Articles tagged with: GPS
GPS »
One of Garmin’s flagship Nuvis, the 880 responds to commands from your voice, triggered by a little remote control you attach to your steering wheel.
Garmin says $800, but you can find it online for $690.
It’s the best all-around GPS on the market, but there are too many halfway decent Garmin models for less than half the price.
The 880 isn’t the first GPS with voice command, but it’s definitely the best. The remote button that you strap to your steering wheel makes activating it easy, and being able to dictate addresses …
GPS, Misc. »
If you’re an outdoors type, you’ve got to check out the new Garmin Oregon Series GPS. I swear by my current Garmin, and this new Oregon series looks to be even better. We’ll follow up with another review, once we get our hands on one.
The Garmin Oregon series of handheld GPS devices for outdoor, marine and fitness enthusiasts, combines an intuitive touchscreen interface, rugged, resilient design and a variety of preloaded mapping options.
Mobile Phones »
Rumors are starting to pile up on the long-expected 3G iPhone. This time, GigaOM confirmed that the new iPhone will have GPS included, basing their prediction on sources inside Broadcom that stated they were selected for a GPS contract. Legal requirements seem to have been solved since last year by the FCC regarding Enhanced 911.
Robots »
The Off-road Loescheinheit (OLE) is a product of the University of Magdeburg-Stendal, located west of Berlin. OLE is a robot which has the shape of a pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare) and is supposed to prevent fires in the Black Forest from Germany.
It is equipped with powdered fire-extinguishing agents and water tanks, and it also has guiding and detection features such as GPS, heat and infrared sensors. Its shape was inspired from the interlinking armor of the bug, and from that concept resulted the fireproof suit. OLE has six feet, which …
Laptops »
ASUS made an official announcement about the next generation of Eee PC of which we already know that is going to feature an 8.9 inch display. What we didn’t know about it, is that the Eee PC is going to be a touchscreen. The 8.9 incher will be available as of May or June and will come in 8GB up to 12GB options and it will have a $500 starting price. For May, ASUS also plains to start shipping an Eee Desktop called E-DT and it will cost $200. In …
GPS, Laptops, News »
Recent reports say that Dell is preparing to replace the D830 and the D630 with a new series of Latitude E laptops. The new models are E6500 with a 15.4 inch display and the E6400, a 14.1 incher. The leaked laptops are scheduled for release in June and it’s also said that these lappies will be the first to make use of Montevina / Centrino 2 machines. The 6500 is supposed to feature integrated GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, mobile broadband, UWP, LED back-lighting, 84WHr batteries and some multiple options for the disk drives.
GPS, Gaming »
Good news for gamers - now, PSP supports GPS navigation software. Hopefully you will not get lost, but if the GPS software fails, you can play until somebody gives you the right directions. The PSP GPS was unveiled at the Game Developers Conference, in California. Cool addition but we expect to see more from them, we refer to Internet navigation.

