GPS Navigation Android phones


GPS Navigation Android phones have offered free, voice-guided GPS since October 2009, whereas the iPhone’s Maps app requires users to look at their handsets and read off directions as they drive. The iPhone has third-party apps with turn-by-turn voice guidance, such as Mapquest, but Android’s built-in  method allows users to jump directly into navigation from address links in other apps. With the iPhone, you must manually copy and paste the address into your app of choice.

Garmin to buy Navigon

New M&A activity on the GPS market after the purchase of Navman by Mitac in 2007, of TeleAtlas by TomTom in 2008 and of Magellan by Mitac at the end of 2008 with the announcement today that Garmin was buying Navigon.
While both companies appear to complement each other well : strong US presence for Garmin, European for Navigon, strong road/handheld/sports GPS systems for Garmin, Smartphone (Apple iOS and Google Android) and a foothold in the OEM car market for Navigon, it remains to be seen how they will operate in the long run. In the meantime Navigon will operate as a subsidiary of Garmin.

Nextar HGPS35 Portable GPS Navigator


NEXTAR HGPS35 3.5 inch Navigation System. Finding an address or any 1 of 1.6 million points of interest is a snap anywhere in the U.S. Just enter information in the HGPS35s 3.5 inch screen and let the voice prompt and detailed map guide you to the destination. The built in MP3 player will entertain you with your favorite tunes on an optional SD card. The HGPS35 moves easily from car to car using the supplied windshield or dash mount.
The Nextar HGPS35 will provide you with worry free navigation on even the most complex routes.

Pioneer and Fullpower-MotionX


As a leading innovator in iPhone and iPad navigation, Fullpower-MotionX, has worked with Pioneer to improve the iPhone’s in car experience. MotionX-GPS Drive customers can take advantage of Pioneer AppRadio’s capacitive touchscreen for enhanced access to the popular turn-by-turn navigation solution accessing its breakthrough 3D maps, real-time traffic information, live point of interest data along with Facebook and Wikipedia integration.
AppRadio and MotionX-GPS Drive gives you the best of both worlds. Start your navigation experience in the office or at home, enter your destination or by pulling data from your iPhone contact list. Once in the car, connect to AppRadio’s enhanced 6.1 inch screen for viewing MotionX-GPS Drive’s 3D maps and turn-by-turn directions. The iPhone becomes a convenient secondary screen allowing a variety of activities such as emailing destination arrival times to colleagues, accessing point of interest information or getting the latest traffic updates. All this while using AppRadio as a speaker phone and accessing all your music and audio books from your iPhone.

Bushnell GPS BackTrack Personal Locator


Bushnell GPS BackTrack Personal Locator

  • Store and locate up to 3 locations, provides distance and direction back

  • High sensitivity SiRF star III GPS receiver, Self calibrating digital compass

  • Weather resistant, Operates on 2AAA batteries

  • Compact size stores easily in your pocket or purse

  • Lanyard included for easy attachment

  • Maximizing GPS Trackers’ Battery Longevity


    Without question one of the major features that people look at when selecting GPS tracking devices is battery life. For tracking systems that don’t have a hardwired connection, battery life is very important because when the battery charge is fully depleted, the tracking capability usually comes to a grinding halt. Just like any cell phone GPS devices need power communicate and receive digital information. This entry will focus on factors that impact a tracker’s battery life.

    Position Refresh Rate
    Perhaps the most influential factor that determines a tracking device’s battery longevity is the position update rate (or “refresh rate.”) This refers to the frequency at which the real time tracking device sends out its whereabouts to the web. Some trackers, such as the LandAirSea SilverCloud, update every few seconds. These systems tend to not to have phenomenal battery life. (Luckily, most GPS tracking solutions, including the SilverCloud, have several power options, including large capacity battery packs that usually come with matching weather proof cases). Other trackers, such as the Quantum Q-SX1 Satellite Tracker, can be set to update very infrequently. This is what allows the Q-SX1 GPS system to last for up to several years.

    Amount of Time that a GPS Tracker is in Motion
    Battery life is also a function of the amount of time that a real time GPS tracking device is in motion. This is because most units incorporate accelerometers, motion sensors or some other power management feature that takes into account a unit’s motion status. When motion is detected, many GPS trackers wake up and send out position updates at set intervals. When idle for some period of time, most GPS tracking systems go into a low-power standby state. By taking the two factors outlined above into account, users of GPS tracking technology can get the most out of their battery-powered tracking devices.

