Samsung’s latest hand phone comes with a built in GPS that enables the service. The new Samsung i560 is a slider smartphone that runs the Series 60 operating system. Additional options included within the phone include a 2.4 inch screen, 3.2 megapixel digital camera and 3G services. Samsung’s i560 is another of the satnav phones that has been expected to initiate huge interest among the customers.
It has also been reported that Samsung’s i569 have been snapped up by Vodafone and will be a prime rival with the new Nokia N95. However, the loyal customers of Samsung i560 are expecting to find better battery performance. The releasing of the handphone into the markets have not been announced yet
From: techdigest.
Nokia 6110 is the new GPS enabled handset in the line of new generation navigation cellular phones. The speciality of this Nokia 6110 set that is its on board GPS navigating feature that will definitely attract people from every class. Unlike the other slim handsets from the very brand name of Nokia, this 6110 comes with a heavy body that is equipped with numerous technologies. The handset is definitely not slim but it is neither very thickset too and it can be very easily popped in inside the pockets. It comes with a slider keyboard which is small but efficient and the slider itself can be operated effortlessly using a single hand. Unlike the other new GPS phones available in the market, the Nokia 6110 has a small screen that works amazingly for navigation. The resolution that supports the GPS and the UI from the Route 66 software enables navigating fun and flawless with this handset.
Other additional features within the Nokia 6110 include 3.5 G HSDPA quadband, voice guided 3D GPS and map download via 3.5G, 2 megapixel camera that has a panorama mode and a video call camera, special light sensors for optimising display brightness as well as power drain and all these come with a weight of only 125g including the batteries.
From: redferret
The SG-2520 satellite phone is simple-looking yet integrated with a fine 1.9 inch screen, a 1.3 mega pixel camera, 128 MB memory card, WAP, Bluetooth and loads of languages to choose from.
The phone does not exhibit anything extraordinary or any innovative features but the Thuraya SG-2520 is a dual-mode satellite phone.
The satellite feature in the Thuraya SG-2520 enables the users to travel almost a third of the globe, from one border to the other.
From: electronicsinfoline
FCC, known as the omnipotent, has approved Nokia’s Bluetooth GPS Module LD-4W. The latest gizmo is definitely a must grab. If you had been eager to get hold of a GPS enabled smartphone along with Bluetooth option then this is just the perfect gadget of your choice. Nokia 770 is the ultimate phone that can get directions on its display via GPS.
And speaking of its price, it’s much affordable than the other Nokia editions such as N95. Of course N95 is equipped with GPS on the phone but it is expensive then the newest Nokia 770. Now you can make your dream of purchasing a GPS enabled cellular phone will undeniably come true.
However, its exact price has not been yet known but still it is for sure that this Nokia LD-4W Bluetooth GPS Module will be out into the market shortly.
Nokia has found a way to increase the GPS speed in its GPS-enabled phones. The company has started an innovative service on the 19th that they suppose would reduce the time that a GPS-featured cell phone requires to locate its position. This will open a door of opportunities for web services based on location.
Nokia expects that the new service will help its N95 users to reduce the locating time from the currently required three minutes to one minute. This long delay in the transmission has till now impeded the take up of mobile phone navigation.
Ralph Eric Kunz, chief of Nokia’s mapping operations and navigation has stated in an interview that a delay would be consistently less than a minute in most of the countries.
GPS has been an early implementation in the mobile phones and even at this infant stage, it is seen by some cell phone makers as one of the future big value-adding features.
It has been predicted by Berg Insight, an analysis firm that the yearly shipments of handset-integrated personal GPS devices will arrive at 12 million in Europe and the U.S by the time it reaches 2009, in contrast to the 1 million that were shipped in 2005.
Pro-Linux users which are avid GPS enabled phone fans that are adamant about using Linux on all devices with an OS can now continue supporting open source solutions by purchasing the Neo 1973 from OpenMoko. It is in fact dubbed as the anti-iPhone with all the hype about iPhone these days, what more now that iPhone is known to not have GPS. A very tempting announcement has been made to the open source community from OpenMoko which reads:
In our factory in China, 400 Neos are waiting for you all. Another 600 will be ready before next week. More are queued up waiting for us to say go…
…Starting July 9th, we will launch openmoko.com and start taking orders.
There is going to be two models which will first be made available to developers and finally released to the mass market in October. One model, the Neo Base will go for $450 while the Neo Advanced will cost $600.
The latest offering from Falcom, a German company specializing in wireless communication solutions is the Mambo II. This is no ordinary GPS thing-of-a-jig but a serious advanced personal tracker. What it is in entirety, is a GSM/GPRS phone which integrates a 20-channel low-power GPS receiver. What a mouthful!
This beauty is serious stuff, with a helix GPS antenna to provide the SiRF Star III chip with better reception coupled with a heavy duty 1300 mAh-Li-Ion battery to boost and you are good to go. What more, it can transmit data and recharge your battery through a mini-USB. It also has 3D motion detector to boost. It can determine the user’s location, speed and direction with just signals from 4 satellites and send the data to your ISP for real-time tracking on the Trace4You website. Don’t have a computer with you at the moment? You can also get the information of where the owner of the Mambo II is via text messaging.
With the ever increasing functions in the mobile phone, it would not have been long before they were equipped with support for the GPS function as well. This is in the form of the Sony Ericsson K530 which is the first phone to be compatible with the new HGE-100 GPS Enabler. The device plugs in to the K530 to turn it into a complete personal satellite navigation system.
The HGE-100 GPS Enabler supports navigation through voice as well as text commands. It also enables you to save the destination which you frequent often so that commands does not need to be repeated each time. It doubles up as a hands-free with its built-in Stereo Portable Hands-free which allows you to choose between GPS and normal call mode. Not only that, it is also able to function as a ‘Tracker’ Sports application to record and analyze performance for training sessions. The K530 and HE-100 is indeed a perfect match to provide both GPS and mobile phone functionality in one flawless combination.
Let’s talk about a mobile phone with GPS wonder instead of boring GPS portables for a change.
The Chinese division of Giga-byte has just announced that users of the Gsmart i300 have the option to download a new OS – the long awaited Windows Mobile 6 Professional (WM6).
There are quite a number of differences compared to its predecessor – WM5. It features an improved email, full graphics and HTML formatting. The OS has Windows Live and search functions all integrated into the phone. It supports 802.11 b/g Wi Fi as well as GPS tracking and Bluetooth. It features Intel chip running at 520 Mhz. The memory onboard is 64 MB RAM and with 256 Mb internal storage. The storage capacity can be further expanded by using mini SD cards.
This device is unlikely to enter US market as the company wants more focus on its Asian market. Overall nothing much has change other than the sounds and the interface being slightly different.
At times I am just wondering how simple can things go. Now they are integrating GPS into SIM cards. It is a good idea since it will take care of clutter, but at the same time, it will cause a lot of trouble if it fails. Anyway back to the original discussion.
A UK company Blue Sky Positioning has announced that it managed to integrate functions such as GPS. These will benefit road users who have the tendency to get lost. There is no names available for the system yet. Consumers might want to check with their service provider to check whether it will be usable. Overall it is a great idea to integrate it onto a SIM but there is bound to be problems in its first few chips.
