It is always good to hear of technology helping out and if it can help in proving that a man is a killer it is of course a good thing. This was the case with a global positioning system (GPS) that was installed by a suspicious wife. The device helped in cracking George Ford Junior’s alibi and story. He was initially charged with reckless endangerment in the death of Shyanne Sommers, his baby sitter. The man claimed that he was taking the girl home and stopped for a moment to show her his horses. After that he said he backed over her accidentally.

Investigators analyzed the GPS. It showed that Ford spent around three hours with the girl behind an abandoned home. This made another scenario much easier to believe. Police claims the girl tried to escape and the man ran her down. What is ironical about the situation is that the wife installed the GPS system because he thought her husband was cheating on her.

Two new GPS PDAs are going to be released by Mio, the P360 and P560. Currently, we don’t have many details on them, but we know they will feature WiFi, an embeded GPS antenna, Bluetooth 2.0, a miniUSB port, a microphone and their memory can be expanded via the SD/MMC memory card slot.

Both the P360 and P560 will sport an LCD touchscreen, that controls almost everything, the rest of the device featuring only a few buttons.

via NaviGadget

 

AVERATEC Voya 350 GPS Navigation with 3.5-inch Touchscreen is easy and fun with the AVERATEC Voya 350 in your car, guiding you turn by turn, with a friendly voice and visual signals, even when you don’t know the address.Some specifications about : Processor:300MHz Samsung S3C2440A RISC microprocessor ,Operating System:Microsoft Windows CEV4.2;Memory:64MB SDRAM, 64MB Flash ROM;  GPS Chipset 12ch SiRF III high sensitivity chipset;  GPS Antenna :High-performance helical; Display:Wide View 3.5″ TFT LCD 320×240 resolution with  touch screen, 16.7 million colors;  Expansion Slot One SD/MMC;  Audio Output Built-in 18pi speaker, 3.5mm stereo headphone jack ;Input Method Stylus pen (included), touch screen, software keyboard ;user Controls Five-way navigation jog button, four function  buttons (home, GPS, map zoom +/-) ;Dimensions: 4.53″ W x 2.87″ H x .79″ D ;Weight:6.0 ounces ; Battery:rechargeable, removable Li-ion battery, 1100 mA ;Power:5V, 1.5A AC home charger and car charger.

Asus R2H UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) with fingerprint biometrics sensor and GPS, Built-in 1.3MP webcam and microphone, On-Screen Virtual keyboard, Intel 353 ULV Celeron M Processor 900Mhz (400Mhz FSB, L2 Cache : 512K), 768MB DDR2-533 SO-Dimm Memory (256MB OnBoard), Intel 910GML chipset Graphics Media Accelerator 900, with D-SUB and AV out, 7″ WXGA (800 x 400 resolution) LCD Display, 1.8″ 60GB Hard Drive, Built in SD/MMC card reader + WIFI (via USB wifi adaptor included), Bluetooth, 10/100 Ethernet LAN, NO Firewire, Handwritten input with ASUS InfoPen/stylus, Microsoft Windows Tablet edition, with Bundled 2nd battery and cary bag + Foldable keyboard, 2 years global warranty (1 year on battery), Optical Drive is Optional!

The Asus R2H is optimized for professional and personal efficeincy. It offers a high-resolution webcam, an integrated Global Positioning System, a built-in fingerprinter, an SD Card reader, and a digital camera.

With a sleek design, good performance and a lot of new features, the Garmin Zumo 550 could be the best thing for motorcyclists as well as car drivers.

When you buy it, they also give you some other things like a motorcycle mount, a car mount with an adhesive plastic disc for attaching to your dashboard, black plastic faceplates (if you don’t like the gray ones), an AC charger, a motorcycle power cable that connects to the bike’s battery, a car charger, tools needed to mount the Zumo to motorcycle handlebars, a tiny screwdriver for the “safety screw” on the unit, a USB cable to sync and download software and updates, a City Navigator DVD, a CD-ROM of the owners manual, a quick setup guide for mounting, and some stickers, which will probably make your life easier and help you do what you need to do with it. They don’t give you a Bluetooth earpiece but that probably isn’t such a big problem as there are a lot of them available. It measures 4.8 inches wide, 3.9 inches high, and 1.6 inches deep and weighs 10.6 ounces and it can resist under water for about 30 minutes. The shell is sturdy but it may not resist a serious fall.

 

It is mostly a motorcycle-specific navigation system but that doesn’t leave out car drivers, because the menu is easy to use and you don’t have to take your eyes off the road; the speaker volume is also very good and the 3.5-inch display has a 320×240 pixel resolution and a white backlight. The image quality is very small, but it is a bit small. The Zumo preloades every map you need from North America, and the operation is very simple. It has two main options, Where to? and View map, but it also has other options (a phone icon which is very useful if you have a Bluetooth phone, a musical note icon for the MP3 player, and a tool icon for the Settings menu). If you touch the icons you will choose from some submenus. You can also view useful stuff like phone numbers for points of interest (POI), call history, and phone book. The navigation is very easy thanks to the latest portable navigation systems which have 6 million POIs preinstalled, but you can of course add more if you want to. You can view maps in 2D or in 3D with day or night colors. They change themselves automatically, at sundown. Also, speed, maximum speed, fuel and other info can be displayed.

It has integrated Bluetooth which means you can use it as a hands-free speaker system for phone calls and it also has a built-in MP3 player with an SD card which means you can load songs and listen to them while you are driving. It takes about 10 to 20 seconds to lock onto a satellite, it depends on where you are. It’s very accurate but if you move fast it may be a little unclear. Also, text- and voice-guided directions are very good, but sometimes it gives wrong street names, but nothing too bad. Price is $829.99.