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    The Super PocketTrack


    The Super PocketTrack is an essential gadget that maps exactly where it has been by recording its own time, date, location, speed direction and altitude at preset levels. Like all PocketTrack devices, Super PocketTrack will work anywhere on the planet. Using the latest in GPS mapping technologies from Google EarthTM, its exact location can be shown on satellite-based maps and 3D geographical terrain.
    The Super PocketTrack receives signals from 12 Satellites orbiting the Earth. The Super PocketTrack uses this information to precisely calculate its own position anywhere on the planet to within 2.5 Meters.

    GPS Tracker


    A Global Positioning System Tracker (GPS Tracker) is actually a modern technological innovation rapidly developing importance primarily on account of the requirements of today’s fast paced lifestyle. These devices are capable of locating themselves to within 3 meters of their actual location. The GPS tracker is really a device which assists to locate any asset or vehicle in which it can be installed.
    The device functions by sending alerts to selected cellular phone numbers or e-mail Id’s from time to time with also an accompanying map of the precise location of the device attached.
    With the GPS Tracker, it’s probable to set specified geo-fencing or secure zones and also program notification rules in case the user leaves those areas. Some of these devices even permit you to define alarms/notifications when the vehicle the device is installed in exceeds a certain speed limit.
    GPS tracking has also invaded the lives of the adolescents. Parent’s no longer require to keep their midnight oil burning scurrying for information about their teenage son or daughter who is out late inside the night often driving.
    GPS tracking even alerts parents when their children happen to be speeding whilst driving. The children are also exempted from the headache of calling their parents frequently to report their location.

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    Cobra GPSM 2750 Nav One Portable Mobile Navigator


    Navigate your way through city streets and rural roads with the Cobra Nav One 2750 GPS navigation system. Equipped with Cobra’s exclusive iASAP satellite acquisition technology, which receives uninterrupted, quick satellite signals even among urban canyons and dense foliage, the device is a must for the driver who doesn’t want to mess with paper maps or printed MapQuest directions. The Nav One 2750 works simply: just enter the target address or point of interest, and the unit automatically determines the best route and offers turn-by-turn directions with clear voice guidance.

    Raymarine A50 E62184 5-Inch Marine GPS Navigator


    Compact 5″ chartplotter that accepts Navionics Gold or Navionics Platinum Compact Flash Cards (sold separately).
    Built-in 12 Channel GPS Receiver with WAAS.
    Sunlight Viewable High Resolution VGA (640×480) display.
    Fully waterproof enclosure.
    Tilt swivel mount features cable management and quick release for easy removal from the boat.

    Sony NVU74T Portable GPS Navigator


    Sony NVU74T 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic and Text-to-Speech.
    The Sony nav-u portable satellite navigation system is more than basic digital maps; it is the system that gets you where you need to go quickly and efficiently with intuitive features that help you along your journey.
  • portable car navigation unit

  • RDS-TMC traffic-info receiver and antenna (additional subscription fees required after free three-month trial period ends)

  • 4.3-inch color (480 x 272 pixels) touchscreen control

  • “Gesture command” allows user to route home or to recent destinations with one quick finger motion across the display

  • Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology for hands-free calling
  • Cobra GPSM 7700 Pro Portable Truck GPS Navigator


    The Cobra GPSM 7700 Professional Driver Navigation has an easy to use, sleek, thin, and light-weight 7″ touch screen. This unit is equipped with AURA camera and driving hazard protection, which alerts drivers to speed and red light cameras, as well as speed traps and dangerous intersections. The Cobra GPSM 7700 also calculates the quickest travel route in accordance with national and state truck restrictions using the vehicle dimensions (height, width and weight).
  • 7 inch touch screen

  • Enhanced truck-specific routing

  • Truck-specific points of interest powered by ProMiles

  • Comercial vehicle service & support information powered by TruckDown

  • AURA camera and driving hazard protection
  • Sonocaddie Auto Play Golf GPS


    Sonocaddie Auto Play Golf GPS.
    The Sonocaddie Auto Play Golf GPS is engineered to enhance, improve, and add enjoyment to your golf game. All courses are preloaded onto the unit, so just open it up and it’s ready to go. No membership or course downloads is required. Simple and convenient to use, you can see the distance to critical targets from any point on the golf course. A convenient scorecard function is handy at the touch of a button and you can customize each course by adding in more targets to enhance your play.
     
