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Garmin Vector and Edge 200 target cyclists rich and poor [Video]

Chris Davies, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

Garmin has launched a pair of new tracking gadgets targeted at cyclists, with the Edge 200 Cycling GPS offering to track your progress on a budget, while the Garmin Vector promises to be the lightest direct measurement power meter on the market. The Edge 200 demands no separate sensors but can still count calories burned, speed, distance and time along with location, and comes wrapped up in a weatherproof housing. However, pro-cyclists will probably get a lot more fun out of the Vector, which measures deflection in the pedal spindle to figure out total power, left and right leg power, and cadence. Read The Full Story

Motorola KORE is fitness gadget not tablet tips trademark

Chris Davies, Aug 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Looks like we may have to wait a little longer for details on Motorola's new tablet plans; the KORE domain registrations earlier this week apparently refer to a new fitness device, according to a trademark registration that has just gone public. The Motorola KORE is, according to the trademark description Fusible spotted, an "electronic non medical portable physical activity monitor and fitness device" that could be used, in a similar way to Nike+, to track your exercise regime and give feedback on it. The gadget could, in fact, be the iPod nano lookalike sports watch leaked late last month. Read The Full Story

VLC D-Light LED networking takes on WiFi and GPS [Video]

Chris Davies, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Another optical WLAN project has demonstrated the potential for using LED lighting as a method of data transmission, with University of Edinburgh professor Harald Haas showing the 10 MBit/sec in action. Presenting a prototype anglepoise lamp at TED this month - you can watch the video after the cut - Haas illustrated how rapidly flickering the LED - faster than the human eye can discern - can allow it to embed the data for streaming video playback. Meanwhile, the technology - which Haas has dubbed D-Light, and hopes to commercialize under the new VLC (Visible Light Communications) brand - could also have applications in mobile location and positioning services. Read The Full Story

OnStar offers new Family Link pilot program

Shane McGlaun, Aug 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

OnStar has been on GM vehicles for a long time now and has some really cool features. The features we tend to see on TV are the door unlocking and the ability to track and stop the vehicle if it gets stolen. OnStar has a new pilot program for families that looks very interesting for the worrisome sort. The program is called the Family Link pilot. Read The Full Story

Motorola Preparing An iPod Nano, Nike+ Hybrid Sports Watch?

Rue Liu, Jul 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

We're all about hybrid devices these days. Having a watch that only tells time just doesn't cut it anymore, especially for those with a more active lifestyle. We have devices like the Nike+ SportWatch, the Garmin Forerunner, and a myriad of watchbands for turning your iPod nano into a multitasking watch. And now it looks like Motorola will be joining in on the fun with its own all-in-one offering. Read The Full Story

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Not Enough Devices? Here’s Why You Need More

Philip Berne, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [12]

I love a good smartphone. I work for Samsung, and I carry a Galaxy S II that I’ve been “testing” for an extended period of time. I use just about every feature on it. I listen to music. I navigate. I talk and text. I take pictures and video. I’ve even read books on it. I’m not pushing my product, I can hardly name a smartphone on the market that cannot do these things. But I just read Jon Pilon’s column on TheNextWeb.com about consolidating all of your gadgets. You know, because most people want to carry around only one gadget, instead of a half dozen. Right?

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TubeTap app could make Tube delays profitable

Chris Davies, Jul 20th 2011 Discuss [3]

A new iPhone app promising to help Londoners claw some cash back when their Tube journeys are delayed has been released, TubeTap, using a combination of geolocation and automated refund applications. The £0.69 iOS app tracks each journey and, if any delay encountered exceeds the 15 minutes Underground authority TFL mandates, offers a one-tap process to submit a claim. Read The Full Story

Apple settles iPhone tracking lawsuit in South Korea

Chris Davies, Jul 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Apple has paid a South Korean man the equivalent of $950 in compensation over "psychological stress" and infringement of constitutional rights to privacy, as the aftermath of the iPhone location-tracking controversy drags on. Lawyer Kim Hyung-Suk filed the case on April 26, PhysOrg reports, with the court ordering Apple to pay up; the company's South Korean arm claims it did not raise an objection to the suit. However, if Apple thought that would make Kim go away, it's sadly mistaken. Read The Full Story

Nokia hints at Google Maps web challenge for iPhone/Android

Chris Davies, Jul 14th 2011 Discuss [5]

Nokia Maps has long been one of the best elements of the Nokia smartphone experience, and now there are signs that the company is eyeing markets beyond its own devices and, in the near future, Windows Phone handsets. The company's official blog has flagged up the fact that the web-based Nokia Maps beta - found at m.maps.ovi.com - works just as well in the iPhone and Android browsers. Read The Full Story

Haptic belts steer soldiers in the right direction

Shane McGlaun, Jun 30th 2011 Discuss [0]

All I know of communication on the battlefield when you can't talk is what I see in the movies. It apparently involves many hand signals from what I can tell. A new system that uses belts loaded with sensors and feedback from vibrating motors may replace those hand gestures in the future. It sounds like some of the tech that is in video games today. The solider would wear the haptic feedback belt and it could guide them along a route without the fighter having to look down to follow a GPS or map. Read The Full Story

Pentax WG-1 GPS Now Available in Shiny Orange and Bright Beyond Belief

Chris Burns, Jun 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

If there's one thing I love, it's multiple colorways, and what I mean when I say that is that if you make a device, and I'm talking to you OEMs, I love to see it in several different color combinations. Just yesterday we had a post up on Android Community about the onset of colors in the chassis of Android devices, now let's talk for a moment about the Pentax WG-1 GPS camera - a device which we last spoke about back in February as a rugged alternative to the fragile point and shoot devices that are so common in today's digital landscape. Today we see a colorway that doesn't make your eyes freak out and jump our of your head: Shiny Orange! Read The Full Story