Garmin has announced its flagship GPSMAP 696 and GPSMAP 695 portable aviation navigation devices, updated from the company’s GPSMAP 495 and 496, and for brevity’s sake I’ll run down the impressive feature set of its flagship model in point form.
The GPSMAP 696 features:
7-inch high-res portrait display
bottom soft keys to control most-used features on any page
dedicated [...]
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NDrive, the company behind the GPS navigator with the breathalyzer add-on, has four new GPS units launching in Portugal and they look mighty impressive. Before I even tell you anything about the guts of these new PND’s, I must point out that they’re only 1.3 centimeters thin and weigh in at 110 grams. NDrive claims [...]
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Korea-based ReignCom has launched the iriver NV Mini in Korea. The NV Mini combines GPS functionality with an emphasis on the multimedia features of a portable media player. Offering up a 3.5-inch 320 x 240 pixel display, the iriver NV Mini has 4 GB of internal memory, expandable to 8 GB, runs on Windows CE [...]
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Walmart Selling Cheap G1’s: If you haven’t headed down to T-Mobile to pick up your G1 yet, or are at the end of a previous contract, consider heading down to one of 550 Wally Mart’s to pick up yours for $148.88 after signing a 2-year agreement. That’s $31.11 cheaper than T-Mobile sells the T-Mobile G1 [...]
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TomTom’s GO 540, GO 740, and GO 940 LIVE models will finally be available in the UK come mid-November. They’ll be priced at £299.99, £349.99 and £449.99 RRPs respectively, with fuel vouchers for £30 (540), £40 (740) and £50 (940).
The connected GO LIVE line features IQ Routes, based on historical traffic data, that thanks to [...]
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If you’re headed to the SEMA automotive trade show in Las Vegas starting November 4, keep your eyes peeled for the NCC (National Christmas Company) to unveil a line of Goodyear-branded navigation systems.
The new lineup will include the entry-level GY130 and GY135, mid-range GY140 and GY145, and a group of higher-end PND’s including the GY440.
All [...]
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According to this morning’s Wall Street Journal, Motorola’s co-CEO Sanjay Jha said that the company will take Android far beyond next year’s purported Motorola Android phone release and focus on the Google-developed operating system for the long haul.
Right now Motorola uses seven different platforms for all of it’s phones, but thanks to continued losses, they’ll [...]
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I’m sorry to say it, but boating and fishing fans everywhere have really been disappointing Garmin. The company’s marine segment has shown virtually no growth this year, and Garmin expects it to stay that way until their fiscal year-end. Of course it hasn’t been your fault entirely; fuel prices were pretty high not that long [...]
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AT&T, true to their announcement in mid-October, have released the Pantech Slate today. Claimed to be the world’s thinnest QWERTY keyboard handset, the Slate is less than 1 centimeter thick and will be the newest member of AT&T’s quick messaging line. Build for IM and email fanatics, the Pantech handset is colored black and royal [...]
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Garmin’s third quarter numbers looked fairly strong despite tough global economic conditions, mainly thanks to the introduction of the nuvi 2×5 and nuvi 7×5 series’ PND’s. Both of Garmin’s automobile/mobile and outdoor/fitness lines showed fairly significant revenue growth, however the company’s marine segment had an 8% decrease in revenues and both gross and operating margins [...]
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30. October 2008
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