Mio, long time manufacturer of GPS devices, is partnering with ATX, a major provider of telematics services in both the US and Europe. The types of things this partnership will bring you include lots of location-aware types of data including local weather, weather for your planned destination, in-depth traffic info, and business directories that change as the respective businesses open and close.
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DS-400GB Review Mirror is nearly K.I.T.T.
Sure it takes up some of your review mirrors real estate with its LCD screen, but it offers up so much in return. Namely GPS, Bluetooth, and it can even work with your backup camera if you have one.
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BlackLine GPS Blip – Buddy Beacon for your GPS-enabled BlackBerry
BlackLine, the makers of the Snitch that I told you about not too long ago, are releasing a new product. It works on your GPS-enabled BlackBerries and allows you to let friends, family, and/or employers know where you are.
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Mio Moov – Mio’s latest advancement of the navigational market
Mio makes some pretty amazing navigation products but the Mio Moov devices have so much new going for them. First off they have the first all Mio developed UI and nav software installed.
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NAVIGON 8110 GPS – is a good listener
Not only does it have a nice shiny Aluminum surface and a 4.8-inch screen, but it also has voice commands. You can use those commands to bring up the new 3D navigation that the unit offers up.
Clarion NAX973HD – like Ford Sync for non-Fords
It has a 30GB HDD, a USB port, and a 400MHz just to start. It also has GPS built in so it can do navigation and get you where you are going.
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NDrive G400 is the first nav system with a breathalyzer built in
I’ve always wondered how many drunk driving accidents could have been stopped if people really knew how drunk they were, I guess with this nave system we’ll be one step closer. Sure, personal breathalyzers aren’t exactly new, but having one built into your directions home is.
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C902 and C702 Cybershot by Sony Ericsson with one of them being splash proof
There were rumors of a water-proof phone coming from Sony Ericsson today, and they were right, sort of. The 702 is the splash proof camera phone with a 3.2MP camera, integrated GPS that can be used with Geo-tagging as well as navigation and Google Maps.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute underwater glider is self propelled
This little glider can power itself for months on end, well, at least its movement could be powered by itself. It still needs battery power for all the electronics inside that make it useful, but it can use the oceans warm upper layer and cool lower layer to move.
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Magellan opening up off-road nav units to third party developer
Magellan is opening up the maps and navigation side of its Triton line to a company called Primordial. Primordial has received a lot of funding from the U.S. Army for its off-road navigation maps and methods.
[photo credit: CrunchGear]
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Garmin Nuvifone is the phone of my dreams
I could go on about how similar to the iPhone this phone is, but I won’t, I’ll simply summarize it by saying that I have an iPod Touch, and I love it, but I think this Garmin Nuvifone would more than fill the smartphone void in my digital life. It has a proprietary Garmin OS, HSDPA, Quad-band GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 3.5” touchscreen (not sure if its multi-touch, but that definitely is the same size screen as the iPhone).
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HP iPaq 310 GPS looks cool, software apparently garbage though
No, really, it looks cool, as in the screen is nice and bright and is sporting an 800x480 resolution, but the software sucks. It also has a 600MHz dual-core processor, in a freakin GPS unit, who would have thunk it.
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