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ASUS to Release A696 GPS PDA
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: GPS, Transportation, Wireless / WiFi,
ASUS has unveiled its A696 GPS PDA, which features a QuickNav button that helps you find the way home with a Destinator Tech. routing engine. It also has an anti-glare 3.4-inch touchscreen, and 802.11 b/g wireless and Bluetooth 2.0 capability for enhanced data rate. The ultra-slim A696 comes in stainless steel, runs on Windows Mobile 5.0, and will be able to get you out of that unfamiliar neck of the woods, without having to ask an available gas station, in about 2 weeks, provided you pay the ransom of ~$400.00.
Read More 
| Pocket-lint
Gallery: ASUS to Release A696 GPS PDA
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eTrex Summit Climbs With You
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: GPS, Handhelds, Misc. Tech, Wireless / WiFi,
The next time you attempt Mt. Everest, Garmin hopes you will take along its eTrex Summit that not only features a WAAS (Wide Area Agumentation System) with an accuracy of up to 3 meters, it also has a barometric altimeter and an electronic compass. The 12 parallel channel GPS fits in your palm with buttons on either side in case you are scaling a wall when you need it most. The Summit is waterproof and can withstand water of up to 1 meter for about 30 minutes. Contact Garmin for price and availability.
Read More | Garmin
Gallery: eTrex Summit Climbs With You
Russia To Offer GPS Alternative
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: GPS, Misc. Tech, Wireless / WiFi,
New navigational devices from Russia are in the works to be released to retail stores later this year. Their Glonass SRNS (Satellite Radio Navigation System) is used by the military as well as individuals and was set up to compete with the U.S.’s network as well as Europe’s planned Galileo. First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says that their gadgets will work with Glonass as well as our current GPS network. By the time the SRNS is completed (the target date is 2009,) it will be composed of a total of 24 satellites. It’s about to get pretty crowded up there.
Read More | GPS Daily
Gallery: Russia To Offer GPS Alternative
New York Cabbies Get Touchy About Touch-Screens
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: GPS, Transportation,
Last week, New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission approved a plan to install touch-screens in all 13,000 city cabs. The monitors not only let riders pay via credit card, but include GPS technology and info about bars and restaurants. However, many drivers oppose the plan, due to the cost of the screens, credit card fees, and time lost if the monitor needs repair. Some cabbies are even concerned about the GPS tracking their routes (the Taxi Commission states that only pickup and drop-off locations will be recorded). The vehicles will be upgraded starting October 1.
Read More | MSNBC
Gallery: New York Cabbies Get Touchy About Touch-Screens
Interactive Games Take Over Bus Stops
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, GPS, Handhelds, Internet, Music, Video Games, Wireless / WiFi,
London bus stops now sport interactive touchscreen ads designed to promote their Nokia N95 cell phone. You tap a jean pocket and when it is uncovered, try to find its match. With a 5 megapixel display, the N95 has advanced browsing, e-mail, GPS, DVD quality graphics, Carl Zeiss optics, and music download capabilities. It comes with a $749.00 price tag, making it understandable why they are doing some heavy promotional tricks. Let’s just hope that playing around with the display will not get so addicting as to make the Londoners miss their buses.
Read More | Nokia via Trendhunter
Gallery: Interactive Games Take Over Bus Stops
Ttool Doubles as GPA and PMP
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: GPS, Music, Portable Audio / Video,
Ttool has come up with a GPA/PMP with both a Samsung 400 MHz processor and 7-inch TFT LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 234 pixels. Running on Windows SE 5.0, the device features 64 MB ROM and 64 MB SDRAM, a SiRF III chip and antenna for navigating, integrated stereo speakers and SD/MMC memory card. Its interface allows you to listen to MP3s or radio tunes, watch movies or TDMB transmissions, play with photos, and have some game time.
Read More | Coolest Gadgets
Gallery: Ttool Doubles as GPA and PMP
Eleven female leatherback turtles yesterday began participating in what conservationists have called the “Great Turtle Race.” With satellite trackers strapped to their backs, the site hopes to draw attention to their becoming extinct.
Only 58 females arrived at Las Baulas Marine Park arrived this year to lay their eggs, whereas last year there were 124. Their 1,200 mile annual trek from Costa Rica’s Pacific coast to the Galapagos Islands is sponsored by U.S. and Costa Rican businesses and environmental groups. The trip will take about 2 weeks and you can track them online by names such as Windy, Freedom, and Stephanie Colburtle, named after the Comedy Central star.
Read More | AP
Gallery: Turtles Document Annual Migration
This week David Johnson, director of the National Weather Service, warned that GPS may be threatened by solar flares. Johnson said that on December 6, 2006, an unexpected flare affected almost every receiver on the lighted side of our planet. To stop this from happening again, current GPS antennas would have to screen the signals out or GPS satellites would have to be replaced with those that will broadcast a stronger signal.
Don’t panic yet. This activity goes in 11-year cycles with the next peak expected in 2011. Let’s hope by then that the scientists that are concerned about the flares will be the ones that come up with a solution.
Read More | CNN
Gallery: Solar Flares May Harm GPS Signals
Nokia Begins Shipment of N95
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Smartphones, Corporate News, GPS, Internet, Portable Audio / Video, Wireless / WiFi,
Nokia has announced that it is now shipping its N95 to European, Asian, and Middle Eastern markets. The phone also has the ability to watch and record videos, play music from 2 GB of storage, take photos with its 5 megapixel camera, check e-mail, and browse the Net. With a 2-way slide design, it also has GPS capability, and WLAN, EDGE, and WCDMA network support. Available in black or silver, Nokia says that it will begin shipping in other markets in the next few weeks. Check with Nokia for price and availability to our side of the planet.
Read More | Nokia
Gallery: Nokia Begins Shipment of N95
GPS Designed For the Blind
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, GPS, Misc. Tech, Science, Wireless / WiFi,
Italian company Il Village has come up with a concept that is designed to give more mobility to the blind. The Easy Walk is a combination of a mobile phone with 2 keys that runs on Symbian operating system, a small Bluetooth GPS receiver with text-to-speech talk, and 2 dedicated keys.
The first key tells the user his/her exact location and the other is sent to a 24/7 call center that gives navigational instructions. Currently under testing, Easy Walk’s launch is expected this fall. We’re thinking that the innovative gadget might have other applications, such as assisting lost children or climbers who venture up on Mt. Hood.
Read More | BBC
Gallery: GPS Designed For the Blind
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