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GPS Bluetooth Dongle

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:22:42 +0000

At first glance, $ 150 seems a ridiculous price for a Bluetooth dongle, you can control your SLR from your phone, but dig into the technical data shows that at the end pretty much a bargain. But first, do what they do? Named the BlueSLR, the little box fits in your Nikon SLR to one of its ports (there are three identically-priced models with different plugs) and talks to your phone via Bluetooth. From a companion app, you can focus the camera, shutter speed, and self-timer, remote control fire or located up to 300 meters (that must be some powerful Bluetooth).

That alone could be worth it for some professionals, but we tend to ask a little more of our gadgets. The BlueSLR also has a GPS unit such as Magellan RoadMate 1424-LM to tag your photos with geotagged, the writing of the GPS data directly to the RAW JPEG file. Since the GPS-only widgets to go for about the same price, which starts BlueSLR too cheap.

At the moment the device in Nikon and IOS-only support for Canon, Android and Blackberry (!) Episodes soon. The IOS App is a free download. Wow. I think I sold myself on this thing …

New 60beat iPhone heart rate monitor

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:21:38 +0000

And you thought it does not exist! Now, there is now an application that tracks your heart rate and combine it with GPS data. It is 60beat. 60beat for $ 30 you can turn your iPhone into a GPS unit such as Magellan RoadMate 1424-LM and heart rate training staff.

This is a small device that places the audio port on your iPhone page and receives signals from all or 5kHz Polar heart rate monitor chest strap compatible (do not worry you can still hear music with through design of audio jack).

Of course this is not very helpful without the right applications. The simplest application is the free 60beat heart rate monitor, which constantly displays your heart rate, target zones, such as fat burning, aerobic or anaerobic. You can use your zones based on age, max rate, etc. There are other applications to combine as LogYourRun, LogYourRide, the heart rate with GPS information for the ultimate workout statistics. These applications are $ 2 each.

Best Android GPS

admin — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:27:16 +0000

Get the best Android apps GPS on the market and you no longer need to ask yourself, where are you going? What will you find there? Instead, your beloved Google phone do all the work for you – see how our best Android GPS Top 5 list on the right side of the full post.

Android phones have access to a variety of GPS-enabled applications that help not only to navigate, but also recommend to do cool stuff if you can get it. We have located the five best beauty spots on our map of the best Android Apps GPS as well as Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS, you can see on the right.

Our Top 5 Best Android Apps GPS by its own team of urban explorers Electricpig’s tested. Let your gaze and the cursor on the read more and buy it buttons to check them out before you can tell yourself: “Where I am.”

Garmin cuts losses

admin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:45:55 +0000

Garmin when discussing his results confirmed summer financial year today that it leaves the smartphone business. The company decided to test its position that it “can not reach the extent necessary” to compete with other smart phones and shut down their efforts. Staff involved in research and development would in-car GPS team and other areas where the company continues to grow to be postponed, it said. The navigation pioneer reiterated his plans, mobile applications, which should be now to develop BlackBerry and iPhone apps. Android GPS is still in development as well, but is an exclusive mobile phone for future ASUS ‘.

Smartphones like the Garminfone were the primary responsibility for Garmin during the period. During his aviation, marine and outdoor GPS devices grew, saw the automotive and mobile applications its sales fall by 19 percent and moved the company’s overall turnover by 11 percent over the previous year to $ 692,000,000. Garmin had previously acknowledged that the partnership with Asus sales had mustered only 27 million U.S. dollars since it began, compared with Apple in the iPhone revenue generated $ 8,820,000,000 in summer.

The departure closes a short-lived attempt to Garmin’s ambition and challenge the iPhone. If it n ifone presented in January 2008, Garmin is positioned as a full-rival to iPhone and Apple will be lost with a GPS-enabled device. Repeated delays meant it could not be AT&T ship until late 2009, leaving Apple to add not only GPS refine, but the experience until they diverge quite what was promised Garmin. to start shortly after the iPhone 3G, iPhone already paid to competitors such as TomTom GPS applications.

