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Magellan eXplorist GC geocaching GPS handset
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 24 March 2010 | No Comments
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The Magellan eXplorist GC is a new GPS handset designed to cache in on geocaching, a hobby for people who own their own waterproof trousers. It boasts a SiRFstarIII GPS chipset for 3-metre accuracy, and integrates with the Web to track down secret stas…
Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid: Which one is better GPS capability wise?
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 11 March 2010 | No Comments
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Smart phones come equipped with built in GPS. So now it can be not be an excuses if one turns up late. Exactly, that’s what we are trying to explore. Smart phone’s destination navigation application will help you to get to your destination faster.W…
Geosense brings GPS-free location awareness to Windows 7
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 01 March 2010 | No Comments
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Two of my favorite Windows tinkerers — Rafael Rivera and Long Zheng — got tired of waiting for someone, somewhere to make use of Windows 7’s cool, built-in sensor support. Rather than twiddle their thumbs like certain non-coders who are writing about…
GPS: Great – if you already know
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 01 March 2010 | No Comments
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If you already know where you are going, an in-car GPS unit can be helpful, and fun. But there are limitations to Global Positioning Satellite units. One of our riders received one at Christmas fand have been trying it out, intermittently.I haven’t yet…
Raytheon Wins Next-Gen GPS Award
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 01 March 2010 | No Comments
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The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base has awarded the Next Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) program to Raytheon Intelligence & Information Systems of Aurora, Colo.Raytheon beat a rival Northro…
Garmin’s New Forerunner Is King of Wrist-Mounted Trainers
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 30 May 2009 | No Comments
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Garmin’s newest wrist-top fitness watch is a 50-megaton blast forward that combines the best of the company’s past two Forerunner models — the 305 and 405 — but easily laps both on almost all counts. Like its predecessors, the 310XT uses GPS to tra…
Garmin GPSMAP 640
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 05 October 2008 | No Comments
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GPSMAP 640 is the latest dual purpose GPS navigation system from Garmin for both the land and the sea. GPSMAP 640 is portable and rugged, and has a waterproof (IPX7) 5.2″ WVGA touchscreen display with 800×480 pixels resolution. It comes preloaded …
Lenovo GPS phone
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 16 August 2008 | No Comments
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Who knew Lenovo did GPS phones? This one we have is apparently Lenovo P990 and is available in Asia. Now you know that Lenovo doesn't only make great business-class computers, they are also in the handset business with the Lenovo P990 being the lat…
New Garmin Oregon Series
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 19 July 2008 | No Comments
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Just 4 months after Colorados, Garmin announces new handheld GPS-s OREGON.The new boxes are a little smaller and lighter than the Colorado series, with a rugged, waterproof casing, 3-inch 240 X 400 sunlight readable touchscreens, customizable user prof…
Google’s new technology could enable location-finding services on cell phones that lack GPS.
Yazan: HighSpeedSat | 28 March 2008 | No Comments
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As more mobile phones tap into the Internet, people increasingly turn to them for location-centric services like getting directions and finding nearby restaurants. While Global Positioning System (GPS) technology provides excellent accuracy, only a fra…
