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Tuesday, Jun 9
Mio sees consumer interest in combo GPS/TV
Last week at the Computex trade show in Taiwan, Mio Technologies presented two new Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs), Mio Moov V500 (4.7" display) and V700 (7" display) with a built-in digital TV tuner (DVB-T). This is the second range of PND/TV combo ...
SiRF's Chadha on GPS constellation reliability: "no panic"
By Kanwar Chadha, Founder, SiRF Technology The recent GAO Report on Global Positioning System (GPS) brings up a number of relevant issues in sustaining and upgrading the system to keep up with the challenges of meeting the expectations of both military ...
Monday, Jun 1
LG ships first feature phone with off-board nav
Last week handset manufacturer LG Electronics shipped the LG GT505, its first feature phone to offer GPS and turn by turn navigation. “Mobile GPS-navigation services have previously been preserved for high end handsets segment”, said Daniel Hernandez, ...
Wednesday, May 27
Garmin on-board nav debuts in Nigeria
IL This month, Garmin started the distribution of its on-board navigation software in Nigeria, locally called Garmap for Mobile. Garmap, the exclusive distributor of Garmin in Africa has strong ambition for the Nigerian market. The package is selling for ...
McMurdo selected u-blox GPS for Fast Find PLB
IL Traditionally (ie without GPS) ground stations track the satellites and process the distress signals to obtain a location of the distress. With an integrated GPS the location of the distress is quicker and much more accurate (the 406 MHz signal allows ...
Tuesday, May 19
Destinator to feature Blom's aerial imagery, 3D Cities
IL Intrinsyc Software International, today announced a broad-based partnership with the Blom Group which includes the integration of Blom's oblique aerial images and 3D City Models into Destinator, the GPS navigation software from Intrinsyc. ...
Thursday, May 14
Is GPS satellites constellation at risk?
If the Air Force does not meet its schedule goals for development of GPS IIIA satellites, there will be an increased likelihood that in 2010, as old satellites begin to fail, the overall GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites ...
Monday, May 11
A market for Time To First Fix Booster in PNDs?
IL In order to produce a valid position, a GPS receiver must know (among other measurements) the position of its reference points: the GPS satellites. The GPS satellite position can be accurately reconstructed starting from a set of data called ephemeris ...
Tuesday, Jan 6
Opinion: Ford innovates with hybrid phone/in-dash navigation system
Phones Review IL - This factory-fitted system called “FordMobile Navigation” comprises a GPS and a Bluetooth kit in the dashboard that connects to the driver’s mobile phone ... Mobile phone vehicle dashboard hybrid navigation by Ford Phones Review all 2 news articles
