The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger is 30% smaller and lighter that its predecessor and provides custom messaging modes. The device is basically an emergency beacon bundled with GPS to let authorities know where you are in case of emergency. When activated, the SPOT will acquire its exact coordinates from the GPS network, and send that location along with an emergency message to a GEOS International Emergency Response Center every five minutes until canceled. The Emergency Response Center notifies the appropriate emergency responders based on your location and personal information – which may include local police, highway patrol, the Coast Guard, or other emergency response or search and rescue teams. The basic service will cost you $100 per year, while another $50 yearly will enable you to share your saved GPS coordinates. [Navigadget]
Toshiba has introduced two new widescreen laptops in the form of the Satellite L500 and L550. The L500 offers a 15.6-inch HD TruBrite display with 1366 x 768 resolution, meanwhile, the L550 sports a bigger 17.3-inch HD TruBrite display with power saving LED backlight technology, and a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels. As for the rest of the specs remain the same for both machines, you’ll find a choice of either an Intel Celeron / Pentium / Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon / Turion processor, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD burner, a VGA web camera supporting Toshiba’s Face Recognition software, an HDMI port, a 4-in-1 Bridge Media slot, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet and an additional eSATA/USB combo port. Both systems will be available in the third quarter of 2009 throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. [PCLaunches via Laptop Notebook News]
Need a mobile TV? Then get yourself one of this DirecTV Sat-Go portable satellite television system. The device packs in an integrated antenna, receiver and television screen into one tiny, portable device, allowing you to enjoy any DirecTV programming as long as the skies remain clear. All yours for just $999. [Redferret]
Here’s a very early sneak preview of an upcoming L-series satellite phone. It comes with a a 480 x 320 multi-touch screen, wifi and an integrated camera. Expect to see this satellite phone in 2010 for an unknown price. [Engadget via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Clarion will be releasing a new navigation system called the NAX973HD which is a satellite navigation system. The Nax973HD features a 30GB hard drive,400MHz processor, a RDS-TMC tuner,12-channel GPS receiver, on-board gyrosco, and voice recognition as well as text-to-speech in 6 European languages. Unfortunately you’ll need a great amount of money because the NAX973HD costs around $1,580. [Techdigest]
Japan has made a new breakthrough in bringing you a “super high-speed Internet” service to homes and businesses use around the world. Kizuna will enable data transmissions “of up to 1.2 gigabytes per second” many times faster than what is now available over residential cable or DSL services. The service initially would focus on the Asia-Pacific region close to Japan and 19 other locales in Southeast Asia. [CNN]
by Nicole on December 20, 2007
Blusens has released Two new GPS navigators (the G01 and G02) featuring google satellite maps.The G01 features a 4.3-inch touchscreen, a 30GB hard drive, SD / MMC card support,video, audio, and still image playback. The G02 is similar,except it features a 40GB hard drive and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support. The G01 will be out in November for $992, and the G02 is dropping sometime in early 2008.
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