Archive for the 'PDA & GPS' Category

Korea Telecom Freetel Offers GPS Phone to Help Golfers Aim Better

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Technology helps in terms of better lifestyle, similar when it goes to sports. Can you think of any latest technology that can help while playing golf? Yes, that is GPS (Global Positioning System) technology that has become so common especially in mobile segment. By looking into this opportunity, KTF (Korea Telecom Freetel) has just unveiled a series of new GPS enabled mobile phones that can help golfers aiming their tee-shots better.

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Latest Mio Moov Series Including New MioMore Service

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The leading global supplier of personal GPS navigation devices, Mio Technology has introduced its latest personal navigation devices (PNDs) at CeBIT 2008, including Moov 200 (with 3.4-inch touchscreen), Moov 330 and Moov 370 (both with 4.3-inch touchscreen). All of them feature a 400 Mhz processor, SiRFstarIII GPS receiver and MioMore, the new service that offers real-time traffic information, GPS local search capabilities, additional maps and more, aiming to unearth local places and points of interests.

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Latest TomTom GO 730 And GO 930 With New IQ Routes Technology

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

The world’s largest portable GPS navigation solutions provider, TomTom has announced the latest additions to its popular TomTom GO family - GO 730 and GO 930, boasting new ground-breaking features including Advanced Lane Guidance and IQ Routes technology based on actual average speeds on roads, rather than the posted speed limits, which aimed to enhance your navigation experience.

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3G Apple iPhone Potentially Powered by Infineon Chip Available This Year

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Apple’s iPhone has been selling like hot cake since its official launch last year. No doubt it has some great features such as multi scroll and excellent software sets but when comes to network capability, the gadget doesn’t seems to be at the leading edge with only EDGE or 2.5G support even when most of competitors already have 3G enabled handsets in the market. An UBS Analyst, Nicolas Gaudois speculated that the famous Germany chipmaker, Infineon will continue supplying Apple with its new HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) RF chip, replacing its current EDGE baseband solution for next generation Apple’s iPhone.

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Sony Launches Newest Portable Navigation Systems

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Sony has announced the launch of its new nav-u personal navigation devices - NV-U73T (4.3″) and (4.8″) NV-U83T, offering (TTS) Text-To-Speech voice commands, an intuitive color display and real-time traffic reports, allowing users to travel with confidence.

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New HP iPAQ 210 Enterprise Handheld

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

The well-known American information technology corporation, HP has recently launched its long awaited PDA - iPAQ 210 Enterprise Handheld, featuring 4-inch VGA (640×480) touch screen display with LED backlight and 802.11b/g wireless networking with WPA2 security, aiming to deliver enterprise-class connectivity for users to mobilize their business and maximize results.

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AvMap Unveiled New PND Geosat 6 TV with Digital TV Capability

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

AvMap has just unveiled the new PND (Personal Navigation Device) with live digital TV streaming capability. Known as Geosat 6 TV, it is claimed to be the first one that has integrated the digital TV receiver module on top of supporting all the basic multimedia functions such as media player, PDA phone as well as GPS (Global Positioning System) technology into the single device.

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Toyota Develops Automatic Brake System Assisted by GPS Technology for Safety Driving

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

As part of the efforts to ensure safety driving on the road, Toyota Motor Corporation has just announced the new auto braking system which involves advanced GPS (Global Positioning System) technology for accurate position monitoring for vehicle braking system to work automatically. It will recognize the stop signs at the intersection and then alert users with both audible and visual warning and eventually apply sufficient brake power to avoid any vehicles collision on the road. This is slightly different concept as compared to Pre-crash safety system developed by this giant automobile maker before but with same purpose.

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