Garmin-Asus has launched its first Android powered Navigation smartphone, the Garmin-Asus A10 Smartphone that is powered by Android v2.1 Eclair operating system offering full multi-tasking capabilities and is packed with some unique features to help users access their applications faster and easier.

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Interestingly, Garmin-Asus’s earlier launched Garmin-Asus Nuvifone M10 GPS Device/Smartphone was powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system and that appeared more a dedicated GPS based navigational device than smartphone. The much anticipated Garmin Asus A10 smartphone is the first Android powered Navigation smartphone to be launched in India and is just second handset (first being Nuvifone M10) featuring Smart3 phone encompassing a phone, powerful internal GPS navigation device & social media tool, all packed in one slim, ergonomic and stylish package. “Smart3” aptly describe the M10 as the gateway to Smart Phone, Smart Navigation & Smart Lifestyle.

The device also features built-in Accelerometer sensor for auto display rotate, Digital Compass,  and offers multi-touch input method and sports a large 3.2-inch, 256K color capable, 320 x 480 resolution resistive touchscreen display. The Garmin-Asus A10 offering users seamless data  connectivity with exhaustive options that includes 3G HSDPA 3.6Mbps download speed wireless connection, GPRS class 10, EDGE class 10,  Bluetooth v2.0+EDR and A2DP stereo wireless connection and WiFi 802.11 802.11b/g wireless LAN connection. Garmin-Asus A10 also features a 5.0 Megapixel auto-focus camera with maximum 2592 x 1944 pixel still picture resolution along with Geo-Tagging feature in addition to a front facing VGA resolution secondary camera for video calling on 3G network.

The Garmin-Asus A10 supports Google Mobile Services that includes apps for Gmail and YouTube and comes with built-in access to Google Android Market featuring an estimated 100,000 free high quality applications ready to download. Supported by the advanced Garmin GPS navigation technology, even in undesirable weather conditions, the Garmin-Asus A10 handset offers an impressive time to first fix (TTFT) (timeframe to acquire a satellite lock) of 33 seconds.

Other features include MP3 audio media player supporting MP3/eAAC+/WAV files, video media player supporting MP4/H.263/H.264 files, document viewers, and photo editor application. The Garmin-Asus A10 GPS enabled smartphone comes with 1500 mAh battery and is available  for $425/- with one year warranty.

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Equipment characteristics:

• Triband GSM 900/1800/1900
• Bluetooth 1.2 with DUN, OPP, SPP, HSP, HFP profiles
• IEC IP52 protection from water, dust, vibration and fall
• Protected against falls of up to 1.65 m height
• Powerful audio even in a noisy environment (+95 dB)
• Large, bright color display with 65,000 colors, 128×160 pixels, praske
• Stable buttons with a strong pressure point
• Operating temperature of-20C ° C to +60 °
• Standby time: about 200 hours of talk: about 4 hours
• Battery: Li Ion 1100mAh
• Dimensions: 113 x 50 x 22 mm (HxWxD), weight 128 g
• Without camera, also allows use in security fields
• Supported languages: English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

The new GPS TomTom930 version, Tomtom GO wants to be even more powerful and more accurate. Its new mapping Europe and its new features navigation seduce you dice the first moment of use. Benefit in addition to the traffic information through the antenna TMC delivered in this pack.  Thanks to technology iQ Roads, the TomTom GO 930T calculates your route based on the actual speed of movement detected, and not on the theoretical maximum speed to systematically offer the course in the most ingenious, which saves you money, time and fuel.

