i-Mate 810 is the name of the new rugged smartphone that will be released at MWC 2009 next week. Runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS with QVGA touchscreen display, offers GSM and 3G connectivity, has a full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and a 2MP camera.
It also has a built-in GPS receiver but no word on what kind of navigation software installed on it.
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HKC offers the Mopad 8E smartphone that feature integrated DVB-H digital TV tuner and GPS receiver. Powered by Marvell PXA310 624MHz processor with NXP5209 chipset, the Mopad 8E has 8GB of ROM and 128MB of RAM.
Mopad 8E supports tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900MHz/EDGE/GPRS networks. It features a 3.2-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a 3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a microSD card slot.
Honeywell received an order for six T-Hawk micro air vehicle (MAV) systems from the U.S. Navy, the contracting agency for the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the T-Hawk MAV system procurement, in a contract valued at USD $5.7 million.
The new UK order comes in addition to the Navy’s existing T-Hawk contract with Honeywell, announced in November 2008, for 90 systems. The T-Hawk MAV will be used by joint force EOD (Explosive Ordinance Device) units in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other locations.
The circular vehicle, weighing 17 pounds and 14 inches in diameter, can fly down to inspect hazardous areas for threats without exposing warfighters to enemy fire. The T-Hawk MAV can take off and land vertically and fly more than 40 minutes, at more than 40 knots of airspeed, operating at altitudes of more than 10,000 feet.
An eye-in-the-sky for battlefield surveillance, the Honeywell MAV carries video cameras to relay real-time data and a GPS device of standard U.S. military requirement, a common core product used across a variety of platforms. One of T-hawk’s primary purposes is identification of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other hazards facing troops. It can inspect suspected bomb sites in areas inaccessible by ground robots.
The Samsung C6625 while hasn’t been officially unveiled yet, is up for pre-order on Expansys. The qwerty device use Windows Mobile Standard, so the 2.6 QVGA inch screen is not a touch-screen. Other than that the rest of the specification list seems to include enough features to make this little Samsung a decent offering.
Other than an attractive design, the Samsung C6625 features 3G connectivity (HSPDA 3.6Mbps), a 2 mega-pixels camera, A-GPS, 100MB internal storage, a microSD slot and of course bluetooth and wi-fi.
Officially announced, Samsung Memoir is expected to hit the stores by the end of this month for an unknown price. Samsung T929 is a full touch screen phone with an impressive 8MP digital camera. This camera is even enhanced more with the Xenon flash, 5 different shooting modes, and a 16x digital zoom.
Other features of the Memoir include the virtual QWERTY keypad, multimedia, text, instant messaging, and e-mail. It even can play music and videos. However we’re happy to see the there’s an integrated A-GPS receiver in T929 which can provide certain applications with turn-by-turn directions capability. However we’ll have to wait and see which applications T-Mobile will make available for navigation.
Google just announced Google Latitude, an application for mobile phones and desktops that lets your share your location with other users who have opted in for the service. For desktops it probably uses your IP address for figuring out where you are and for cell phones it may use the cell tower location and your GPS receiver, if you have one.
The new Google Latitude application will also be standard on T-Mobile’s Android phone G1 with the Android RC33 update.
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Kenwood DNX6140 is one their mid-level models that already went on sale on Amazon recently from $1050. DNX6140 comes built-in with Garmin navigation and Parrot Bluetooth interface so you won’t have to worry about an extra standalone GPS navigation system crowding your dashboard.
With DNX6140 Kenwood kept it simple with the hardware interface. In addition to the touchscreen you’ll find a knob for volume control, a mini A/V input for connecting another device, and three buttons for switching to navigation, toggling source, and accessing other functions. The optical drive which can handle audio CDs, DVDs, MP3, and WMA files is at the top end of the 2-DIN device.
DNX6140 has a 6.1″ screen, and it give you the ability to let you control external media sources such as iPods, and HD Radios.
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Trying to pip the crowds at mobile phone expo, Mobile World Congress, Toshiba has announced a new phone that promises to “revolutionise the mobile entertainment world”. Saying that it “has listened” to what consumers want, the company has announced the TG01 - a slim 4.1-inch wide VGA touchscreen handset that is 9.9mm thick.
“We’ve taken all the technology from our TVs and put that into the screen”, said the company’s manager for UK and Ireland.
Featuring the new Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, the company says the 1GHz chip will be considerably faster than any device on the market. Users will be able to interact with the device using a virtual trackpad that will appear on screen. Instead of an accelerometer, the phone will use something Toshiba are calling a “G-sensor” that allows you to tilt the phone around a central spot.
Following the success of Helio Ocean, you can now get ready for you Helio Ocean 2. It is expected to go on sale Feb 12th for $150 after a two year contract.
As you’d expect Helio Ocean 2 is slightly slimmer than the original but a big longer. There are a couple of other minor changes such as the material of the keypad and the trimming but that’s all difference you’ll see as far as hardware.
Helio Ocean 2 does have an A-GPS receiver and the Buddy Beacon feature is now standard. Other applications that utilizes the onboard GPS receiver are the Garmin and Google maps that allow you to view maps and get directions. Garmin of course will cost you an extra fee. Anyway it’s also 3G enabled.
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Earlier this week, a 21-year-old driver got on the wrong entrance ramp to the 10 freeway in Los Angeles and ended up going westbound in the eastbound lanes. Doing up to 70 mph in the fast lane, he collided head-on with a police car and he and the officer were killed instantly. Nissan and West Nippon Expressway are working on technology that, using GPS and Telematics, will work to keep such things from happening.
The R&D is for an “IT-assisted road information system.” As is becoming de rigeur these days, it uses your cell phone to detect situations in which a warning might be needed before a dangerous situation. The GPS component would come into play in a wrong-ramp situation, while telematics could be used to warn drivers of long downhill stretches. The efforts join Nissan’s bumblebee-and-crash-avoidance research aimed at halving incidents in Nissan vehicles.
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