Archive for March, 2009
Asus just recently announced their new Windows PDA phone P835. It has a big 3.5″ screen for those YouTube videos, a fast internet connection for instant Facebook status updates and uploading pics and videos you can shoot with the 5MP auto focus camera and 4GB of internal memory for some music.
All that’s great but the A-GPS receiver makes it even better. ASUS however did not release any information about what kind of GPS navigation application would be pre-installed on this. But since the OS is Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6.1™ Professional you can install whatever you want for your navigation needs.
Mio Explora K70 is a new GPS navigation focused phone from Taiwanese company that was just unveiled at CeBit 2009. Mio Explora K70 is GPS enabled, more specifically it integrates the gpsOne receiver from Qualcomm giving it A-GPS capabilities. It has 3.5G network support, supports bluetooth devices, has WiFi, and even supports TMC antenna (external).
The OS is WinMo 6.1 and it has a 3MP digital camera. Other specs include microSD card slot, 3.5″ transmissive touchscreen, 1000mAh battery, rotation sensor, as well as a front secondary camera.
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The nuvi 1200 (3.5″ touchscreen) and 1300 series (4.3″ touchscreen) feature a new, thinner design (approximately 25% thinner than previous nuvis), and offer advanced features like text-to-speech, free lifetime traffic and lane assist at an affordable price. All the 1200 and 1300 models also feature a new “Enhanced Pedestrian Mode”, and something called “Public Transit Mode”.
The new nuvi 1200 and 1300 series are the first nuvi devices to offer enhanced pedestrian navigation capabilities. Enabled through Garmin’s new CityXplorer, an optional download that provides location and destination information for select tourist destinations in North America and Europe, CityXplorer varies in cost ($9.99 - $14.99 depending on the city) and provides bus, train and/or metro train routing options and times, as well as distances associated with them.
FineDrive iQ500 GPS navigation system is the latest from Korean FineDrive. Powered by an ARM11 600MHz CPU, available only in Korea. It can either be used as a regular car GPS or a PMP. As far as portable GPS navigation systems go, the iQ500 is considerably larger in size at 186 x 120 x 24mm.
Sold with either 4GB or 8GB (SD card) of memory, the iQ500 supports SDHC cards up to 32GB, has a 7″ (800×480) touchscreen, runs on Windows embedded CE 6.0, with a GPS module, DMB TV tuner, MP4, ASF, AVI, MPEG and WMV video and MP3, AAC, AMR, QCP, WAV, FLAC, MID, OGG and WMA audio support.
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On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. filed a lawsuit against TomTom NV and Tom Tom, Inc., claiming the Netherlands-based company had infringed on several patents. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and in the International Trade Commission (ITC).
“We have taken this action after attempting for more than a year to engage in licensing discussions with TomTom,” said Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing for Microsoft. The company reportedly listed eight patent violations found in TomTom’s Linux OS-based PNDs, three involving TomTom devices’ use of the FAT software file system and five relating to in-car navigation technologies.
“We reject the claim and will vigorously defend ourselves,” TomTom spokesman Taco Titulaer said in response.
Trimble just announced a very impressive rugged tablet computer with integrated GPS capabilities, called Trimble Yuma. Trimble Yuma has a 7″ sunlight readable display, solid state drive with 32GB of space, and 2 integrated cameras both of which are capable of geotagging.
Trimble Yuma runs Windows Vista Business, and meets MIL-STD-810F military standards for drops, vibration and humidity. Its IP67 rating means it’s impervious to dust and water and it operates in temperatures from -30 to 60 °C. Yuma can be mounted on a tripod or pole for data collection, or even secured in a vehicle-mount.
