MapmyIndia, an Indian navigable map data provider, has launched GPS-based in-car navigation devices. The two models of MapmyIndia Navigator -Delphi Nav 200 and AMAX 06GP5A - use satellites to determine the location. While entering any destination across India, the MapmyIndia Navigator will guide you to your destination with visual map instructions supported by voice prompts.
The Navigator offers complete coverage of streets, localities, sub-localities, and points of interest in 18 major cities as well as access to 55,000 towns and villages connected by national and state highways, important landmarks within 150 cities and 200,000 tourist and business points of interest across the country.
The Navigator also auto re-route the destination in case you miss a turn. Other features of the MapmyIndia Navigator include: blocked roads or if you choose to follow an alternate road; detours to avoid specific roads; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Manas as GPS at 7:57 PM CST
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Blaupunkt has announced the TravelPilot Lucca 3.5, a circular GPS unit. It is presently aimed for Europe’s roads. This TravelPilot Lucca 3.5 features a 3.5-inch LCD, a Centrality Atlas III Dual Core 400MHz processor, detailed mapping of the UK and Ireland, major European roads, and detailed European mapping available at extra cost.
It also has a SD/SDHC/MMC slot, and locations of speed traps to save you a ticket.
It calculates the quickest, shortest and optimal route in record time and it even overlooks typing mistakes in the destination input. To make sure that nothing else can hold you back, there’s also dynamic routing around traffic congestion on the route up ahead. And you are warned of traffic congestion even when route guidance is not activated.
Thanks to the driver assistance functions the TravelPilot 3.5 Edition takes you anywhere you want, safely, reliably and more conveniently than ever before. Even speed limit warnings appear on the screen. Some of the additional features include:-
Samsung Electronics is launching its first touch-screen, full Internet-browsing mobile phone to occupy the domestic smartphone market in Korea.
The Korean electronics giant will start selling the M4650 ‘Multi-touch Phone’ via LG Telecom. The handset has a 2.8-inch LCD screen which doubles as a keypad, which is smaller than iPhone’s 3.5-inch display and thus is used with a stylus pen.
The smartphone market is getting bigger in other countries thanks to the development of the wireless Internet infrastructure. Phones with touch-sensitive screens are becoming ever more popular in the high-end market since the successful debut of the iPhone in the United States, where many people use it for listening to music, checking e-mails and for casual Web surfing.
Smartphones are being admired for their looks and utilities that they may become the PC of next generation thanks to their mobility and wireless Internet capability. Apple was the first to implement the full-browsing Internet function into its iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »
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Plustek Inc., announced the availability of its new scanner Plustek OpticPro A320 that makes large format scanning and management an easy affair. Plustek OpticPro A320 has been specially designed for professionals and institutional users who place a lot of emphasis on high quality results coupled with efficiency.
It is USB 2.0 scanning device that can scan an A3 size document with high quality – resolution as high as 1600 dpi and scanning area as large as 12” x 17” (304.8 mm x 431.8 mm) – in just 11.2 seconds. What’s more, it comes bundled with highly effective image processing and document management software for enhanced versatility. It provides for fast and secure PDF conversion, highly accurate optical character recognition (OCR) and easy sharing of files over a network.
Large format scanning is a typical requirement of specialized organizations and professionals and is generally considered to be very complex. Plustek OpticPro A320 makes is very easy for the end-user with its seven one-touch function buttons, faster scanning speed and bundled image processing & document management software Read the rest of this entry »
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Toshiba announced a new 22.2 inches PC LCD monitor, QUXGA-W LCD with a resolution of 3,840×2,400 pixels. It is said to be four times as sharp as typically larger 1920×1200 displays and even sharper than the 1680×1050 images often generated by LCDs at the same size. This gives it a 200DPI density closer to that of photo paper with a full 16.7 million colors.
The Toshiba monitor is with a pixel pitch of 0.1245mm (200dpi). Moreover, it comes with a DVI-D (24-pin) 2channel interface and supports Windows XO operating system. A dedicated graphics card is also sold separately. Read the rest of this entry »
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BharatMatrimony has partnered with mobile handset maker Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, to offer its services on `Nokia Catalogs’, a mobile shopping mall that offers a variety of content, applications and services on Nokia devices - anytime, anywhere.
Users will be able to download BharatMatrimony as an application in Nokia Catalogs and register their profiles. One can pay and access profiles of potential spouses, contact profiles and also request a background verification service.
BharatMatrimony which firmly believe in the power of technology, have been continuously innovating features to simplify the process of match making. Read the rest of this entry »
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Samsung Electronics America, Inc., announced its SyncMaster series of LCD displays with three new displays i.e. 920BM, 920WM both 19-inch monitors and 2220WM widescreen monitor.
All of the new monitors boast built-in speakers, which can either save consumers the cost of buying them separately, or save space on a desk by allowing them to ditch stand-alone speakers. Thus they are ideal for users looking for a compact solution. All three LCDs also share in common technologies which Samsung says deliver enhanced performance and image quality - an example of this is a response time of 5ms GTG.
The 920WM and 2220WM monitors have a 16:10 wide-screen format resulting in improved work efficiency, by supporting the multiple application windows simultaneously and resolutions of 1440 x 900 and 1680 x 1050, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
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LG has introduced a cool and eye catching MP3 player, Shining Stone UP3 S2. This small, sleek, LG baby features an OLED screen with 65000 colours. Available in black diamond, crystal silver, ruby red, pink topaz and sapphire blue, they have inbuilt flash memory capacities of either 1GB, 2GB and 4GB, and support a large number of formats, including MP3, WMA, OGG, and ASF.
A couple of features they have over the iPod Nano are the ability to record audio, and listen to FM radio. Since it doesn’t feature video playback, unlike almost all players nowadays, it probably won’t be any real threat to the Nano. Users can hook the latest UP3 S2 with USB connector and simply drag and drop the required files to enjoy their favorite music. It is likely to fare well in the market because of its cool design.LG’s latest MP3 player, the UP3, takes all the look and feel of the FM37 or the T54. Read the rest of this entry »
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New York based, DG2L Technologies has launched entry-level set-top box, the N100 in India. It is priced at $35 (Rs. 1500/-) and has superior features than many other products in its category. DG2L’s STBs can be customized and used for cable, satellite, IPTV as well as terrestrial networks.
The N100 is a low-cost, high quality set top box and is a perfect starting point for introducing consumers to digital television. Ideal for entry-level applications such as free-to-air and pay television, it supports all DVB/MPEG-2 compliant transmissions. It delivers a good performance thanks to its 32-bit MIPS CPU. The N100 STB gives the consumers an easy route to production-ready, entry-level STB’s with complete hardware and software turnkey solutions for global digital satellite, cable and terrestrial operations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nokia has announed its newest headset, their lightweight BH-101 Bluetooth. The new headset is an ideal companion for people on the move who want a simple, discreet and affordable solution for their hands free communications. It is also compatible with a wide range of devices with efficient power management means, compact in size with an easily adjustable ear loop to make any long conversation comfortable.
You can get up to 8 hours of talk time and 180 of standby on the Bluetooth headset. The ear piece can function with EDR 2.0, Handsfree v1.5, and Headset 1.1.
The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101 is estimated to cost US$ 43.00 (Rs. 1750/-) when it hits stores globally for the Christmas.
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