Latest Motorola MC70 blessed with GPS

Latest Motorola MC70 blessed with GPS: "

It's been a tick since Motorola / Symbol's MC70 saw a notable refresh, but today Moto is announcing that the newest version of its rugged Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA) will boast GPS capability. The firm claims that this addition will allow organizations with field-based employees to 'track and manage dynamic, real-time tasking, as well as verify specific locations of activities and provide mobile workers with pinpoint navigation support to improve location-based productivity.' Additionally, the device will still include barcode data and signature capture, WWAN, 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth, and should be available for sale worldwide in Q1 of 2008.

(Via Engadget CELLS.)

Michelin's New X-970 GPS Includes Michelin Green Guide Content, Does Traffic

Michelin's New X-970 GPS Includes Michelin Green Guide Content, Does Traffic: "

ViaMichelin's, a subdivision of automotive tire company Michelin, is rolling out their newest navigation unit the X-970.

The major feature that ViaMichelin is pushing is their integration with their exclusive Michelin Green Guide content. X-970 users can go to ViaMichelin.com to plan upcoming trips by dragging and dropping restaurants and other destinations onto your unit. The Michelin Guides are highly regarded in Europe and ViaMichelin is hoping to bring this success to the US.

The new unit will feature the usual text-to-speech, Bluetooth, real-time traffic capability, SD card slot and sports a 3.5' screen.

X-970 is expected to hit retail stores soon with a street price of $349.

(Via GPS Magazine.)

Pioneer intros nine new GPS models in the AVIC lineup

Pioneer intros nine new GPS models in the AVIC lineup: "

In Japan, Pioneer is looking to add to their AVIC lineup by introducing not one, but nine different GPS models. Among these, the most impressive one is probably the AVIC-HRZ009G.

This new GPS boasts a large 7 inch touch screen, keep in mind most GPS’ screens are much smaller, a 40GB hard drive, yes 40, and an optical drive that can play DVDs and CDs. It also supports MP3, WMA and AAC files for music. Additionally, it supports DivX for movies and features a digital and analog TV receiver. If you wish to add on to this already expensive device, then you can buy a special cable which can connect your iPod up, using a special interface.

As previously mentioned, this and the other models in the AVIC lineup will retail in Japan for 1600 Euros or around $2,268 dollars.

(Via Gadgetell.)

Alpine PMD-B200 Blackbird II with 10GB of memory

Alpine PMD-B200 Blackbird II with 10GB of memory: "

Alpine quietly made a new GPS navigation system available at Crutchfield called PMD-B200 Blackbird II, without even announcing it on their own website first.

The new BlackBird II has a 4″ display with 480 x 272 pixels resolution, touch screen controls, and maps that cover the United States including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Canada. PMD-B200 also has an extensive POI database that contains everything from a gas station to a small museum. Alpine Blackbird II also doubles as a media player handling file formats such as MP3 and WMA which can be brought on board using an SD card.

What’s different about PMD-B200 is that it has a 10GB hard disk drive but on the website there’s no mention of how much space is available for your media files. Maybe none? Good thing it supports SD cards upto 4GB - which is still a lot of music and videos.

Alpine Blackbird II is listed at $700 but is currently out of stock.

(Via NaviGadget.)

SkyCaddie SG5 Pro helps golfers with GPS

SkyCaddie SG5 Pro helps golfers with GPS: "

Sky Golf GPS was one of the first companies to offer a hand held GPS device for golfers. Once you get your hands on the SG5 Pro for about $430 you can download golf courses from company’s website.



SG5 Pro has as a large color display and a durable battery. It also has a patented IntelliGreen technology which enables golfers to measure the full depth and shape of the green from any angle of approach and shows distances for all targets and hazards on any of SkyGolf’s mapped courses.

SG5 is currently the most advanced hand held device offered from SkyCaddie and the only one with a color screen.

(Via NaviGadget.)

Navman launches F10

Navman launches F10: "

Right after renewing its S series sat nav systems with S30, S50, S70 and S90i, Navman is adding a new member to its F series: Navman F10.

F10 will follow the form factor of the F series, and will look quite similar to the F20 which we had talked about here at NaviGadget. F10 is an entry level model and it uses a light version of Navman’s navigation software called SmartST 2008. As usual F10 also offers preloaded radar database. On the other hand, it does not come with a USB cable nor the Navman Desktop software, which is necessary for the update of the radars. It is an optional add-on for 15 €. F10 also is not compatible with live traffic information.

The maps come from Tele Atlas and dates back to April 2007 and it is stored on the 512MB internal storage like the S series. F10 comes with a SiRF Star III GPS chip and has a 3.5″ display.

Navman F10 will be offered at 150 € (appx $213).

(Via NaviGadget.)

new Navman S30

new Navman S30: "

The recent S series from Navman we talked about few weeks ago also offer a basic model called S30 which only cost about £ 146 in the U.K. It is truly an entry level system - with only extra that comes out of the box is pre-installed safety camera data which is about to become a standard for sat nav systems offered in Europe.

There’s no word if the Navman S30 will make it to the States side just yet.

(Via NaviGadget.)