck has no one come across this two days into the conference? Kevin C. Tofel’s astute eye did this evening, thank [...]