Atom-powered Clarion MiND Mobile Internet Navigation Device are now able to part with their hard-earned $650 at Crutchfield, with a choice of black, red and white colors to choose from. Featuring 4.8″ WVGA touchscreen display, GPS navigation, microSD slot, bluetooth, wifi, 4Gb SSD and Firefox based web browser.
This review is dedicated to you troopers that like to pack a leftover Turkey sandwich and camp out in front of the stores Thursday night in hopes to be one of the first consumers in the door on Black Friday!
TeleNav, their GPS Navigator software product can be found on many mobile devices. Now they’ve taken that proven navigation software and put it on a sleek 4.3″ LCD two-way, Internet-connected Personal Navigation Device (PND) called the Shotgun, and just in time for the holiday season.
TeleNav Shotgun powers up quickly and obtains GPS & network connection within a few seconds. It has the standard options of Driving to or searching for a destination. You can view the Map & Traffic information for where you are and there is an Extra bucket for some additional features.
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Along with AVN726E, Eclipse AVN4430 will be named the “2009 Design and Engineering Award Honorees” at the CES 2009 in Vegas. Keep in mind two years ago AVN2210p was rewarded the same title.
The AVN4430 is a secure dash-mount audio/visual/navigation system with portability, has a TomTom PND integrated with ECLIPSE superior sound & visual quality and offers exclusive benefits with co-branded technologies. It has a detachable 4.3″ TomTom GPS navigation system, and bluetooth connectivity.
The newest duo in the Q4 lineup includes a 4.3-inch touchscreen, voice-guided directions, NAVTEQ maps, an SD card slot, multimedia player and a rechargeable Li-ion to boot. The Q4-01 stops at just 50 states, while the Q4-02 adds in maps of Canada and Puerto Rico and includes six million points of interest.
Both of these should be available right now in a variety of off-the-wall retailers, with the former listed at $299 and the latter $399. Oh, but you should know the Q4-01 will go for $99.99 on Black Friday (read: this Friday) at Kohl’s and Kmart.
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The Navman F15 In-Car GPS system which is exclusively sold at Radio Shack is an excellent value. It costs $100 at Radio Shack. Many consumers have found the Navman F15 to be easy to use. The screen is large enough to view easily, yet isn’t distracting. In addition, the overall functions of the unit are very easy to manage while driving down the road. If there is a drawback to this device, it is the signal from the satellite tends to be a bit slow in certain situations.
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Navteq is looking to expand its traffic services beyond North American and plans to acquire T-Systems Traffic GmbH, a German provider of traffic data services, particularly for the automotive and telecommunications industries.
T-Systems, with approximately 55 employees, supplies traffic data to major portable navigation device manufacturers and automotive customers, according to the company. It reportedly holds technologies related to all primary forms of traffic flow data collection, including community and probe sourced traffic data, cellular network data, and fixed sensor networks, as well as telematics and capabilities that will complement Navteq’s connected services.
German smartcard maker Sagem Orga just announced a partnership with BlueSky Positioning to integrate A-GPS receiver on regular SIM cards.
The proprietary new approach incorporates a highly accurate GPS receiver and an antenna into the SIM card, enabling network providers to deploy both legally-mandated and commercial applications for all mobile phones, with no need for software or hardware changes. To make positioning even more accurate and user friendly, the A-GPS SIM uses assisted GPS data.
The primary purpose of A-GPS SIM is to provide accurate positioning information of the phone to emergency services in case of an emergency call as required by E112 and E911 legislation in the EU and the U.S. respectively. In addition to this, it can support generic location-based services such as navigation, ‘find a place or person’ services, location-aware games, and many more.
DeLorme has rolled out its latest handheld GPS receiver, the Earthmate PN-40, built around a WAAS-enabled, 32-channel Cartesio GPS chipset by STMicroelectronics, as well as dual-core central processor.
DeLorme says the Cartesio provides immediate satellite acquisition and that its ConstantLock technology provides signal retention under forest cover and other environments where satellite signal acquisition is challenging. The PN-40 also features a 3-axis electronic compass, which the company says is usable while the unit is held in any position, and a barometric altimeter for altitude readings.
AT&T and LG today announced LG Incite, the newest Windows Mobile 3G phone exclusively from AT&T. Boasts domestic and international 3G capabilities, built-in A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, comes with Windows Media Player 10 and microSD card slot with up to 16GB of support
Featuring 3″ touchscreen and a 3MP digital camera that can be used a camcorder too. It has a QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and a 20-key keyboard in portrait view with haptic keys that provide vibration feedback. Also pre-loaded with AT&T Navigator (a fee based service) which is powered by TeleNav.
The folks over at The NCC just hit us with details and pictures of their five new Goodyear-branded GPS models, three of which are due out in time for Christmas. Starting at $179.99 for the entry level, 3.5-inch GY130, and working their way skywards to $499.99 for the GY440 4.3-inch widescreen with Bluetooth and 12 months free MSN Direct.
All models feature touchscreens, Instant Rerouting (the device calculates all alternate routes in a one-mile radius of the vehicle, so recalculation isn’t needed if you get off course), a SiRF GPS receiver, turn-by-turn spoken directions and 3D view. There is plenty more to these units.
