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Trimble Copernicus II GPS Receiver
Trimble has rolled out its Copernicus II GPS receiver that ought to see action in many a miniaturized gizmo in the near future.
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Garmin StreetPilot 7200 7-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
http://www.dailyfind.net/ gps/ 05/ 16/ garmin-streetpilot-7200-7-inch-portable-g…Amazon increased its price on Garmin 7200 a week ago, but they have dropped it again to $499.99 and free shipping. This is a monster of a GPS with a 7-inch screen. I wish I had my good eyes, but those good old days are gone.
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Plenio VXA-30002G 7″ Touchscreen GPS Navigation System
http://www.dailyfind.net/ gps/ 05/ 16/ plenio-vxa-30002g-7-touchscreen-gps-navig…Plenio VXA-30002G 7″ Touchscreen GPS Navigation System - 2D/3D Maps, Divx Video Player, MP3 Player and Gaming - Preload 2GSD Card w/ US & Canadian MAPS - Text to Speech is going for $189.99 and free shipping on Buy.com.
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TomTom gets nod to buy out TeleAtlas
http://www.intomobile.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ tomtom-gets-nod-to-buy-out-teleatlas.ht…TomTom has been cleared by the EC to acquire mapping company TeleAtlas. TeleAtlas provides digital maps and content forms the core of many Nav and LBS (location-based services) offering - Google Maps for example! TomTom on the other hand has sold nearly 20 mn ddevices, mostly the Sat Nav units.
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TomTom gets nod to buy out TeleAtlas
http://www.intomobile.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ tomtom-gets-nod-to-buy-out-teleatlas.ht…TomTom has been cleared by the EC to acquire mapping company TeleAtlas. TeleAtlas provides digital maps and content forms the core of many Nav and LBS (location-based services) offering - Google Maps for example! TomTom on the other hand has sold nearly 20 mn ddevices, mostly the Sat Nav units.
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Garmin Launches Flat-Rate Cell Phone GPS Pricing
http://www.technoride.com/ 2008/ 05/ garmin_launches_flatrate_cell.phpGarmin just announced a one-time, flat fee $99.99 purchase plan for Garmin Mobile for BlackBerry.
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Cheap GPS alternatives review
http://www.touchscreengadget.com/ id556-cheap-gps-alternatives-review.htmlCheap GPS alternatives review For those out of the geosynchronous loop, the global positioning system is a group of satellites that allows those with receivers to pinpoint their exact location on the planet, plus their speed and direction. The most common type of receiver, a portable GPS unit for your car, has surged in popularity over the past year.
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Cell Plan Extra Charges: Why and What You Can Do
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/ electronics/ 2008/ 05/ cell-plan-extra.htmlYour cell-phone plan supposedly costs $39.99 a month, say, yet your cell-phone bill usually runs to $52 or so. Here's a quick rundown of the reasons and some remedies. Many of the major extras are beyond your control, at least as a subscriber. The biggest bite is from state and local sales taxes.
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50 Years of DARPA: GPS, Telepathic Spies, and Bionic Arms - Reason Online
http://gps.faqs.com/ gps/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ 50-years-of-darpa-gps-telepathic-spies-a…50 Years of DARPA: GPS, Telepathic Spies, and Bionic Arms Reason Online, CA - 58 minutes ago DARPA given us the Internet, GPS, and faster wireless communications. They failed to give us telepathic spies.
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Paranoid Much? Try The GPS Tracker Defense Device [Gadgets]
http://jalopnik.com/ 391227/ paranoid-much-try-the-gps-tracker-defense-deviceWith GPS trackers becoming all the rage with overprotective parents, stalkers and jealous exes, it's only appropriate that a company has began manufacturing devices to counteract those GPS tracking devices. A spy-gadget company now has this Anti GPS Tracker available.
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So You Fly RNP-0.1 ? That Don’t Impress Me Much !
http://www.plasticpilot.net/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ so-you-fly-rnp-01-that-dont-imp…Aviation is technology and change resistant. It’s all about certification, validation safety studies, and so on. Given the expected results, this is not that bad, but this also leads to strange perceptions. One of the hot topics these days is Required Navigation Perfomance, a.k.a. RNP.