GPS TomTom Go 930T

Basic Features GPS TomTom Go 930T :
* Integrated TMC
* Widescreen 4.3-inch LCD
* Format 16:9
* Compatible with SD and MMC
* Ultra sensitive GPS receiver
* Integrated FM Transmitter
* Road maps of 35 countries: Europe, Russia, Canada, USA

ASUS R600 an extremely slim and powerful navigation device with automatic light sensor. Through an automatic adjustment of the backlight of the LCD display makes the sensor for the optimal brightness on the screen. Whether by day, night or even when driving through a tunnel – the driver can always comfortable navigating instructions on the monitor. The feature Destinator 6.0 software, supplied on CD Pan-European maps and a powerful 2200mAh battery enable mobile professionals navigate up to 6 hours. Moreover convinced the new ASUS R600 with free, useful entertainment applications such as an integrated MP3 player at a very good price.

Travelling is a particularly light and handy ASUS R600 with its additional entertainment functions as a perfect co-pilot. Immediate distraction and business at a picnic allows ASUS R600 by a click on MP3 files or images, and even small videos can easily be played.

Included maps:

• Major Roads of Europe
• Germany
• BeNeLux (consisting of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)
• Iberia (consisting of Spain and Portugal)
• Italy
• Alps (consisting of Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy, South-East France, southern Germany)
• France
• Scandinavia (consisting of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland)
• UK / Ireland (consisting of the United Kingdom and Ireland)
• Eastern Europe (consisting of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece)
• A, AL, B, BG, BIH, CH, CZ, DK, D, E, EST, F, FIN, GB, GM, H, HR, I, IRL, L, LT, LV, MK, N, NL , P, PL, RO, S, SCG, SK, SLO

Technical data:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows CE 5.0
• Display: 4.3 inch TFT (WQVGA) touchscreen; 65,000 colors, 480 x 272 pixels
• CPU: Samsung 400 MHz
• Memory: 128 MB Flash ROM integrates 64 MB SDRAM
• GPS: SiRF III GPS chip set
• Expansion: SD memory cards up to 4 GB
• Interfaces: Bluetooth 2.0
• Audio: Integrated MP3 player, video player and image viewer (Image)
• Power supply: 2200 mAh lithium-ion battery for approximately 6 hours duration grid
• Dimensions: 134mm x 83 mm x 18 mm (H)
• Weight: 260g
• Delivery: AC adapter, car charger, car holder, SD Card

Technical specifications:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0
• Processor: Samsung 2443 – 400Mhz
• Memory:
  • ROM: 512MB (for programs and data)
  • RAM: 64MB SDRAM
• LCD display:
  • 3.5 “transflective TFT-LCD with backlight
  • Touch Screen
  • 240 x 320 pixels
  • landscape and portrait display
  • 64,000 colors
• GPS receiver:
  • integrated Sirf Star III GPS receiver
  • External antenna connector
  • External TMC connection
• Communication:
  • Touch Screen
  • Speaker
  • 2.5 mm headphone port
  • Microphone
  • ExternerTMC
  • Storage Expansion: MMC, SD, SDHC, SDIO card
  • 2.0 miniUSB
  • Bluetooth v2.0
  • Wi-Fi 802.11b + g
• Size: 115 mm (L) X 72 mm (W) X 17.8 mm (T)
• Weight: 170g
• Battery / Time: 1350mAh / up to 8 hours with GPS up to 4.5 h

Technical specifications:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0
• Processor: Samsung 2443 – 400Mhz
• Memory:
  • ROM: 512MB (for programs and data)
  • RAM: 64MB SDRAM
• LCD display:
  • 3.5 “transflective TFT-LCD with backlight
  • Touch Screen
  • 240 x 320 pixels
  • landscape and portrait display
  • 64,000 colors
• GPS receiver:
  • integrated Sirf Star III GPS receiver
  • External antenna connector
  • External TMC connection
• Communication:
  • Touch Screen
  • Speaker
  • 2.5 mm headphone port
  • Microphone
  • ExternerTMC
  • Storage Expansion: MMC, SD, SDHC, SDIO card
  • 2.0 miniUSB
• Size: 115 mm (L) X 72 mm (W) X 17.8 mm (T)
• Weight: 170g
• Battery / Time: 1350mAh / up to 8 hours with GPS up to 4.5 h

The GPSmap 60CSx also has an electronic compass, which the direction already in a standstill can be identified and a barometric altimeter for air pressure and height measurements, thanks to its own memory for the determination of air pressure trends or recording of height profiles is suitable.

