Archive for December, 2005

Walter S. Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal reviews the Garmin Nuvi 350 and concludes that that this little nice gadget is too expensive for the value it delivers.

You can read the whole review here
More reviews for the Garmin Nuvi 350: Review 1, Review 2

Magellan has released an update for the firmware of the RoadMate 800 GPS receiver (v. 1.04)
This new firmware version resolves a number of issues.
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Since our first post about the Lowrance iWay 350C a couple of mini reviews have been posted from people that have bought this GPS receiver.

GRC in his comment on our previous post writes:

This is a great device for the price range. It DOES have the ability to read street names. When you turn is near it will say the direction and the street name where you will be turning. Also, the FM modulator works very well with the radio. MP3’s and photos are easily loaded via the included USB cable. MP3’s and photos can be loaded on the hard drive (not recommended) or on a MMC or SD card. The 350c’s screens can be totally customized. You have the ability to have a transparent or non-transparent background behind the customizable information. The device is very user friendly, acquires a signal quickly (as long as you are not moving) and appears to be very accurate. I am very satisfied with it.

There is also another mini review from “Testingcar” at the forums of GPSpassion. You can read the review and the whole thread here

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Cobra NavOne 4500 is an in car GPS receiver with a stylish design that will fit the interior of most vehicles. It is quite large and heavy (1,28pounds), but that is the price you have to pay for a 5″ color display. The 5 inch color display has a resolution of 320×240.


Some of the main characteristics of this GPS receiver include:

5 inch touchscreen
Navigational Text/Voice Languages: English, Spanish, French
North America Street Level Detail Maps Installed
3D and Terrain Maps
Real-Time Traffic Ready
Traffic Receiver Included
7.6 million Points-of-Interest
Automatic Route Navigation
Go Home’ Button

Cnet has posted a review of the NavOne 4500 to day and gave it an overall rating of 8,3 out of ten. They write that the strong points of the NavOne 4500 are the large display, and the accurate and fast receiver. You can read the whole review at CNET

About a week ago, Verizon has unveiled a new servive that will allow everyone to have a navigation system with turn-by-turn routing and voice instructions within their cell phone the Verizon VZ Navigator. For more information read the very informative article from PcMag

Guardianlion has released a small GPS locator specifically created as a child locator. The device is pocket sized looks like a pager, so it can easily be carried by children in their pocket or backpack. Parents can track the location of their children from the Guardianlion website using a unique username name and password throughout the day. Guardianlion also provides a geo-fencing capabilities. This allows you to program an invisible parameter around a school walking route or designated safe playing area. An alarm will automatically initiate the moment your child crosses this invisible parameter. An alert will instantly be sent to you with a text message to your cell phone!
You also get the control of periodic report signaling. This way you can automatically receive a location report at a specified time of day each day. This feature will allow you to know if your child has arrived home safely after a visit from a friend, walking home from school or a bus stop, etc

More information at the Guardianlion website

Garmin’s streetpilot i series bring GPS receivers closer than ever to the average consummer. All three models (i2, i3 and i5) are affordable but full featured GPS choises. Cnet has reviewed all three models and the bottom line as reported was

Don’t let its diminutive size fool you–the Garmin StreetPilot i series is a powerful, feature-rich GPS system with an extremely user-friendly interface.

All three models received an editor’s rating of 7.7 out of 10 (Very Good)

You can read the reviews for all three products here

The Asus MyPal A636 is PDA with full GPS capabilities. One might even say that it’s a GPS unit with PDA features. The A636 runs Windows Mobile 5 and incorporates bluetooth and wifi. It has a 3,5″ 240 x 320, 65,536-colour LCD display and a fold out antenna. The processor powering the A636 is the Intel XScale 416MHz CPU. Asus has equipped this little gadget with 64MB of RAM and 128MB Flash ROM while an SD memory slot is available for expanding the memory. Where MyPal really shines is when it comes to battery life which runs just below 44 hours.

Via ubergizmo

Just in time for Christmass Mio is launching a new PDA GPS the mio A201. This new little gadget is expected to be released in a few days. It is based upon the mio 168 with a few improvements. One of the features that make it stand out is the rotating GPS antenna. This feature allows it to support both landscape and portrait display modes. When the antenna is rotated the system will auto switch to landscape/portrait screen mode.


Some of it’s main features and technical data are.

CPU: Intel PXA270 312 MH
Operating System: Microsoft Windows®5.0
Display: 3.5″ Color Transflective LCD, LED Backlight
Resolution: 320 × 240, 65K colors, QVGA resolution, portrait
Memory: 64 MB Nand (Msystem) ROM
64 MB SDRAM
GPS Module: SiRFstar III
Built in Bluetooth connectivity
MP3 player

Teletype has announced a new 3.5-inch color touchscreen automotive GPS navigation system, the WorldNav 3000 XL. The 3OOOXL following the current trend is also capable of playing mp3 files from SD or MMC cards.
Some of its main features are.

High resolution touch screen (3.5″ TFT LCD 320×240)
GPS guidance with voice prompts
12 Channel High Sensitivity GPS
Intel XScale processor
MP3 Player
512 MB internal storage
Secure Digital/MMC slot
USA maps (50 States)