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Bluetooth technology allows the SportVue BT1, by Motion Research, to show speed, RPM and selected gear info all on a LED display clipped into your motorcycle helmet. This way you dont need to take a eye of the road.
Also displaying a radar detector and a caller ID, but they wont stop there. They are working on have a GPS system displayed also. Expected to be out by Christmas at no more than $200.
LG has just released an in-dash entertainment / GPS navigation system named the LAN-9600R. It’s got 1 DIN format (standard format for car radios) and has a motorized screen, a handsfree Bluetooth kit as well as a USB port to connect a thumb drive which could be used to transfer music.
Here are the main features:
- 7″ motorized touch screen LCD in 16:9 format
- Hands free Bluetooth kit
- Centrality Atlas2 300 MHz processor
- SiRF Star III GPS receiver
- 2GB internal storage
- 4 X 50W RMS
- Digital FM / AM
- CD Reader, DVD-Video, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, DviX Divx 3.xx/4.xx/5.xx
- SD memory slot
- USB Host port
- Maps of Europe from Navteq
- 3D capabilities
- RDS/TMC traffic information
It will sell for 1500 Euros. (about $2000)
via [ubergizmo]
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Here’s a new car based GPS system with integrated PC software. It’s got a 6.5-inch touchscreen which runs windows. With it’s large buttons, it’s easy to navigate while driving. It also has both Bluetooth and a PC Card slot so transfer data. View more pictures after the break.
The PC also has a light sensor that switches the display from day to night mode, Core Duo chips, a 40gb HDD, a DVD drive, half a gig of RAM, an AM/FM tuner, XM hookups, and a 40 watt, 4 channel amp for driving speakers directly. When its out in Feb, it’ll ship with Vista v1.0.
via [gizmodo]
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HP has released that their iPaq will be revised into a line of three consumer-oriented media players and GPS satellite navigation systems.
The iPaq rx4240 and rx 4540 are both styled Mobile Media Companion products and sport a 2.8in, 320 x 240, 65,536-colour display. Both run Windows Moble 5.0 on top of a 400MHz Samsung processor. Both have 128MB of Flash ROM and 64MB of RAM, but the rx4540 adds 1GB of Flash storage for the user. Each machine has an SD/MMC slot for more.
view more at reghardware
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With the “normal” GPS unit, you can see where you are and directions on how to get there. With the new Bushnell Nav 500 you can do more. The GPS with the 3.5 inch touch screen display features a built in MP3 player. It doesn’t stop there, it also has a photo viewer and a pedestrian mode to calculate walking routes.
The Bushnell Nav 500 also has a popular SiRFstarIII chipset which will make your GPS system get better reception. This product is marketed at about $599 and should hit stored later this month.
gps review, via [engadget]
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Ever wanted to explore the wilderness but afraid that you would get lost? Well now you no longer have to worry about that, because unlike normal GPS systems that just show you where you are at the moment, the new Evadeo GPS system shows your footprints so you can see your path. “Evadeo also integrates base IGN made up of 1.7 million topological points of interests , such as the place names inhabited or simple localities, the names of the mills, the collars, the hamlets, the monuments, the forests, the clearings, of the laundrettes… on all of France.”
Features:
- 3.5 inch touch screen LCD TFT 65K colors at 320 x 240 pixels and luminosity of 320cd/m²
- SiRF III GPS receiver with integrated antenna
- Samsung SC2410 processor at 266MHz
- 64 MB of ROM
- 64 MB of RAM
- MiniUSB 1.1
- Port SD/MMC
- Windows CE 4.2
- Dimensions : 11 x 8.7 X 2.1 cm
- Weight : 183 g
- Nonremovable lithium-ion 1400 mAh battery with 3 hours of endurance
There has been news about the new Helio Drift for a while now, but all the news has been made official. The new Helio Drift is priced at $225, and comes loaded with new features. One great thing about it is that it’s got a GPS. Not just a GPS though, this has Google maps built into it. What’s ever cooler then that is it’s social networking device that’s built into it called Buddy Beacon. With this module you can see where everyone is who has the same phone as you… which could come in handy.
This phone has a 2.12 inch screen, stereo Bluetooth, 128MB and a microSD slot, and a 2MP camera. This phone could be the best GPS phone ever, especially in the attractive at $225. Available in gunmetal black and frost white.
via [gizmodo]
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