Android is likely also contributed to the premature end. Google Maps Navigation debut on the Droid in November 2009 gave Americans the turn-by-turn navigation for free and with features that were not present, even on the best Garmin GPS units, like Street View. Garmin and ASUS Android already moved quickly, but the custom-written software GPS such as Garmin Edge 800 Navigator had lost much of its advantage.

Zen Touch 2 PMP with GPS

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:35:26 +0000

Apart from introducing the Ziio tablets, Creative is also a small personal media player made his debut with the name of the Zen Touch 2, which also runs on the Android operating system. Viewed as a competitor to the Samsung Galaxy player, the Zen Touch 2 has a 3.2-inch touchscreen, 2 megapixel rear camera, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, 8 GB or 16 GB built-in memory, microSDHC support, RCA out, and GPS features as a bonus. The GPS functionality is rarely a stand-alone MP3 player sans phone functionality as such inclusion will contribute to the Zen Touch 2 serve as a navigation device to play along with music like on Forerunner 301 Garmin. For there is constant Internet connection – unless you turn it with a MiFi unit or travel in heavily overlaid Wi-Fi zones – eBay Motors is probably a standalone GPS navigation system program with locally stored maps on a memory card such as the recently published TomTom or CoPilot for Android.

The Zen Touch 2 will initially be released in Singapore. The 8 GB model costs $ 217 and 16GB will go for $ 248th GPS is only available in 8GB capacity, and the model will go for 232 $. An international rollout will follow shortly.

In addition to the Zen Touch, Creative is also releasing two Bluetooth Streaming Headset. The WP-300 supports the apt-X format for lossless audio Bluetooth, can charge from USB, and is expected to go up for sale for $ 116 per couple.

New TomTom GO 2405 TM and GO 2505 TM

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:02:44 +0000

TomTom is synonymous with GPS navigation systems of the highest quality, so it’s no wonder companies look to roll the two other models for the masses in order to arrive at their destination safe and sound possible in the fastest time. The latest generation of navigation devices would be in the form of the TomTom GO in 2405 TM and GO 2505 TM, where they are advertised to supply “high-performance navigation experience with faster routing, improved software platform and a new look and feel. Let us in the nitty gritty of both devices in the extended post to deepen.

TomTom will offer drivers a world-class navigation experience, and this vision has led to develop the company patented a high-speed algorithm that makes an allowance for immediate route planning. Both the GO 2405 and GO TM 2505 TM is using this innovative technology, where they go on the implementation of continuous routing. Regular monitoring of traffic information, these models lead to the current best way to recommend to the driver.

Apart from this, both the GO and GO 2405 TM 2505 TM first TomTom devices that come with the new and improved user interface. An intuitive software users can route to any destination with just few clicks like on Garmin nuvi 755T GPS. Not only does the driver experience seamless routing with voice recognition navigation commands. Thanks to a capacitive touch screen technology and a brighter display, you can also navigate through the menu with a single swipe of the finger and can pinch and zoom for map display. click with his new castle and magnetic holder, you can either dock device instantly with just one hand.

Approach S1 GPS wristwatch from Garmin

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:31:27 +0000

Most people who play golf are pretty good as well as Magellan RoadMate 2045 Navigator, or at least middle class in the worst case. Now this means they have a pretty secure and comfortable job, coupled with time-share vacation elsewhere, some own properties with the mortgage paid off completely, perhaps, and take part convertible sports car with an exclusive limousine more ordinary errands.

This would be the choice for most of the clothes mean so stigmatized, not to mention that a nice watch with metal bars. Who would have thought you could wear a GPS watch have instead? Garmin GPS Approach S1 watch is for those who meant a lot of time on the greens love as they are able accurate representation yardages to the front and in the countryside, while with more than 14,000 pre-plus courses.

