FineDigital showcases voice-recognizing FineDrive X700 GPS
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It’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen anything fresh from FineDigital, but the firm has just introduced the slim and seductive FineDrive X700 over in South Korea. Humorously, the company is asserting tha...
QSTARZ intros diminutive BT-Q1300 / BT-Q890 Bluetooth GPS receivers
Leave it to QSTARZ to innovate so dramatically upon the tried-and-true Bluetooth GPS receiver design. Okay, so maybe it just created two new 66-channel ones that are exceptionally small. Up first is the new BT-Q1300, a “miniature” device ...
Sony Ericsson pops out MD400 / MD400g HSPA USB modems
In case you couldn’t tell, Sony’s getting down at CommunicAsia. Next up from Singapore is a fresh pair of HSPA USB modems, the MD400 and GPS-packin’ MD400g. Both sticks pull double duty as a M2 / microSD card reader, but it’s n...
Switched On: Dash delivers open roads, open questions (Part 2)
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment
The last Switched On discussed the traffic-fighting prowess of the the Dash Express, now available for only $299. Its leading ad hoc l...
Samsung’s i900 Omnia gets official, hands-on treatment
One of Samsung’s worst kept secrets (if we can even call it that) has finally been “announced” by the company, and we’re guessing the timing here isn’t coincidental. Nevertheless, the Windows Mobile 6.1-powered i900 Omnia...
Mio’s navigator concept looks like a camera GPS Po’ Boy
This isn’t the first odd-ball GPS concept we’ve seen from Mio. This time, we’ve got a personal navigation device (PND) teamed with a digital camera. The device features a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 8 megapixel CCD, and presumably some kin...
Switched On: Dash delivers open roads, open questions (Part 1)
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment
What do you get when you cross a portable navigation device and a cellphone? Dash Navigation’s answer is the $399 Dash Express, ...
Another position artist emerges from woodwork, traces face via GPS
Get ‘em in quick folks, your 15 minutes are almost up. As position art has skyrocketed in popularity over the past week or so (it seems, anyway), we’ve found yet another artist who has drawn his face via GPS. Best of all, this one actually...