Archive for March, 2008
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Filed under: GPS, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Transportation
Although Kenwood’s been shipping nav-enabled car stereos powered by Garmin since 2006, they’ve mostly gone under the radar — but now it looks like the two companies are so pleased with the arrangement that they’re going to launch a combined marketing blitz and some new jointly-developed models. We’ve […]
MD Sound’s KO-GPS4 navigator includes e-book reader
Monday, March 24th, 2008Filed under: GPS, Handhelds
Can’t say it’s likely that you’ll find MD Sound products on just any ole store shelf, but for those that look hard enough, they can procure the firm’s latest PND, the KO-GPS4, right now. Carefully watching his words, the outfit’s head of product development notes that “as far as [it] can tell, […]
Mio’s Moov GPS units hit the States
Monday, March 24th, 2008Filed under: GPS
If you’ve been waiting on the edge of your seat for Mio’s new GPS satnavs to hit the States, it’s time to break out the party favors. The PND-maker has just launched its Moov 200, 210, 300, and 310 touchscreen GPS units in the US, all equipped with SiRFstar III chips (with SiRFInstantFix […]
MIU’s $500 HDPC takes All-in-One seriously
Monday, March 24th, 2008Filed under: Gaming, GPS, Handhelds
It’s huge, no doubt. But MIU’s HDPC must be to pack such a broad list of specifications. First spotted as a prototype back in 2006, the 163 x 67 x 24.5-mm / 387-gram brick is now expected to go retail in July for up to ?500,000 or a US-equivalent pricing of […]
DSUS DS-400GB splits rear-view with GPS
Monday, March 24th, 2008Filed under: GPS, Transportation
We suppose the line of thinking with the DSUS DS-400GB is that you’re probably already eying your rear-view mirror plenty, so why not just split off a third and throw a 4-inch GPS nav unit up in there? Not a bad idea, but don’t you want to be looking forward — not […]
Dell’s leaked Latitude E6000 and E5000-series of laptops pack GPS, DisplayPort, WWAN, UWB and much more
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008Filed under: GPS, Laptops
Our week o’ Dell scoops continues with what Dell calls its “mainstream” and “essential” series of Latitude E-series laptops. While the enterprise-ready, mainstream series packs just about everything (and more) that you could hope for in a balanced spec-for-size lappie, the essential series is only essential if you’re on a tight budget […]
Crime spree ends thanks to GPS ankle bracelet
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Filed under: GPS
Odds are, if you’re committing a series of robberies while wearing an ankle bracelet put on you by the law, you might not be the brightest bulb in the bunch. That’s exactly what one Ohio resident got up to recently, though unfortunately for him, he was located by the GPS chip embedded in […]
Switched On: Zoombak puts your vehicle on the map
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Filed under: Features, GPS
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.
As demonstrated by last year’s purchases of map providers Navteq and Tele Atlas, companies are betting big on the future of location-based services. Knowing, processing, and integrating the location of people and things can be a valuable bridge […]
Samsung’s SWT-W100K WiBro PMP gets official, priced
Monday, March 10th, 2008Filed under: GPS, Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
We had the chance to get hands-on with Samsung’s WiBro-lovin’ SWT-W100k back at CES in January. Judging by the arrival of the product waifs, the 4.3-inch, WVGA touchscreen PMP now looks to be getting an official coming-out party in its native S.Korea. €341 takes the little all-purpose device […]
PosiMotion’s G-Fi: another WiFi GPS accessory for the iPhone
Friday, March 7th, 2008Filed under: GPS
Although we just saw the Nav N Go / Gomite prototype demonstrated yesterday, a company called PosiMotion claims that it has the “world’s first wireless GPS” accessory for the iPhone. To prove it, they’ve launched a two-page website. Fishing for some of that iFund dough are we boys? Anyway, according to the site […]
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