Now, you do not have to wait till next year for the GPS enabled iPhone. Thanks to Navizon as it is bringing GPS service for your iPhone. Navizon, who is already providing software for emulating GPS on phones which don’t have that functionality built in, has announced that its software can now be used on the iPhone. Based on Navizon’s Wifi and Cellular tower triangulation techniques, this new software will help iPhone users find their way in the world. The system triangulates signals from Wi-Fi access points and cellular towers, based on a database populated with accurate GPS readings for locations, collected by an army of volunteers. It is based on a collaborative database where users can contribute wireless beacons’ locations that will let other members of the community simulate a Virtual GPS on their device. As you will click on the ‘Locate Me’ button, it immediately gives your accurate current location within a few hundred feet or so. It is only free for two weeks, after which you will have to pay a one time $25 fee. Incidentally, there are also versions for Java, Windows, WM, BlackBerry and S60 and many more.
Navizon brings GPS service for your iPhone
NY cabbies said no to install GPS
Recently, New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission said yes to a plan to deploy touch-screens in all 13,000-city cabs. The monitors not just allow riders cough up via credit card, however encompass GPS technology and information about bars and restaurants. Though, several drivers go up against the plan, because of the cost of the screens, credit card fees, and time lost if the monitor require repair. Many cabbies are still worried about the GPS tracking their routes. The drivers also opposed the taxi commission keeping track of their movements albeit they have said that only pickup and drop-off locations will be recorded. The vehicles is to be upgraded starting October 1.
Harman Kardon’s next-up Guide + Play GPS unit holds routing close to its heart
Well, I don’t have much detail about Harman Kardon’s next-up Guide + Play unit, but for brief pre-order page, which has been listed at Amazon. But the new device, keeping with H/K’s mantra, is claimed to be consisted with routing close to its heart, and doesn’t have the feeling of being mortified of its media-centric side. Apart from all that the new device comes with a 4-inch WQVGA touch screen, turn-by-turn directions, English / Spanish / French language support, maps of the US and Canada plus a color-coded menu scheme. Moreover, It also comes with a ‘compact flash card slot’, whereby you can load up your tunes, seeing that the MP3 / WMA audio player characterizes its own devoted screen to display album art and other info as to the present song. Especially, the device is built-in with even a separate screen whereby you can manually adjust the ratio of music volume to navigator volume if you are not above-board with that automatic guide hindering the flow in an overly loud way. The latest GPS-300 is expected to be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks with the price tag of around $299.95 price tag, which doesn’t seem to be too shabby, also.
VITO launches VITO FindMe, a GPS service for Pocket PC
Now, you can esaily find out your friend’s location through VITO’s new application. VITO has launched new GPS application, named VITO FindMe for Pocket PC phone Edition, which will help users to find out their friends by just sending an SMS. VITO FindMe is a free GPS utility for Pocket PC Edition, which has in-built GPS receiver under Windows Mobile 2003 5.0, 6.0. Users can simply send an SMS, which contains codeword to a Pocket PC with installed VITO Find Me. Thus it allows you to receive your friend’s coordinates through Google Maps. Even it allows VITO FindMe to send your friend’s coordinates through email. The features of VITO FindMe are given below: 1) You can easily spot your friends on Google Maps 2) Send your location through e-mail 3) It has password protected settings Image Credit: I am Powered & Free Ware Pocket PC Via: Mobility Site
China’s GPS mobile market to rise tenfold by 2011
Mobile devices ensuring mapping services are gaining momentum in China. According to iSuppli Corp, the selling of GPS-enabled mobile phones will touch 16.5 million units in 2011, up from 1.4 million units in 2007. In other words, the GPS mobile market will record more than ten times growth in contrast to what it is today. The sky-high growth is mainly due to constant fall in average selling prices of GPS handsets, says iSuppli. The leading mobile giants, China Mobile and China Unicom Ltd. have entered into Car GPS Garmin GPS Lowrance market this year. They are charging a monthly fee of $2.5 for mobile navigation service providing 5MB of data. With the increase in the sales of GPS handheld devices, the demand for GPS chipsets, processors and other IC chips will grow up, predicts iSuppli while asserting that the pricing for GPS chipsets will drop constantly during the first half of 2008. It will cause sheer competition in the Chinese market.
