Posts Tagged ‘gps’
Tom Tom and Renault launch electric car navigation
At last someone has seen the light and for once produced something entirely useful for the electric car; and that someone is Tom Tom. Not content with dominating the navigation market the navigation superhero has turned its attention to the electric car in a way that is so beneficial to electic car owners you have to ask yourself why has it taken so long? Thankfully Renault has seen the light…
Pioneer’s Appradio makes your dash even more dashing.
It was inevitable. It had to come eventually and now it has. In car audio has officially gone mobile. Pioneer, never one to shirk its responsibilities, has been the first out of the blocks to fully integrate a smart phone into an in car audio system. The Appradio is a WVGA 6.1” touch screen radio that fits flush into your car’s dashboard to provide all your in car entertainment as…
TomTom Start 20: TomTom goes easy on first time users
No one can accuse any reader of latest gadgets to be anything other than comfortable with new technology. But there are, believe it or not, people out there who get sweaty just thinking about it. The mere whisper of wireless free or Bluetooth is enough to send certain individuals diving for cover. It’s no wonder then, that the undisputed heavyweight champion of Sat Nav, has spotted an opportunity in the…
Autoglass 2020 Vision
Fortune-telling is a dubious business. And if Gypsy women with mystic balls and hordes of magic charms aren’t to be believed, what chance do windscreen manufacturer Autoglass have? Well, when the future is this cool, hopefully quite a lot. Autoglass has created a “2020 Vision campaign”, pondering what information our windscreens will show us in 2020. The video, included below, suggests combining augmented reality, visual sensors and GPS technology to…
Magellan eXplorist GC: Geocache me if you can
How many Geocache enthusiasts does it take to change a lightbulb? I don’t know but it’s probabaly a co-ordinated effort. None Geocachers might not get that … but they can always look it up. Anyway, enough reference humour! Geocaching, if you are unaware, is one of the nerdist outdoor pursuits that I’ve encountered and makes for a great day of family fun for nerds who have defied all odds and…
Nike+ SportWatch GPS Powered by TomTom review
For the second time this year, a PR company contacted me and said “fancy loosing some weight? Try this out!” I’d be outraged but both times there was a doughnut to my immediate left, waiting to be eaten. The first was the Philips DirectLife Monitor – an odd pedometer thing that tracks your movement throughout the day and then chastises you for sitting in a chair all day typing. The…
Nike+ SportWatch GPS: Keeping you on track?
Nike has teamed up with TomTom, one of the world leaders in GPS mapping systems, to provide runners with the ideal digital performance coach. There are specific runner watches already on the market, Polar for instance, has been in exercise technology for years, but Nike does it with style. Large digital numbers and a dark black band with a green/yellow underside screams latest fashion to me. With just three buttons…
TomTom and NIKE team up to motivate runners
If this is the year you plan to run a marathon (or indeed run around the block in a bid to get fit), here’s a gadget designed to make the experience a bit more interesting. Sports legend Nike has teamed up with satnav specialist TomTom to produce the NIKE+ Sportwatch GPS. Unfortunately it has just been released at CES in Las Vegas and won’t actually be available until April, but…
Zeal Optics GPS Goggles: A James Bond gadget for the slopes
If you’re heading to the slopes this winter, the Zeal Optics GPS Goggles are the latest must-have accessory. Now you can head down the black run and – just like something out of a James Bond movie – in front of your eyes will appear all the data about just how fast you’re really going, how far you’ve travelled, and indeed, where you are. The trick is in the goggles’…
K100 Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone: One giant leap for handsfree calling
Here’s a fact you that, unless you are an employee of Plantronics or a serious moonlanding buff, you probably won’t know. Plantronics provided the headset that Neil Armstrong wore when he first stepped out of the Apollo 11 and onto the Moon in 1969, and relayed his infamous ‘one small step…’ quote. Now, to matters of relevance; them at Plantronics have left the Moon behind and developed something for use…