The functions

• One-handed, large graphical backlit 256-color TFT display (transflective), and buttons
• Autorouting with appropriate (routable) MapSource ™ card products (turn-by-turn on Abbiegehinweise is an acoustic signal out display in the display, but no language edition).
• Country navigation (on the borders)
• The TracBack ™ – function automatically saves your way, so you back without waypoint input.
• Selectable waypoint icons
• Date Benutzerdefinierbares card and card grid
• 10,000 + 20 x 500 track points, 1,000 waypoints and 50 routes to 250 waypoints
• Uses ™ MapSource CDs / DVDs for more card details
• Height measurement accuracy up to 3 meters and 12 hours trend recording
• Ascent and descent rate (total, maximum and average) with a graphical representation, Gleitverhältnis
• Electronic compass
• Waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 (Code: 7), 30 min in 1 m water depth
• WAAS / EGNOS support for even more accurate position calculations

E-TEN is a prolific producer of Windows Mobile handhelds, and more often than not extra features like GPS and FM radio receivers are included as standard.That is the case with the M800, the company’s current flagship model, which seems to cram in just about every feature any PDA has ever had. As well as the GPS antenna, there is an application for making use of it which can send your current location identified in latitude and longitude as part of an SMS message.

3G with HSDPA support is included, and there is a front-facing camera for video calling as well as a back-mounted camera for shooting stills at resolutions up to 2 megapxiels. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are both built in too, and if you are thinking of using the Wi-Fi or 3G for Web browsing, then the fact that the 2.8-inch screen displays 640 x 480 pixels might be worth knowing. Most Windows Mobile devices stick resolutely with 320 x 240, and the extra pixels here help make the screen clear and sharp.

The S70 and S50 models have integrated Real-time Traffic information service for navigating around traffic congestion. The S series navigators come with a free lifetime subscription. Traffic information is provided by the RDS-TMC (Radio Data System – Traffic Message Channel), an FM based radio signal, which provides alerts on known problems such as accidents, congestion and road works. The Navman S Series provides you with Route Traffic Overview to see in advance what’s ahead and select a re-routing option if considered necessary.

The Navman S series GPS navigators utilize constantly updated Tele Atlas mapping information. Feedback on mapping inaccuracies can be forwarded using Navman’s iUpData service.

Safety camera locations are available through the S series navigators and a free 12 month safety camera data trial is included. The S Series GPS navigators will intelligently warn of cameras based on direction of travel and your speed relative to the local limit at that location. The iUpData database allows motorists to enter details of any new or inaccurate safety camera locations.

Navman S70 and S50 Series Car GPS Navigator Specification

With its widescreen display and preloaded maps of North America, nüvi 250W delivers directions on the go — wherever life takes you. For an additional cost savings, check out nüvi 200W which offers less map coverage at a lower price. Like the rest of the nüvi 200-series, nüvi 250W is affordably priced and simple to use.

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With nüvi 250W’s widescreen display, you’ll always get the big picture. View map detail, driving directions, photos and more in bright, brilliant color. Its sunlight-readable, 4.3-inch display is easy to read — from any direction.

Navigate with Ease

nüvi 250W comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply touch the color screen to enter a destination, and nüvi takes you there with 2-D or 3-D maps and turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition, nüvi 250W accepts custom points of interest (POIs), such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs.

Take It With You

Like the rest of the nüvi 200-series, nüvi 250W sports a sleek, slim design and fits comfortably in your pocket or purse. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot.

