Tag Archive for 'gps'
As image support on mapping apps becomes more common, photo GPS geotagging is becoming more popular. However the number of cameras supporting the functionality out-of-the-box is still small, and that assumes you’re in the market to upgrade anyway. Sellgino Telecom have an alternative, however; their GS-200 ‘GPS Photo Tour’ is a standalone GPS receiver and logger, [...]
Panasonic’s latest Strada F-Class car navigation systems are yet another reason to lament not living in Japan. The CN-HX1000D and CN-HW1000D borrow the VIERA label from the company’s premium LCD TVs, though scaled down to just 7-inches, and throw in a DVD player, GPS, hard-drive, iPod link, Bluetooth and a 1-Seg digital TV tuner. Most [...]
One of the first Intel Atom powered Mobile Internet Devices, the Aigo MID, has reached the hands of reviewers, and first impressions look good. Basically the same unit as Gigabyte’s M528, it packs a 500MHz Z500 processor and runs a Linux-based OS with the Midinux 2.0 GUI. In fact the guys at UMPCFever pay the Aigo [...]
Just because the chips are in short supply, doesn’t mean the manufacturers aren’t insisting on using them. Fujitsu’s U810 UMPC is the latest recipient of Intel’s Atom processor, together with an altered casing, keyboard and name. Now under the moniker U2010, the keyboard has six rows compared to the U810’s five, and there’s built-in 3.5G [...]
I, like so many others, own a GPS unit and have had the joy of cussing up a storm when that stupid suction cup pops off. Once it pops off I can’t ever get it back unless I pull over and shove it back on. This rear-view mirror combo takes care of that [...]
Eye-Fi have announced an update to their range of WiFi-equipped SD memory cards. Now split into three models - Explore, Share and Home - various degrees of hotspot and geotagging are on offer. The top-end Explore sees Eye-Fi partner with hotspot company Wayport, allowing for automatic photo uploads in around 10,000 US hotspots. [...]
GPS manufacturer QStarz have announced what they’re calling the world’s most powerful Bluetooth GPS receiver. The BT-Q818 eXtreme uses the 51-channel MTK GPS Module, and boasts adjustable position update rates from between 1 and 5Hz (e.g. between 1 and 5 updates per second). That makes it particularly useful for high-speed applications in which position changes [...]
Matt Faulkner has been braving the outside world recently, testing out one of GETAC’s rugged Tablet PCs. This particular model is similar to the E100 we saw back in January, using an Intel Stealey A110 ULV processor running at 800MHz, half a gig of RAM and an 80GB, shock-mounted hard-drive. However the 8490XT [...]
GPS manufacturers Clarion have announced their latest satnav systems, the MAP680 and MAP780. Using a full 4.3-inch wide-aspect touchscreen with anti-reflective coating, both units have an RDS-TMC tuner for traffic information and Bluetooth for handsfree cellphone use and A2DP music streaming. Most striking, however, is the full 3D mapping that gives a windscreen-view [...]
MTI Micro are demonstrating the latest version of their portable fuel-cell technology, in the shape of a GPS reference design prototype. Powered by the company’s Mobion fuel-cell, which relies on easily exchangeable methanol packs, MTI Micro are claiming the system provides up to three times as much energy as in a typical GPS with four [...]