    Specifications:
    • Size: 108 x 58.3 x 28.4mm (4.3 x 2.3 x 1.1 inches)
    • Weight: 140g (4.95 oz)
    • Storage: Stores up to 30,000 golf courses, 100 scorecard
    • Power: Rechargeable battery / Up to 12 hours
    • Display: 2.2 inches (220 x 176 Pix) high-resolution color LCD with backlight
    • Language Support: English / Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese / German / French / Japanese / Spanish
    • Distance: Unit Yard / meter / mile / kilometer

    TomTom XXL 540TM Portable GPS Navigator


    TomTom Advanced Lane Guidance gives you extra clarity when navigating difficult junctions by showing you which lane to take, so you won’t miss your turn or have to make sudden, dangerous lane crossings. Photorealistic images and a pulsing green arrow indicate exactly which lane to use, so you can go confidently.
    TomTom XXL 540-S Automobile Navigator 1EP0.001.03 Portable / Handheld NavigatorsGet street smart with the TomTom XXL 540TM–complete, 5.0 inch widescreen navigation featuring Lifetime Traffic and Map Updates.

    Onda VP90 seven-Inch Touch Display Transportable GPS Navigator With FM Transmitter Evaluation


    Onda VP90 seven-Inch Touch Display Transportable GPS Navigator With FM Transmitter Evaluation.
    The VP90 makes use of the windows CE 6. embeded OS from microsoft allowng for a steady system and also offers the GPS space for expanding, adding new apps and loading up your very own favored GPS navigation software
    The player arrives with a genuinely great style front finish and has entire multimedia abilities, with motion pictures, songs, ebooks and photo browsing to identify but a handful of.
    As the VP90 does use WinCE you can also load any other GPS application for WinCE and run it on the VP90.

    Navman e-Series GPS Navigator


    The NAVMAN GPS e Series for notebook computers is an easy-to-use solution that turns a notebook computer with a USB port into a complete navigational system. You get everything you need for real-time mobile GPS direction and mapping capabilities. Just load the Rand McNally StreetFinder Deluxe Travel Navigation Software onto your PC. Plug the GPS receiver into your notebook’s USB port and you’re ready to plan trips, locate destinations and find points of interest such as hotels and restaurants. Your navigational solution operates using your notebook’s power source and provides precise information on your location and how to get to your destination.

    Pentax O-GPS SLR Camera Accessory


    PENTAX announced the O-GPS1, a weather-resistant GPS unit that tracks both basic geographical and celestial body location data for earthbound and astrophotography purposes.
    Mounted on the hot shoe of select PENTAX digital SLR cameras*, the O-GPS1 unit records latitude, longitude, altitude, and universal time coordinated (UTC) of shooting locations with captured images. Image files with this GPS data may be used to track shooting locations and review location data on a personal computing device. The GPS location data also helps sort and file recorded images.
    Some of the O-GPS1's functions may not be available when used with the 645D. Compatible PENTAX digital SLR camera bodies must be updated with the latest firmware version for proper O-GPS1 functionality.
    The O-GPS1 mounts easily on the hot shoe of a compatible PENTAX DSLR camera to records the latitude, longitude, altitude, universal time coordinated (UTC) and direction of the shooting location onto captured images. Using mapping software such as Google Earth, users may recall shooting locations and directions on a map. GPS functionality also helps sort and file-recorded images.
    The O-GPS1 offers a Simple Navigation function, which calculates the direction and distance to a given destination from the current position. Users may locate destinations using location data stored on recorded images or register/assign destinations by uploading location data created on a personal computing device.
    The O-GPS1 features an Electronic Compass function, which displays the camera's direction on its LCD monitor with great precision. Using the aspect of geomagnetism detected by its magnetic sensor and GPS location data, the unit indicates the aspect in relation to true north. Users may record directional data on captured images.

