Archive for the ‘GPS’ Category
Pine Digital a Korea based company has unveiled the Pine Drive GT a combination of GPS and PMP. You can load a whole lot of videos and songs on the onboard 30GB hard-drive and still have room left for some maps. The device gives you audible instructions along with live traffic information which is again a Korea only service. A Da-Vinci chipset (DM6446) loads up the videos in 1280 pixels and makes them worthwile watching on the high-res 800 x 480 screen. In addition to the media files it can also view Excel, Powerpoint and Word documents. The Pine Drive GT is available in Korea only for 499000.KRW ($ 450).
Mio has launched a new Satnav device at IFA in Berlin that features a 7-inch screen and TV playback options and DivX support.
The new C728 will come with an 800×480 resolution (WVGA) screen making sure you’ll never have issues about seeing where on the map you are supposed to turn.
Promising to dominate your dashboard, the device will let you watch videos in DivX, MPEG4 and WMV formats when you’re stuck in a traffic jam.
Europeans will also be able to benefit from a DVB-T and DVB-H receiver so you can catch up with your soaps on the road.
The Bluetooth sporting Satnav will be available late October the C728 will cost 399 Euros. No word as yet as to whether or not it will be coming to the UK.
Blaupunkt’s TravelPilot nav units have never really stood out from the pack, but it looks like that’s about to change — the new TravelPilot 700 and 500 feature an integrated camera that displays realtime video with nav overlays on their 16:9 screens. That’s definitely a novel and intriguing feature, but there’s not a lot of information on how it works or what kind of hardware is under the hood to keep it running smoothly — with the 700’s estimated list price of $740, we’re guessing it’s pretty beefy. Both units also feature voice control, DVB-T traffic, live traffic, Bluetooth, and the usual PMP features, and the 700 also has a browser, email app, and VoIP client that work over Bluetooth tethering with your phone. Yeah, definitely intriguing — hopefully we’ll see this thing make it Stateside soon.
In a move that we can only hope signals a trend, GPS maker Navigon has announced that real-time traffic updates will now be free for all users of its wares. For awhile now, the outfit has offered gratis traffic updates on its higher-end models, but now, it’s taking the Free Real-Time Traffic Updates for Life program to each navigation system it produces. There’s no extra hardware to buy, no hidden fees — just good, clean, free traffic updates. What’s not to love?
Smcity 3000 was my favorite game after Command and Conquer Generals that is, bringing back nostalgia is Korea based Citus with Rusen a 3D navigation software. As seen in the screenshot the driver’s position is shown in real time along with the surrounding buildings. Using the onboard controls the view can be rotated from top to bottom or left and right just as in any 3D game. Companies are working to add traffic data based on traffic statistics collected over the time, however it is still under development and a long time away from turning into reality.