Go Beyond Navigation

Navigation is just the beginning. nüvi 250W includes many travel tools including JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. It also comes with Garmin Lock™, an anti-theft feature, and is compatible with our free Garmin Garage where you can download custom vehicles that show your location on the map. Enhance your travel experience with optional plug-in SD cards such as Garmin Travel Guides for detailed data on attractions.

Announced by Asus in September, R700 GPS navigation device will be a high-end model with a 4.3 inch touch screen and RDS/TMC traffic receiver. It does not have an FM transmitter to utilize your car audio for voice directions but it does have text-to-speech function to speak out street names.

Another nice feature on the new Asus R700 is the ability to read text messages from your cell phone using the hands free bluetooth kit.

Also we now can confirm that the navigation software will be iGO 8, the latest version that integrates 3D images of certain sites such as historic buildings and other structures.

More features and specs of Asus R700:

• SiRF Star III integrated GPS receiver
• 4.3″ touch screen
• Light sensor
• Hands free bluetooth kit
• Anti Echo Function
• Integrated RDS/TMC receiver
• Samsung 2440 Processor
• microSD Port
• Mini USB 1.1
• 64 MB SDRAM
• 128 MB ROM
• 1300 mAh Lithium-Ion battery
• iGO 8 navigation software with maps of Europe and 3D rendering of select structures
• Windows CE.net 5.0
• Music player: AAC, MP3, WMA; and video player: MPEG4, H263

R700 is expected to be available in Europe this December for somewhere between 400 € and 500 €

Covert Portable GPS Jammer Covert Portable GPS Jammer. Are you sick of being tracked like a criminal? This portable GPS jammer will ensure you can do what you want with out big brother looking over your shoulder. Lightweight and easy to conceal this jammer will block all GPS traffic out to a range of 10m from the device. Useful car and mains power adapters are included to ensure protection all day. Great for use in the company car for when you choose to have a long lunch. Note: Before purchasing this item, please check your local laws and import restrictions for this type of device. China Manufacturer Specification Main Function: GPS Frequency Jammer Working Band: 1500-1600MHz Typical Coverage: 3-15 meters Transmit Power: 10dBm Typical Battery Life: 3 hours Working Temperature: -0 deg C to +50 deg C Dimensions: 96x45x17mm (no antenna) 169x45x17mm (with antenna attached) (L x W x D) Product Notes Easy to conceal Full metal casing Charge and Operation Indicator LEDs Package Contents Model CVSD-002 Car Charger Mains Charger (100-240V) Detachable Antenna

We recently got sent the new Navigon 7110 which is the top of the range European version and for one it certainly looks the part with its sleek black finish and excellent 4.3” anti-glare widescreen display.
The car cradle has also had the cat walk treatment and though it looks as if it will never fit in your car due to its size and handle shape design, it worked a treat and has one of the strongest suction cups we have ever seen, you could walk up glass windows with a pair of these (though we would not recommend it).

Navigon are also one of a handful of companies that remove the multimedia functions to concentrate on the Navigational experience and we are big fans of this, after all you buy a SatNav to navigate and not to listen to music.

What you do get is a unique interface and a selection of innovative features, the interface in question is different because it contains a series of animated menu options, so with a click of a button the option expands and another click sees it retract, this has the benefit of cramming more options into a smaller space, whilst still making it easier to navigate around the options.

Thankfully Navigon have sorted out the speed issue with this (that plagued the older 7000 TS model) and it now works pretty smoothly.

Inputting of destinations is straightforward to a certain degree and the usual methods of inputting postcodes and address are catered for, but it lacks a full QWERTY keyboard so all you have is an A-Z keyboard and two other screens containing numbers and special characters.

Also if you input a full postcode you can’t then refine the search further by adding a house number or street, so you have to put partial postcodes to get the full mix.

However you do have the option of saving your destinations as voice commands, which you can then navigate to later from the front screen by simply speaking back your saved command.

We have to say that the majority of times this option worked well, but it depends on how clear your initial recording was as to how accurate it can be.

