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Friday, February 10, 2006

Garmin nüvi 350 gets PC Magazine Editors Choice!

http://www.pcmag.com/

Excellent GPS sensitivity and function coupled with new Travel Kit features make the nüvi 350 an excellent electronic travel companion.

Small, lightweight, and easy to use. Preloaded with map and Points of Interest data. Great GPS receiver sensitivity. Fast satellite-acquisition time. Good battery life.

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Welcome Garmin to the Blogosphere!

http://garmin.blogs.com/

Garmin is a fast growing company. They have new great products for us every day. It's hard to keep up with all the new gagets coming from the GPS electronics manufaturer. Now with their new blog we can keep updated on new fresh GPS devices coming out.

Buell and Garmin, Happy Together.

http://www.slashgear.com/

Cars long had GPS navigations built in their cars, but it has always been missing from the motorcycle genre. Thus, Garmin has cooperated with Buell Motorcycles on creating a new device to be integrated on 2006 Ulysses XB12X motorcycles.

Free Fitness GPS site, with Google map annotation

http://bimactive.com/

A new website that allows you to journal your activities and follow your progress online through your cellphone or compatible GPS device. Build a blog to track your distance, calories burned and much more. The service is free for online logs and a subcription fee for a BiM connection. Check out the bimactive website for more info.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Cell Phones Using GPS Technology

http://www.kxan.com/

"We take the mobile phone with the GPS capabilities and turn it into a lifestyle recorder for those who run or cycle, or even walk. A lot of folks want to see how well they're doing on a mile-to-mile basis,"

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Lost About GPS? Here's Some Direction!

http://www.dailyindia.com/

If you've been confounded by all the technical jargon and hype surrounding GPS, confusing what's turning out to be a very useful tool, allow me to shed a little light on your roadmap to deciding whether or not this technology is for you! Originally designed with military applications in mind, the technology was made available to mere mortals in hte 1980's for the many and varied uses we've found so far for these special tools. Not only handy for auto navigation, GPS units have made their way into maritime navigation, backcountry uses, and much, much more!

A quick guide to GPS receivers

http://star-techcentral.com/

Standalone GPS receiver
Standalone GPS receivers come in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit different budgets from the basic monochrome screen ones to full-colour handheld and car navigation systems.

There are quite a number of manufacturers in the market, but the more well-known ones are Magellan and Garmin, and they produce a bewildering array of standalone receivers, even down to wristwatch-sized ones specifically meant to monitor activities like jogging and cycling.

Monday, February 06, 2006

GPS or the Global Positioning System an Overview

http://www.blogshoot.com/

The Global Positioning System, usually called GPS, the US military refers to it as NAVSTAR GPS - Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System. Actually NAVSTAR GPS is the official name of GPS. It is the only operational satellite navigation system.

PlayStation Portable to Get GPS, E-Mail

http://www.sony-psp-review.com/

And Sony plans to release later this year the GPS add-on for the PSP teasingly demonstrated at a couple of shows last year.

Funny commercial for Tom Tom GPS systems starring Brandon Gibson

http://video.google.com/