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Garmin-Asus nüvifone A50

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:54:59 +0000

Garmin-Asus today announced the Garmin-Asus nüvifone A50, a touchscreen Android-powered smartphone with multiple location technologies and apps. It includes Garmin navigation with turn-by-turn, voice prompted directions for use in a car or while walking. Location features are designed into virtually every function including email, text messaging, and photos. The A50 has a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display, QWERTY touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera, 4GB internal storage, an expandable microSD card slot, and accelerometer. It integrates Google mobile services with one-click access to Google Search by voice, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, calendar, contacts and Android Market.

It also includes on-device sync with Microsoft Exchange server, with the ability to wirelessly synchronize contacts, calendar and enterprise email. The device receives its location information from multiple sources including satellite, network-based and terrestrial sources. Garmin navigation is included and preloaded on the A50. It is expected to be available in the first half of 2010. No word on the price yet.

Google Maps Navigation

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:15:11 +0000

It is now official and will completely change the mobile and PND navigation market: Google announced Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 devices.

It features 3D views, turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic rerouting, but unlike most navigation systems, the Navigation was built from the ground up to take advantage of the phone’s internet connection.

And so Google’s navigation comes with recent map and business data (phone automatically gets the most up-to-date maps and business listings from Google Maps), search by voice (speak your destination instead of typing), traffic view (live traffic data over the internet), search along route (searching for a specific business along the route), satellite view (the same satellite imagery as Google Maps on the desktop) and Street View (shows the turn as you’ll see it, with the route overlaid).

The first phone to have Google Maps Navigation is Motorola?s Droid. It hits the U.S. market next week (Nov. 6th) for $199 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate) and will be available from Verizon with voice plan starting at $39 and a web and email plan for $29 per month.

Like other Google Maps features, Navigation is free.

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-News.com

Palm Pixi – Fast, Intuitive Communication at Fingertips

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:47 +0000

Sprint today announced Nov. 15 as the first day of nationwide availability for Palm Pixi. It will cost $99.99 with a two-year service agreement, after a $50 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate.

Running the Palm webOS mobile platform, Pixi comes with two ARM cores chipset, 600MHz applications processor, and a separate 400MHz modem processor, 2.63-inch multi-touch screen with 18-bit color 320×400 TFT display, integrated GPS, 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP, 8GB of internal storage, USB mass storage mode, MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, light and proximity sensors and 1150 mAh battery.

Also offers gesture area, full QWERTY keyboard, Palm Synergy, true multi-tasking, universal search and intuitive notifications, and adds Yahoo! integration to Palm Synergy, joining Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Exchange ActiveSync and LinkedIn.

Combined voice and data plans for the Pixi are priced starting at $69.99.

RIM Announces BlackBerry Bold 9700

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:32:19 +0000

RIM today announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700. It will be the first 3G-powered BlackBerry available through T-Mobile USA, and also the first smartphone from RIM that includes built-in support for both 3G connectivity and voice calls over Wi-Fi, T-Mobile informed .

Rumored as the Onyx, Bold 9700 comes with new BlackBerry OS 5.0, 624 MHz processor, 2.44? light-sensing display, 256MB Flash memory, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and video recording, full-QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive optical trackpad and micro SDHC 2GB card.

It includes support for 3G HSDPA networks around the world and provides all well known RIM?s mobile e-mail and messaging solution, and access to social networking applications.

Many applications from BlackBerry App World are readily available directly on the 9700, such as Slacker Radio (free music), TeleNav GPS Navigator (turn-by-turn directions), and visual voicemail.

The new BlackBerry is expected to be available in November.

Garmin nuvi 1490T Automotive GPS Device

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:13:08 +0000

Garmin announces new 1490T atutomotive nuvi GPS navigation device. The new nuvi GPS is 25 percent thinner than most other models nüvi. It has 5-inch touch screen driver, a large picture of the line before.

Garmin nuvi 1490T has the info-trafficking and beneficiaries, as well as tenders for life free from NAVTEQ Traffic. The device suggests that FleetWise Energy Navigation gas and money. It supports Bluetooth handsfree calling.

Magellan RoadMate 1470 GPS Device

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:20:09 +0000

MiTAC, the subsidiary of Magellan RoadMate 1470, the new GPS navigation with the OneTouch. The RoadMate 1470 features a 4.7-inch LCD and comes in front of the store with NAVTEQ maps in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

Magellan RoadMate 1470 has AAA tourbook Listings street voice guidance Lane Assist, Multi-destination routing 2-D and 3-D map views and travel planner.

Magellan also offers the 4.3-inch RoadMate 1440 and 3.5-inch RoadMate 1340th Three GPS units are at a price of $ 299, $ 249 and $ 179 are.

G400 WiMAX MID Back As M0

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:37:21 +0000

Ratemal G400 WiMAX MID is again under a different name now – M0, with white housing, its 4 / 3 “display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, a VGA camera for video conferencing for the GPS navigation, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR connectivity, the WiMAX and a range of applications, users should be pleased. That’s all fine and dandy, but the price guys? Do you think that you are low enough that the masses, who currently buy their portfolio bleeding something good for themselves, and later this year? Only time will tell.

Sony Handycam TG5V With GPS

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:10:27 +0000

The new TG5V (or TG7 in Europe) is the successor of the Sony Handycam TG1. Weight of 230 grams and measures 117mm x 30mm x 62mm, camcorders, is now smaller and lighter than its predecessor. The camera offers 16 GB of internal memory (or 6 hours of video), a wide angle of 30mm, a new image and Exemor BIONZ processor for the recording of low light conditions and new coatings for the body of the ‘camera to the scratches. An integrated GPS antenna, NAVTEQ maps can be used for geo-tag videos or pictures, a register to keep accurate shooting. The Sony Handycam TG5V will be in Japan from 20 April.

Clearwire CLEAR Spot WiFi Router

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:08:15 +0000

Clearwire, a provider of WiMax network, announced the personal CLEAR spot, with Wi-Fi hotspot standard products, a connection to the Internet through the company CLEAR mobile WiMAX service.

The spot CLEAR Clearwire to connect to the network and the WiMAX technology, it will be a WiFi 802.11b / g network years provides a WLAN. The spot is CLEAR CradlePoint. He is available for $ 139th

Thinkware iNAVI K3 3D GPS Navigator

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:57:23 +0000

Think, the new product iNAV K3 3D GPS Navigator, the successor of K2. Although a low-end GPS, the K3 offers true 3D structure.Powered of SiRF Prima processor with 600 MHz V.6 SiRF GPS chipset and a 300 MHz DSP, the iNAV K3 has 256 MB of RAM and up 8 GB SDHC card storage.