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We wrote yesterday about the announcement of the Benq-Siemens P51. Today, Benq has presented this new smartphone with integrated GPS. It is based on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, it has a 2.83″ QVGA TFT color touchscreen (240 x 320 pixels). Some of the connectivity features include, Bluetooth, integrated WLAN interface (WLAN 820.11b/g) that enables it to be used for VoIP calls. It can also receive emails using the latest Email Push Service from Microsoft.
Some of the other features of the P51 include

Music player (MP3, AAC, AAC+) with equalizer and 3D surround sound
1.3 megapixel camera with LED photolight
SDIO slot
QWERTY keypad
USB connectivity

According to Benq-Siemens the P51 is:

a high-performance, versatile and compact smartphone based on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system that integrates the latest high-end technology.

The BenQ-Siemens P51 will become available on the market in July 2006. No word on pricing yet.

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Benq-Siemens has issued a press release announcing the products that is going to showcas at the CeBIT 2006. Among those is the Benq-Siemens P51 which is the successor of the P50 (picture). According to the press release some of the features of this new smartphone will be

Multimedia capabilities such as MP3 and 3D surround sound
Windows Mobile 5.0
W-Lan
VoIP
integrated GPS receiver

No information about availability and pricing yet.

Press Release

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According to LinuxDevices, ImCoSys, a Swiss company has released a datasheet of a Linux smartphone with an integrated GPS receiver. This new device is expected to be showcased in CEBIT 2006 next month. Some of the features of the ImCoSys Linux smartphone include:

Linux 2.4.20 kernel
Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) with GPRS Class 10 and CSD modems
802.11b WiFi, with WPA support
Bluetooth 1.2
GPS receiver (the report doesn’t mention the chip used)
260k LCD-TFT touchscreen (240×320)
SD Card slot
USB port
RS232 serial port

The ImCoSys smartphone is expected to become available in June with a retail price of 300 Euros

Via LinuxDevices

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Mobinaute, a French site has posted images and details of Mitac’s Mio P350 P550, two new Pocket PCs with integrated GPS. The P550 will be powered by a 400MHz processor and will have integrated GPS using the SiRFstar III chip. Other features include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, an SDIO/SD/MMC slot. According to the reports it will use the Windows Mobile 5.0 as an operating system. The P350 is a lower end device compared to its big brother the P550. The main differences are that it won’t have Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities. These two new products are expected to be showcased at the CeBIT next month.

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TeleNav announced that they are launching the TeleNav’s GPS Navigator, a GPS application that will provide voice, turn-by-turn navigation and mapping for the BlackBerry 7100i.

Here is the press release:

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & WATERLOO, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 13, 2006–TeleNav Inc. today announced the availability of TeleNav’s GPS Navigator, a Java-based GPS navigation application that offers visual and audible, turn-by-turn driving directions and mapping, on the BlackBerry 7100i(TM) from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM).

TeleNav GPS Navigator first launched on the BlackBerry 7520(TM) in May 2005 as the first GPS navigation application available on the BlackBerry(R) platform. TeleNav, which is similar to the in-car GPS navigation systems found in luxury vehicles, displays maps, graphical driving cues, speed and direction, and provides audible turn-by-turn directions to help drivers get to their desired locations.

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We talked yesterday about the HP iPAQ hw6900 Series making an appearance at the HP UK store. Today, HP made the official announcement of the hw6900 Series. This latest HP iPAQ handheld, will be able to receive email wirelessly using new “push” email functionality from Microsoft, a feature that will also be available by it’s competitor the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket-LOOX T Series.

Some of the features and specifications of the hw6900 are:

Intel® PXA270 Processor 416 MHZ
Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ 5.0
High sensitivity GPS receiver with HP iPAQ Quick GPS connection utility
Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Wi-Fi (802.11b)
Bluetooth® 1.2
IrDA SIR 1.2
3.0″ touchscreen TFT display, 240 x 240 resolution, 64K colors

The hw6900 will be available at Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa regions this spring and at North America in the summer.

Via PhoneArena

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Fujitsu-Siemens has officially announced the much anticipated Pocket Loox T810 and T830. Both these new, all-in-one handhelds are powered by a 416 Mhz Intel PXA270 CPU and both have integrated GPS using the powerful SiRFstar III GPS module. Some of the other features include 2.4 inch (240×240 pixels) 65k colors TFT touchscreen, 128 Mb Flash ROM, 64 MB system RAM, Bluetooth v2.0, WiFi (802.11b/g) and an ergonomic QWERTY keyboard. The T830 has two cameras one (640×480) for video calls and another 2MP auto focus camera for picture capturing, while the T810 doesn’t have one.
The T830 and T810 are expected to arrive at shops in July.

You can find Pocket Loox T-Series Data sheet here for more information about the specifications of these new handhelds. You can also read Fujitsu-Siemen’s press release.

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HP iPAQ hw6910 and hw6915 Mobile Messengers, the successors of the iPAQ hw6500 Mobile Messenger series have made an appearance at the HP UK store. They are both powered by an Intel PXA270 416MHz processor and have 192 MB of total memory (128 MB ROM and 64 MB SDRAM). Some of the other features they share are:

3.0″ transflective TFT QVGA, 64K colors
Integrated quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
WLAN 802.11b
Bluetooth® 1.2
IrDA
Integrated high sensitivity GPS receiver with HP iPAQ Quick GPS Connection Utility that according to HP will provide “accurate turn-by-turn visual and voice guidance”

The only difference that I was able to spot between those two models, is that the hw6915 has an integrated HP Photosmart 1.3 MP Camera, while the hw6910 doesn’t.

Via MobilitySite

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The Register has published at the end of last year a review of the Asus MyPal A636. Not a newly published review but still helpful. Over at the Register they report:

Asus MyPal A636 is a worthy alternative to GPS-integrated PDAs from the likes of Mio and Acer. It’s less successful as a PDA than the others, if only because the hardware has so clearly been designed with satellite navigation usage in mind. As a GPS platform, it’s impressive, with a good, flexible antenna design and a powerful receiver. It’s let down a little by the bundled software, but there’s nothing to stop you switching to a better app later on.

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Nokia today announced the Nokia GPS Module LD-3W. This new module is compatible with a wide selection of Nokia’s Bluetooth enabled mobile phones, and what is important is that it is compatible with many of Nokia’s mid-range handsets.

With the introduction of the Nokia GPS Module LD-3W and through our collaborations with navigation industry players such as Wayfinder and Telmap, we offer a compelling range of location based services to the tens of millions of consumers who have one of our highly popular mid-range models, such as the Nokia 6230i or the Nokia 6280

According to the announcement the Nokia GPS module will allow consummers to find their position with an accuracy of 5 meters. In addition to that it will indicate the shorter route to their destination on digital maps provided by Wayfinder and Telmap.

The Nokia GPS Module LD-3W module will be presented at the 3GSM 2006 Congress and is
is expected to start shipping in the 1st quarter of 2006.

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