A Bluetooth hands free option has now been added to the 7110 which was missing on the older 7000 model, this allows you to use the device as a hands free kit and was simple to setup and use.

Interestingly you now have a security pin function which will allow you to lock your GPS device with a password, thus rendering it unusable unless the password is entered.

During testing we found the device to be quick at locating our position and maintaining a satellite fix, all route-recalculations were quick and efficient, but more importantly route calculations have been optimised which was another criticism of their earlier TS 7000 T model.

Also the TMC alerts and safety camera features worked a treat during our tests with the latter showing you both visual and audible warnings of approaching cameras.

There is no text to speech voice directions on this model, but voice directions were clear and precise and it does speak major ‘A’ road junctions such as ‘turn left onto the A5127’.

We also noticed that you can now enable a new scenic route option, which once activated is designed to take you around the longer, but more interesting routes during your trips – useful if you wanted to explore your surroundings, but don’t want to get lost.

Some of the best options we have saved till last, the first of these is the useful Logbook function which you can activate before each trip. Once you start to drive the unit will begin to record information, such as mileage and speed, then when you have finished your route the information gathered can be fed into Excel in human readable form, which makes it an excellent tool for company car drivers.

The next innovative features are a god send for those who struggle with complex junctions. During your travels when entering major junctions the software will guide you both visually and audibly into which lane you need to be in.

And if you are on a motorway, such as the M6 and want to join the M42 turn off, the Reality view can kick in which then switches to a graphical – real time -representation of all the signs and lanes, it then guides you once again both visually and audibly until you have got into the correct junction and lane.

The Garmin Nuvi series of GPS devices enjoys a fair number of fans. The Nuvi 660 and the Nuvi 350 have earned an average of 7.5 and 8.6 user ratings, respectively. And it’s not hard to see why. These ultraportable gadgets not only serve as navigation aids but also offer travel-friendly features, such as travel guides and foreign language dictionaries–all while delivering solid performance and ease of use. However, we’ve always winced at the jaw-dropping price tags.

Well, it seems Garmin heard our cries, as the company has released a new family of Nuvi devices that are more wallet-friendly. The Garmin Nuvi 200 series includes three models: the Nuvi 200 ($428.56) with preloaded maps of the United States and Puerto Rico; the Nuvi 250 ($482.16), which adds maps of Canada; and the Nuvi 270 ($599.99), which comes preinstalled with maps of the United States, Canada, and more than 30 European countries. For our review, we took a look at the Nuvi 200. This entry-level model boasts an even sleeker design and continues to deliver the same intuitive interface and accurate directions. It strips out some of the more advanced travel and multimedia tools to cut costs, but even so, we wish the price was slightly lower–more in the $300 range. Still, with a little shopping around, you can probably find a deal and for the money, you’ll get a solid portable navigation system.

Design
At 3.8 inches wide by 2.8 inches high by 0.8 inch deep and 5.2 ounces, the Garmin Nuvi 200 isn’t that much bigger than today’s latest smart phones or PDAs; in other words, it’s pretty compact. It helps that the GPS antenna is now integrated into the device, unlike older Nuvi models like the Garmin Nuvi 350, which had a flip-up antenna. And while the Nuvi 200 is probably a little too bulky to fit into a pants pocket comfortably, you’ll have no problem carrying it in a bag, using it on foot, or transporting it between vehicles.

A 3.5-inch (diagonal) QVGA touch screen dominates the face of the Nuvi 200. The display itself is bright and sharp with a 320×240 pixel resolution and features an antiglare coating. Unlike the Mio C220, we had absolutely no problems viewing the Nuvi’s display in various lighting conditions, including bright sunlight.

Aside from a power/lock slider switch on top of the device, there are no other external controls, so all commands are registered via the responsive touch screen. While we like the minimalist design, we think a volume dial on the side would’ve been nice. There is an SD card expansion slot on the left side, and the speaker and power connector/mini USB port are on the back.