O’reilly Ebook Reader For Iphone – Review
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Previously we were reporting that recently O’Reilly started to release their books as iPhone apps. Shortly speaking: each app is an eBook content plus O’Reilly eBook reader for iPhone (for that given eBook). Here we are reviewing this eBook reader on the example of the only free (but lame) O’Reilly eBook available in app store:
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New Zealand Bans Mobile Phone Navigation While Driving–but Pnds Are Legal
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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 [...]
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Nokia today unveiled the ‘Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition’. The device ships with lifetime voice-guided drive and walk navigation licenses for Nokia’s Ovi Maps software and service. Included in the box is a Nokia self-mount car kit, consisting of a Nokia Car Charger (DC-4), Car Holder Pack (CR-103), Rotating swivel adaptor (AD-69) and Easy Mount [...]
Europe’s Social Network Netlog Brings Gps To Its Iphone App, Facebook Continues To Sleep At The Lbs Wheel
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Chinavasion Kicks Out Another Gps Watch
Posted at 3:56 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Chinavasion is invading again with the CHVN-G96 GPS Locator Watch, an analog-style wrist watch that functions as a GPS logger, receiver, location finder and photo tagger. One of its handy features is the car-finding function. Upon leaving your vehicle, a button press will begin logging your trip. On the way back, LEDs surrounding the watch [...]
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 [...]
Gps Usb
Posted at 3:26 am | Filed Under GPS devices
We want to thank IO Data of Japan for providing the basics we may all need one day. Just a simple GPS receiver on a USB stick. No bluetooh, no A-GPS, or anything else.
The receiver is SiRF Star III chipset and comes with Super Mapple Digital Ver9, a popular Japanese map software. It goes [...]
Copilot Live Gps App Launches For Android
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ALK Technologies has just launched an Android version of its popular CoPilot Live turn-by-turn GPS software. Like its Windows Mobile and Symbian siblings, CoPilot for Android comes with a full database of maps which are stored on the phone, voice-guided directions, 3D maps, real-time traffic alerts, direct dialling to POIs, a safety camera database, 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 [...]
Eye-fi Updates Geotagging Sd Cards By Adding Storage Space, Video Support
Posted at 3:21 am | Filed Under GPS devices
Those handy Eye-Fi SD cards with Wi-Fi support and geotagging are getting an upgrade. The current rendition come with a standard 2 GB of storage space no matter which card you use, but the updated Eye-Fi cards will hold up to 4 GB of photos and are capable of uploading videos to YouTube and [...]