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QStarz BT-Q1000P

Colbert — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:11:17 +0000

QStarz BT-Q1000P just announced that last. The BT-Q1000P is first off a dual function device, as it can be a bluetooth GPS receiver for your PDA or smartphone or you can use it as a standalone travel recorder. It’s quite small and compact with a good battery life. You can grab it up at Amazon.com for only $100, cheap considering all the good reviews.

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new Magellan RoadMate 1415

Colbert — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:52:11 +0000

Magellan RoadMate 1415 is the new addition to the 1400 series. This model has been lately introduced to the market. The base model RoadMate 1400 was already revealed at CES. But the current one had some additional upgrades such as the text-to-speech and includes maps with full European coverage instead of regional maps.

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Asus R70A UMPC

Colbert — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:10:58 +0000

After the rain of Asus R50a, there’s news that Asus is readying another GPS which enabled UMPC called R70a. The R70a is already on display at CeBIT in Germany. There isn’t much on the detail of the R70a so far. All we know is that it has a 7″ screen, runs on Windows Vista OS, it had a very cool finger print reader, a 120GB HDD, 1.6Hz Intel Processor, 2 USB jacks and a SD memory card slot. So let’s wait for it’s arrival.

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Modbook

Colbert — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:14:50 +0000

Equipped with GPS function, this is the tablet Mac that every Apple fan (including me) had been waiting for-The Modbook. The Modbook comes with an embedded GPS receiver. The tablet Mac is also touch-screen that runs on Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and uses a 2.1GHz processor. It also has 1GB of memory, ethernet, USB, FireWire, Bluetooth and AirPort. But at a whooping price of $2300.

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Cowon N3

Colbert — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:09:13 +0000

The new N3 was manufactured by Korean Cowon. The N3 is integrated with real time traffic information service TPEG. Cowon N3 runs on a 600Mhz AU1250 processor. The N3 has a 7″ touch screen that almost covers the whole face of the device but still has room for 6 interface buttons on the right hand side. The navigation it also has a DMB receiver so you can watch digitally broadcast channels when you’re on the go.

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X5 AIO

Colbert — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:04:45 +0000

The portable media player with a GPS navigator was manufactured by Viliv named X5 AIO. With an 800×480 LCD screen, the X5AIO runs on a Au1250 processor at 700Mhz. The special part about this system is, the GPS antenna embedded as opposed to flip-out style. The X5 AIO also plays digitally broadcast TV channels thanks to its DMB receiver. It will come in two versions, a 30GB and a 60GB one.

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Easy Walk and Vodafone

Colbert — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:53:12 +0000

A new GPS receiver was introduced by Vodafone of Spain introduced. It is called “Easy Walk” and it works on phones with Symbian OS such as most Nokia’s. The service allows visually mess up people to know their current location and provide assistance to make them more independent. The way this is done is very similar to regular car GPS navigation systems: Detailed description of turns, distance to a certain point and even details of street names, numbers, and POIs are converted voice commands thanks to the text-to-speech engine.

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new AMD processors can power GPS systems

Colbert — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:10:53 +0000

AMD just introduced a new set of processors by the name – Imageon -. The processor is designed to run handheld devices. With the new Imageon lineup AMD is hoping to increase their market share in devices with large, high-res displays, touch-screen interfaces, internet, navigation and mapping capabilities. Specifically AMD Imageon A250 is for vector graphics such as those used in interpretation maps for most navigation systems.

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Radionova M10214-K1 Evaluation Kits

Colbert — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:46:22 +0000

Anetenove unveiled its latest GPS evaluation kits, Radionova M10214-K1. The complete set includes the M10214-A1 RF Antenna Module, the world’s smallest RF antenna module incorporating a SiRFstarIII GPS chipset and optimized with Antenova’s high efficiency complementary GPS antenna.

This Evaluation Kit provides designers and developers a complete GPS solution in a box for the development of GPS enabled devices. It is very attractive as customers can actually develop absolute working GPS solutions that allow them to become more familiar with the advantages of the RF antenna modules earlier in the design stage.

This GPS Evaluation Kits are sold worldwide. Please get in touch with Antenova distributors and agents for more information on pricing and availability.

From: 3G.co.uk

Any car display is now a GPS unit

Colbert — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:30:25 +0000

Thanks to NavNGo Limo, you can turn your car display into a GPS unit with no difficulty. This kit includes all the receivers and hardware needed to turn any in-car display into a navigational unit. Unlike most GPS device, there will be no touchscreen since this kit comes with a remote control that could manage the software.

Let’s look at the hardware in the kit. There is a 300MHz processor, the SiRF Start III GPS chipset, and the 2GB SD card that stores all the necessary maps and such, an external GPS antenna, an external speaker, and an external IR sensor as well as the remote. With such a complete set, you don’t have to purchase a portable GPS unit.

No information on price or availability. It might not be available in the US, since it is a Hungarian product.

From: Slash Gear