Smart Personal Safety Device Tracks Users with GPS and Cellular Network

Aerotel Medical System, an Israel based company specializing in telemedicine and telecare solutions has just unveiled a new series of personal safety devices targeting for senior citizen as well as for children.

Asus Redefines Mobile

Asus is set to launch its UMPC, the R50A, which has full PC and GPS functionality, in January. Not much more info at this time, but stay tuned!.

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Large Screen GPS

Garmin International Inc. has introduced a new line of big-screen multi-function displays (MFDs), designed for use in larger
yachts and powerboats — the GPSMAP(R) 5X15 series and the GPSMAP 4X10 series.
“These new MFDs are as powerful as they are pretty to look at,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “Their vivid, big, and [...]

Put Your Eyes on the Road

This is what happens when we rely too much on our technology.
People in the Welsh village of Llangadog have been frustrated time and time again as wide vehicles keep hitting buildings on their narrow roads because the drivers are following GPSs instead of actually watching where they are going.

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Asus R700 GPS

This good-looking R700 model GPS is from Asus. It sports a 4.3-inch touchscreen, with RDS / TMC traffic info, a hands-free Bluetooth kit, microSD port and Windows CE 5.0. There’s text-to-speech built in for reading street names, and you can vocalize your text messages over Bluetooth.
Due in Europe next month bundled with a set [...]

Navigation Pen System

Kenwood has unveiled a future pen-shaped navigation system at the Tokyo Motor Show 2007. With this one, you point it at a place on a map with this special pen and all the information magically shows up on the navigation monitor.

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W53H GPS/Phone

Hitachi is aiming to replace your GPS with a cell phone / GPS combo. The newly announced W53H (AKA Wooo) will come in 3 colors: Japan Black, Nordic White, and Euro Purple. With its 2.8″ OLED TV like screen, you’ll see where you are going, even if you have no clue where you are.
It accepts [...]

Nokia Renault

Slapping a Nokia brand on a car makes it what - a cellphone with wheels?
Renault has teamed up with Nokia on this new Twingo Nokia special edition. Basically it just offers music connectivity options through an audio connection box in the glove compartment that accepts USB, a 3.5 mm cable and a DIN connector for [...]

Garmin Phone Makeover

Garmin is about to turn your phone into a great GPS. They are coming out with a new set of microSD cards preloaded with its navigation software and standard maps of the US or Europe. Called the Garmin Mobile XT, it will act like a "real" GPS with turn-by-turn directions, route planning, and voice prompts. [...]

Mio’s DigiWalkers

Mio’s DigiWalker line of GPS units has two newcomers: the C523 and C525 models, which will release in Japan later this month. Both have Windows CE.NET 5.0, a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 display, 2GB of internal memory, an SD card slot for expansion, handle MP4, QuickTime, AVI, 3GP, ASF and WMV. Ditto for the [...]