The Nike + Sport GPS Watch is now available at the online store for a price of $ 199. This cool watch was unveiled in January at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in the U.S..

The Nike + Sport GPS Watch is the first GPS to actively look. Nike have paired with TomTom GPS technology giant to a highly sensitive GPS receiver in the watch, which can hold up 50 runs and accurate time, distance, pace, location and number of calories to take. Besides that, it can also be synchronized with a Nike + foot sensor, which will take over as the signal cuts under dense foliage or if you want to train indoors.

Other features include heart rate monitor compatible, history displays, using data from past runs, you can connect directly to Nikeplus.com and participate in an ongoing community of nearly four million members and so on.

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Kenwood’s new flagship double DIN multimedia / navigation receiver ‘DNX9980HD’ is now available in North America. It is priced at about $ 2000.

The new Kenwood multimedia DNX9980HD is the first model to Kenwood HD Radio and Pandora internet radio link to include a built-in functions. It comes with a high-resolution 6.95-inch WVGA touchscreen display with Dynamic Brightness Control and Aria has an advanced digital 3-D animated graphical user interface (GUI) with selectable skins and mobile and drag-and-drop icons for full compliance. Moreover, the Kenwood DNX9980HD also Navteq Traffic Live with free speech and hands-free operation.

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TomTom, one of the more familiar names when it comes to GPS navigation systems, recently announced that they will be available to their new VIA Series in the U.S. as the Great White North. The new TomTom navigational devices was originally announced at CES 2011, where they are meant to be a powerful navigation experience to be delivered in a sleek new design, accompanied by an improved software platform and premium safety-enhancing features, including intuitive voice recognition and Bluetooth Hands-free calling.

In addition to more choices for drivers to deliver the new VIA-series models feature a range of under 4.3 “VIA 1405 and 1435, in addition to the 5″ VIA 1505 and 1535. If you plan to buy this, you can opt for Lifetime cards and / or Lifetime traffic if you extra dough to spare.

With super-slim design TomTom VIA and their new, integrated and innovative fold-and-go EasyPort mount, found in a snap to your brand new GPS navigation device position on the windshield or dashboard, where the display of the unit will orient itself with a handy flip-screen feature. Because life is all about choices, you are limited to only two finishes (the paradox of having too many options to avoid) – where the VIA 1435 and 1535 comes with a contemporary brushed aluminum finish, while the VIA 1405 and 1505 series will be more dignified with their classic black finish.

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TDK is not exactly a brand that made its mark on the U.S. tech scene since back in the cassette days, but with their recent, awesome retro boombox, and now this cool portable stereo, they are definitely making a comeback.

The $ 300 (USD) Sound Cube is the latest in TDK Life on Record audio series, and looks like another potential winner. The 17-pound portable enclosure measures 9.8 “x 9.8″ x 9.8 “. It houses a pair of 5-1/4 “coaxial full-range drivers, and the other two sides are filled with passive reflectors that look like speakers. It is designed to centrally placed in your room, sound radiates outward from the center of your room.

Besides the standard RCA, 3.5 mm and even 1 / 4 “audio jacks, the Sound Cube has a USB connector for connecting your iPod or even a flash drive for playing music. It does not have an actual dock for media players, but it has an anti-skid surface on the top so you can use it with any player you want, rather than just IOS devices. It will also run on 12 “D” batteries and has a convenient leather strap if you really want to use away from an outlet. Early reviews over at Amazon are very positive, says room-filling sound (for smaller areas), with only 20-watts per channel. Plus, it just looks cool, dontcha think?

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