Archive for January, 2007
Garmin announce two more nuvi sat-navs: nuvi 670/370
0 Comments Published January 31st, 2007 in GarminGarmin have announced two additions to their nuvi range of satellite navigation systems.
The nuvi 670 takes the best of the existing features of the nuvi range, and adds more functionality including an FM transmitter that allows you to hear navigation instructions, phone calls and music via your radio (now that this type of technology is […]
Have you ever walked by a restaurant or a cool store, only to forget where it was, never to be found again? Recently in Taipei, I discovered the Dopod P800w, a GPS/ PDA, which has a feature that lets you take a picture with its 2 megapixel camera and then associates it to a location via GPS. That way, you can take a picture of something and then save its location.
On the PDA side of things, it has a Quad Band GSM phone, built in WiFi and FM Radio, and Bluetooth. Price is in the region of £ 300
Source: Popgadget
Unlike other PDA’s offering the same functionality the LG N1 is super compact and has a horizontal screen for improved navigation and T-DMB functionality. It has a 3.5 inch display with a brightness of 340 c/d which makes it viewable even under bright sunlight. It has 192 MB of internal memory which can be further […]
With Latest Maps of Middle Eastern Countries including Saudi Arabia and
Egypt, Tele Atlas Expands Digital Map Coverage to 64 Countries. The total
amount of road coverage in the company’s database now stands at 21.3 million
kilometres or 13.2 million miles, the same number of miles as 528 trips
around the earth’s circumference at the equator.
Tele Atlas digital maps feature detailed street-level and complete
interconnecting road networks to allow application developers and device
manufacturers in the personal navigation, automotive, Internet and wireless
markets to guide users seamlessly across country borders. The announcement
follows Tele Atlas’ recent move to deliver digital maps covering Central and
Eastern Europe and South Africa, and is in response to increased demand from
global customers for highly detailed and accurate maps of all major
countries around the world.
Source: Tele Atlas
TomTom has admitted that it shipped TomTom GO 910 in-car GPS receivers
infected with two Trojans: Win32.Perlovga.A Trojan and TR/Drop.Small.qp.
“It has come to our attention that a small, isolated number of TomTom GO
910’s, produced between September and November 2006, may be infected with a
virus. The virus is qualified as low risk and […]
Garmin’s Nuvi 680 isn’t exactly a major upgrade, virtually identical in appearance and features to the company’s earlier Nuvi 660, with the notable exception of added MSN Direct support.
A review on GPS Lodge found the 680 to mostly deliver the goods, with MSN Direct features like weather information and petrol prices well-incorporated easily accessible. The […]
As you may already know, Asus make plenty of SmartPhones and PDA phones, and
today has announced the latest addition to their lineup, the P735 GPS phone.
It may not have a QWERTY keyboard, but it does support high-speed UMTS[HSDPA]. Like the P535 before it, the P735 is also designed to navigate you around less than familiar […]
British residents may find that the theft of their satellite navigation systems may have implications for their home insurance premiums as thieves are targeting owners’ houses in burglaries, it has emerged.
Personal details stored on the motoring systems are being used by criminals to burgle people’s homes, Hampshire Police have warned.
Insurance expert Peter Gerrard, from comparison site moneysupermarket.com, is now warning that the practice could affect home insurance premiums, potentially causing them to rise after a burglary, Computeractive reports.
On the back of the findings, a representative from satellite navigation manufacturer TomTom is urging Britons to protect their home insurance premiums by ensuring they remove the systems from their cars and remember to take out the suction mount when they lock up their vehicle.
“When you’ve finished your journey, take all elements out of the car and pack them away in the packaging and protective case provided,” the representative told the website.
However, West Yorkshire Police recently advised Britons to mark their systems with their house number and postcode so that they could be identified in the event of theft.
Source: Kwik-Fit Insurance
LG Electronics announces the LG-SB190 Satellite DMB TV phone with GPS based navigation in Korea.
The LG LG-SB190 sports a compact slider design and features a LCD screen with 170 degrees FOV, mobile XD engine, MP3 player, 1.3MP camera.
In Spain, the director of the General Traffic Department (DGT), Pere
Navarro, announced today that a panel of experts has been put together to
review a number of issues, one of which is the use of SatNav.
They will assess the use of in-car SatNav systems, although “for the time
being” the department is recommending that they only be used when the
vehicle is parked. Notwithstanding, should it emerge that drivers are
ignoring this advice, their use may be prohibited on the same grounds that
mobile phones are banned.
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