Archive for the ‘GPS’ Category
Sure, these in-car crash loggers are a dime a dozen these days, but Brickhouse Security is pushing its Car Camera Voyager Pro as better than those ho hum alternatives thanks to the inclusion of GPS. As with most of its highly functional rivals, this one also packs a G-sensor that detects when a vehicle has been slammed into, bumped or otherwise rocked in an unorthodox manner; after that, it captures the 10 seconds immediately prior to and the 30 seconds immediately following the incident. Of course, you’ll also be able to pinpoint your exact location thanks to the corresponding GPS information, which could certainly help you out when hunting down CCTV footage of the nut-job who rammed your whip and wheeled off to Wendy’s as if nothing happened. Hand over $449.95 now and expect it to arrive later next week.
From Engadget
Well the title is not entirely true but the JANV DR7200 GPS from Jaty Korea does comes with a drunkometer. Its measurement sensor is very accurate and provides the readings in a few seconds. The unit is powered by a 533MHZ CPU and Sirf 3 GPS antenna, it has everything what you would expect from a Korean GPS starting with T-DMB for watching live TV, Media player, E-Book reader, Photo viewer etc. It sells in Korea for 296,000 KRW ($ 300).
Sanyo released the NV-SD585DT, a new portable navigation system equipped with 4GB of SSD. It features a 5.8′ LCD, 4GB of SSD, 1Seg TV tuner, built-In FM transmitter, built-in speakers (1 Watt), SD card slot, and ECO driver information function…
Our PNS can also reproduce MP3, WMA, and JPEG files, and should be available July 18th.
That first traffic update was only the beginning — Dash is announcing today its first proper software update to the Dash Express. Dubbed June08 (or v2.1), users now get three new trademarked names (among other things):
- FasterFind - uses SiRFInstantFix for acquiring GPS during startup, so your Dash Express is aware of its location much faster than before.
- MyRoute - your Dash Express learns your routes to common destinations and offers them up in comparison to its recommended routes (so you can see if your usual way really is faster).
- Search Along Route - pretty much what it says. Allows you to find points of interest en route without gumming up your destinations. This seems like the most useful new feature, behind the faster acquisition time.
- Road closure support - another self explanatory addition. If the Dash finds out a road is closed through Inrix or another means, it will completely black it out of your routes.
- Performance and UI enhancements - We gave it a short test, and things really did seem a bit snappier and cleaner looking. Icons are better polished, arranged, and rendered, and simple stuff like navigating menus or switching between 2D and 3D views is quicker.
Still no way to quickly bypass the route selection screen (which is one of our bigger pet peeves), but as it’s populating you can now make your choice, which will save you a bit of extra time. It’s available for download via your Dash’s WiFi this morning, and is free for all users. Videos of MyRoute and Search Along Route at www.engadget.com
An enterprising nerd by the name of Ryan VanMiddlesworth is clearly a bigger Portal fan than you, since he’s cobbled together a GLaDOS-simulating voice pack for Garmin Nüvis. Just don’t try to prevent “GLaGPS” from constantly trying to divert you to cake-related points of interest, else you may find yourself tossing your Garmin into an incinerator.
Mio’s new Moov 380 GPS just passed through the FCC, complete with the ability to make/take phone calls and send/recieve SMS texts. The GPS unit comes with a SIM card slot, allowing for said cellular functions as well as an SD card slot for storage. In addition, the Moov 380 comes with a SIRFStarIII GPS chip and cellular data speeds would range between 2.75G and 3G.
Because this needs a full voice plan from a wireless carrier to make use of the Moov’s features, I’m assuming you’re supposed to use the SIM card from the cellphone you already have. But would you go through the trouble of SIM swapping for this? Also, we’ve seen cellular enabled GPS units from Dash and Magellan, and soon, Garmin with the Nuvifone, but the usefulness of such a connection depends on what data the devices can pull down from the network.
TomTom is offering free photo albums for anyone who buys either the TomTom GO 930 Traffic, GO 730 or GO 530 (or GO 730/530 Traffic) between now and the end of August.
GPS fans who purchase a special pack will then be able to download free software and create their own personalised, summer photo album, using the unique TomTom code on the inside of the product’s promotional sleeve.
The 24.5 x 32cm albums is claimed to be worth over £30, and provides space for up to 90 photos on 30 pages.
And it’ll be printed and delivered within 15 working days.
TomTom GO 930 Traffic Summer Edition is currently £399.99; the TomTom GO 730 Traffic Summer Edition is priced £329.99; and the TomTom GO 730 Summer Edition, £299.99.
Then there’s the TomTom GO 530 Traffic Summer Edition for £279.99 and the TomTom GO 530 Summer Edition for £249.99.
It’s been a long time since we talked about the Willcom D4 which should be available in the middle of July. I-O Data has released two devices for the for our long-awaited UMPC:
- The USB2-C3 (USB2.0- Cable 3), a USB mini A to USB Standard-A adapter. It allows you to connect USB devices such as USB memory…
- The UMGPS (Ultra Mobile PC GPS), a GPS high sensitivity receiver.
It’s been a long time since we talked about the Willcom D4 which should be available in the middle of July. I-O Data has released two devices for the for our long-awaited UMPC:
- The USB2-C3 (USB2.0- Cable 3), a USB mini A to USB Standard-A adapter. It allows you to connect USB devices such as USB memory…
- The UMGPS (Ultra Mobile PC GPS), a GPS high sensitivity receiver.
In a surprising move, BMW has decided to get rid of the navigation disks in their iDrive system in all the 2009 models. The maps will be preloaded into the navigation systems and for the people picking up their car in Europe through the European Delivery program, they will have both European and U.S maps loaded.
Basically, when you pick up your car at the BMW Welt, you will have access to the European maps and as soon as your car gets to the VPC in the U.S, the BMW techs will switch it back to the U.S navigation map. So no need to carry a DVD around or borrowing it from someone else.
If for any reason you would like to receive any future map updates, you will have to take your car in at a BMW authorized dealer and for an extra charge, the maps will be updated.
We’re not sure what was the reason behind this decision, but as soon as we hear more information, we will let you know.