The approach is S1 constantly updated information on a golfer’s actual real-time location, while the measurement of individual shot distances without missing a beat. Of course not, this means it will not be able to give you the time – No, sir, I still believe that with aplomb. Pre-loaded with 14,000-plus U.S. and Canadian rates, you will need no annoying downloads or subscriptions, you simply choose “Start Round” to choose your course and you are more than ready to tee off (with an advantage, of course). We ask what will happen when your friends find out about this unfair advantage, however – they will club over his head?

When both rugged and waterproof, the approach is S1 tipped the scales at just 1.8 ounces, boasting an ultra-thin display with background lighting next to a lithium-ion battery that is permanently in a position up to 8 hours in GPS mode – should be that a whole lot more than what you would spend on the green, we assume. As in watch mode, it can take up to 3 weeks, making it ideal for the boardroom, the bunkers and all points in between.

Escort announces GPS

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:49:02 +0000

Escort is a brand that is probably best known for its line of radar and laser detectors, but it has its toes wet in the world of GPS and his entourage line of GPS vehicle locator last year. Today has continued to escort into the world of GPS, with its first portable navigation device, the Passport iQ (if the smart mirror that is barely viable count) increased. And because old habits die hard, they have crammed a radar and laser detector in its chassis for good measure.

On the surface, the Passport iQ looks like a standard for portable navigation devices. It has a 5-inch touchscreen, NAVTEQ maps showing 3D delivered and installed on the windshield with a suction cup to attach. The unit has spoken turn-by-turn directions, graphic lane guidance, and – as many navigation devices we’ve tested – shows the current speed limit, if available. But where normal GPS devices, the ability to overlay POI icons for gas stations, hotels offer, and the like, the Passport iQ able to overlay Escort Database icons marking Defender’s red-light cameras, speed cameras and speed traps known. A 90-day trial version of the Defender is here with the unit, after which a subscription will be required included. Things get interesting when escort mentioned that it was integrated with a fully functional radar and laser detector based on Passport 9500ix detector. This means that the passport to monitor the situation in iQ, X, K, Ka and Ku-band radar speed, and laser bands. IQ offers the Escort’s autolearn function which automatically identifies and analyzes sources of radar, such as automatic door locks of false alarms or motion detectors. Users can create a wide range of radar information on the device display with the outbreaks of the strength of the different bands of detection. Users can also overlay the radar detection information on the navigation screen, and vice versa.

iQ The Escort Passport is at a MSRP of $ 649.99 or about the same price as the purchase of the above Passport 9500ix ($ 499) and an inexpensive GPS device of similar size like on Garmin nuLink! 1695 GPS. For this price, gets the user the convenience of just fiddling with a device, while in and out of the car, compatibility with the Escort line of accessories (such as questionable legal ZR4 laser switch), and will probably never even said during Escort, a some radar detector stealth and deniability in states where radar detectors are illegal. Escort iQ also has plans for a second version of the Passport, that the Bluetooth hands-free calling and traffic data includes announced. In this price range, this is the one we would wait.

New WorldNav 7300 Truck GPS

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:27:27 +0000

Telenav has recently launched a new GPS system called WorldNav 7300 truck that is specifically designed for trucks.

The price tag of Telenav GPS Truck WorldNav 7300 is at $ 350 and in terms of features it has set a 7-inch touchscreen like on Nextar Q4-MD 4.3-Inch Portable GPS, Bluetooth, FM transmitter, and AV-in. Obviously some of the details included in proposals for a route, such as bridge heights, load limits and much more.

New enNavi HD

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:26:45 +0000

All the way from Korea is entitled to a new GPS system enNavi HD that a good set of features at an affordable price of $ 265, including packs:

Processor at 1.2 GHz;
7-inch screen with full HD resolution of 1920 1080;
256 MB RAM;
Windows CE 6.0 operating system;
Extras include USB, slot for SD memory cards, Bluetooth and T-DMB like on Nextar Q4-MD 4.3-Inch Portable GPS;