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    iPhone 4


    iPhone 4 finds your location quickly and accurately using a combination of GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular towers.
    Maps on iPhone 4 look amazingly crisp and detailed on the high-resolution Retina display. You can switch between map view, satellite view, and hybrid view.
    The Compass app works with the built-in digital compass to tell you which direction your iPhone is facing.

    Garmin Nuvi 265W/265WT


    Garmin Nuvi 265W/265WT supplies comprehensive traveling directions yet still permits you to keep your eyes while travelling ahead.
    The unit provides vocal driving directions on your journey so you avoid getting lost. In spite of this, this GPS unit has a wide screen that you can still look at information from even though in sunlight. The result is that no matter from which location or what angle you look at the screen it will always be readable.

    TomTom XL 340-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator


    TomTom XL 340-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator.
    Did you know that every year, roads change by up to 40% in high-growth areas? Tele Atlas manages this by using the world’s most comprehensive systems to identify and incorporate these changes into our maps with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy. All TomTom devices benefit from the Tele Atlas advantage–more coverage, more points of interest, and more freshness and accuracy.

    Maylong ML-205 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator


    Maylong personal portable GPS is the answer from Maylong Group – the Creator of the Maylong Portable GPS.
    About the size of a deck of cards, this device comes with the Maylong GPS Navigation software with the familiar and ease-of-use interface. ML-205 comes with the following features: Preloaded maps of the contiguous U. S. states with 1.7 million searchable points of interest, Visual and voice turn-by-turn navigation, so you can keep your eyes on the road while navigating, Backlit 3.5″ color LCD touch screen with 320 x 240 resolution for easy navigation in 2D- and 3D map viewing, Built-in software user interface with easy-to-use Dummies style for simple operation

    Garmin nuvi 2250


    Garmin nuvi 2250 has an intuitive interface that greets you with two simple questions: “Where To?” and “View Map.” Touch the color screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions that speak street names to your destination.
     With the 2250′s enhanced user interface, you can slide your finger to conveniently scroll between screens. You also can upload custom points of interest (POIs). And with HotFix satellite prediction, nüvi calculates your position faster to get you there quicker.

    Magellan Professional Mobile Mapper 6


    Magellan Professional MobileMapper 6
    MobileMapper 6 is an affordable and easy-to-use, professional GPS/GIS handheld receiver.
    The high-sensitivity GPS receiver tracks up to 12 satellites simultaneously, to accurately update your position every one second. Running Windows Mobile 6, you can collect GIS data in the software of your choice. We can supply the MobileMapper 6 with GBM Mobile, OziExplorer, or the Magellan Mobile Mapping Software. Ask for other options if you also want to turn the device into an in-car navigator that speaks street names!
    The Mobile Mapper 6 weighs less than 224g, and is supplied with a built in 2MP camera. Bluetooth comes standard, as well as an SD storage option for raster maps, photos, or videos etc. Embedded speaker and microphone make it easy to record audio files or field notes. Running on 2 x AA batteries will allow for 10 hours of operation.

    Garmin Dakota 20 GPS 010-00781-01



    Outdoor navigation meets touchscreen simplicity in Dakota 20. This rugged, palm-sized navigator combines touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix™ satellite prediction, barometric altimeter, 3-axis electronic compass and microSD™ card slot in one affordable, power-packed punch.
    Dakota 20 makes outdoor navigation effortless with a tough, sunlight-readable, 2.6 inch color touchscreen display. The interface is easy to use, so you'll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Dakota 20 is built to withstand the elements: bumps, dust, dirt and water are no match for this rugged navigator.

    Garmin Nuvi 1490 LMT


    Garmin Nuvi 1490 LMT Description

    Take advantage of this bundle package which includes Garmin nuMap Lifetime Map update to guarantee you will always have the latest mapping on your navigator!
    The large screen nüvi 1490LMT comes with FREE Lifetime Maps and Traffic and offers multiple-point routing and Lane Assist with junction view to help you manage busy highway interchanges. It announces streets by name, has hands-free calling compatibility and pedestrian navigation options. The ecoRoute™ feature calculates a more fuel-efficient route.
    With Touchscreen Display. you can always View map detail, driving directions, and get the big pictures, you can even view photos and more in bright, brilliant color. With its big, bold display, you won’t miss a thing. It’s easy to see where you’re going on nüvi 1490LMT’s 5-inch (12.7 cm) touchscreen display.