AutoMonitor boasts auto tracking your vehicle with GPS & live video feed
A Romanian company has recently come up with the development of a system, called AutoMonitor, which is touted to be capable of keeping track of your vehicle with GPS and allow you to get live video (and audio) feed also. This system is presently built to function in Romania however it is also able to work worldwide. The retail price is likely to be almost 700 EUR. Apart from all that if you want some more information about AutoMonitor, you will have to await its website to be brought into being. Check some details about the AutoMonitor: (1) Internet access in the vehicle is offered via WiFi (you can also use the built-in WiFi access point to grab video archives when the car is parked – it’s faster than downloading them over the air) (2) Video is recorded and timestamped/geostamped, archived for 50 hours, so it can be played back at any time and the position shown on the moving map (3) The system sends live video and audio + GPS location over high speed 3G links (HSDPA or 3G or CDMA) (4) Camera is infrared capable, can see very nicely in the dark (5) The framerate is 1-3fps at 640 480.
AIGO unveils its GPS-P370 with 3.5-inch touchscreen
AIGO recently curtains off its latest satnav at the CHITEC 2007 show. The new navigation system, which is known as GPS-P370, is touted to be standard GPS navigation system, with a 3.5-inch touchscreen LCD and a SiRF Star III GPS chip. The latest sprints Windows CE.Net 4.2 on the background on a Freescale Dragonball (!) processor at 266MHz and is dependent on a 1300mAh battery. Measuring 120 x 87 x 21.5 in millimeters, the latest GPS-P370 also makes use of a 64MB internal memory and SD/MMC cards for maps and storage. Now the point is it ever going to be shipped in the US or Europe. I don’t have any idea.
Garmin offers Developer Toolkit for GPS
Garmin was recently reported to have said that they would very shortly get comfy with webiste and other software designers by making a release of an API library, which is said to enable designers to better “talk” to GPS units. Thus earlier when you had to download waypoints from Geocaching.com to your PC and then upload them to the GPS, now that is just one click away i.e. by clicking on the Garmin logoed button, the website will have a talk directly to the GPS and relay the coordinates of the next cache directly to the unit. Through the write-up, which is available at http://www.gpslodge.com/ it is learnt that at present there are six API’s, one of which touts to give support to location-based services, thus there is no need to be surprised that these GPS enablers were made public with the Where 2.0 conference that is being held in San Jose. The Garmin Developer website is said to be a developer zone which is totally devoted to software designers and content suppliers who would like to make their website, apps and data content consistent with Garmin navigation systems. The Garmin Developer website gives both free and licensed Garmin resources and a library of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), toolkits and web services introducing 6 core products: MotionBased Web Services, Garmin Communicator Plugin, Content Toolkit, Messaging System, Garmin PeerPoint, Garmin LBS Toolkit and Fleet Management Interface.
Pyxis RGPS-3000: A GPS Golfer Watch
The new GPS wristwatch called Pyxis RGPS-3000 is the new innovation unveiled by a Korean company. This GPS timepiece is specially designed for golfers. This watch allows users to load golf courses onto the device allowing them to keep track of the score. Moreover, RGPS-3000′s software is also adaptable to several conditions especially for outdoor activities such as running bicycling, hiking etc. this is a good idea of a GPS system keeping accurate track of how far one have walked, jogged, swam etc. The Pyxis RGPS-3000 will be released in Korea only as there is no news regarding the global launch of this watch. This smart gadget can be yours for $215 in Korea.
LN740 receives impressive report card due to best-of-the-breed routing feature
Earlier when I talked about LG’s LN740, it was with LN730 and LN735. Then there was not any picture of the product, but today I have got its image and review, which I got via navigadget.com. The brief and sound review on navigadget.com reveals that LG LN740 received an outstanding report card from the picky reviewers who claims that LG LN740 is better than other brands like Garmin and Magellan, as far as its routing feature is conc-erned. Navigadget further reveals that the salient feature of the product has been made possible because of the software engineers who made use of the Navteq maps on board, which gives maps of US, Canada and Puerto Rico on a 2GB internal flash memory card. The brief and sound review of the product has been quoted below, let’s go through it: The LG LN740 is an extremely capable navigation device that exhibited some of the best routing logic I’ve seen to date. The interface is relatively simple to use, the mounting hardware is effective, and the unit includes everything you’ll need to receive real-time traffic data. Overall the LN740 is an excellent GPS. However, I found the 4-inch display of lesser quality (brightness and resolution) than other competing 4-inch models from Magellan and Garmin. The traffic service requires an additional antenna that must be routed along the windshield, creating unsightly clutter and additional steps to connect/disconnect the GPS from the car. LG LN740 comes with the price tag of $450 on Amazon. Grab it soon.