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HTC Touch HD

November 26, 2008

HTC's Touch HD is arguably the best touch-screen Windows Mobile-based phones you can buy. In fact, even before the HTC Touch HD, I always felt HTC mobile phones were the best Windows Mobile phones you could buy. I own an older HTC-based "Apache" XV6700 Windows Mobile with a cooked ROM upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1 and I'm still pretty happy using it. I still consider my xv6700 one of the top 5 Windows Mobile phones available.

Posted in Apple, GPS, Gadgets, Google, Mobile Phones, Wireless

Sears Wants Your Old Gadgets

October 27, 2008

Sears is offering VenJuvo's Trade4Credit program to Sears.com shoppers that will allow you to earn Sears store credit in exchange for trading in pre-owned gadgets that have been determined to still hold value.

The program, which offers free recycling and shipping, will accept a variety of gadgets, including iPhones, digital cameras and camcorders, MP3 players, GPS systems and gaming systems.

To use the service, simply have to log onto www.sears.trade4credit.com, select your gadget and then enter the specifics about it so the system can calculate an estimated trade-in value. Once the value is established, the user can print out the prepaid mailing label and send the device to VenJuvo.

After the device is received, VenJuvo will validate the value and within three days you will be able to collect a Sears gift card for that value.

A quick look at the site tells me the product categories are narrow and the prices low. Now, wouldn't eBay be a better choice in some cases?

More at TWICE.

Posted in Apple, Computer Hardware, Digital Cameras, GPS, Mobile Phones, PDAs & Handhelds, Video Games & Gaming, Video Hardware & Software

Mio Moov's GPS with Built-In Internet

October 17, 2008

Mio has recently demonstrated the Mio Moov 380, the first in-car GPS system equipped with built-in SIM card support.

Mio also claimed that the Mio Moov 380 is the world`s slimmest and most compact car navigation device.

In Taiwan, Mio cooperates with major telecoms operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), to offer the device with the exclusive "Mio Life Info. Specialist" real-time search functionality, while FET`s SIM card provides access to the "FET GPS Info--Go Service", which enable consumers to experience a new generation of real-time Internet searches using their in-car GPS system.

Now why can't we do this here -- and not pay a fortune for it?

More at China Economic News.

Posted in GPS, Internet

Now Even Elephants Are Sending Text Messages!

October 14, 2008

The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card inserted in his collar sent rangers a text message. Lesowapir, an armed guard and a driver arrived in a jeep bristling with spotlights to frighten Kimani back into the Ol Pejeta conservancy.

Kenya is the first country to try elephant texting as a way to protect both a growing human population and the wild animals that now have less room to roam. Elephants are ranked as "near threatened" in the Red List, an index of vulnerable species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The race to save Kimani began two years ago.

Posted in GPS, Technology and Science, Wireless

Cell Phones Will Take over GPS Market

September 26, 2008

Cell phones will replace the personal navigation device (PND) as the primary GPS device by 2011, according to the research firm iSuppli.

The firm predicted that cell phones will then account for 36% of the GPS market, compared with 30% for PNDs, which today account for 50% of global navigational units sold.

The report also predicted that price drops among PNDs will lead to smaller manufacturers selling out to larger hardware companies over the next year or two. (Doesn't this happen in every gadget category?)

Reminds me how cell phones were going to replace digital cameras -- don't believe that has happened yet. But maybe GPS is a more easily stormed market ...

More at TWICE.

Posted in GPS, Mobile Phones

How about a Big Screen GPS?

June 19, 2008

Love this idea!
GPS units are great, but not if you have to squint to see them or have trouble seeing the map or the data they so handily have it you can read it!
That's where a big screen GPS comes into play ...
Handy article in PCMagazine on five units (with reviews) that you might find handy.
Read more abou it here.

Posted in GPS

Garmin's Nuvi 350 Is the Way to Go!

May 12, 2008

I've had the great pleasure to try out the sleek, portable nÃ¼vi 350 from Garmin for a while now. It takes GPS into a wider world than just GPS navigation, offering an all-in-one travelerâs reference and digital entertainment system . It's really a pocket-sized personal travel assistant, and it's rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot.

The nÃ¼vi 350 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps, including a robust points of interest database with hotels, restaurants, gas stations and ATMs for instance.

Posted in GPS

Microsoft's Tellme Cool BlackBerry voice search

April 23, 2008

Microsoft's Tellme launched an application for the BlackBerry that lets you speak commands into the BlackBerry phones to search for businesses, check movie times and make other queries.

You simply download the program and then push on their phone's green "talk" button and say either the name of a business, type of business, or the keywords "movies" "traffic" "map", "driving directions", or "weather".

It also features GPS integration. Using GPS, the application figures out where you are and gives you nearby results using Microsoft's Live Search. The results are sent to the smart phone's screen along with links to call, get directions, buy movie tickets etc.

Posted in GPS, Gadgets, Microsoft, Mobile Phones, Wireless

Enkin combines GPS, Camera, Google Maps, 3D and Live Video

April 21, 2008

Enkin is a developer of a location-based content that bridges the gap between reality and classic map-like representations using Google Android. It combines GPS, orientation sensors, 3D graphics, live video, several web services and a novel user interface into an intuitive and light navigation system for mobile devices. This project is a submission for the first round of the Google Android Developer Challenge. Their product is similar in concept to Wi-Fi Army that I wrote about.

Enkin's Rafael Spring and Max Braun created a new 3d-navigation system for Android phones that even includes a "radar" map of POIs (Points of Interest) that changes orientation as you change the orientation of the Google Android mobile device.

Posted in Android, GPS, Gadgets, Google, Mobile Phones, PDAs & Handhelds, TMCnet

Magellan RoadMate 1425

March 5, 2008

The Magellan RoadMate 1425 is nearly identical to RoadMate 1415 however, the RoadMate 1425 adds an integrated live traffic feature and lifetime traffic subscription that uses real-time traffic update information to display incidents and suggest alternative routes. The lifetime subscription to traffic reports is a nice edition. One million POIs (points of interest) are included with this GPS unit. Importantly the entire RoadMate series comes preloaded with NAVTEQ® road maps, of which I am a huge fan (over TeleAtlas maps).

Posted in GPS, Gadgets

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