探险家 COLUMBUS V-900多功能导航记录器

探险家 COLUMBUS V-900多功能导航记录器

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Instant GPS camera technology set to explode location tagging of pictures

Geotate announces commercial availability of radical "geotagging" solution for digital camera market

LAS VEGAS, USA, 30 January 2008 – Geotate, a software GPS-company which delivers location-based solutions via a radically different method, announced the commercial availability of its instant GPS solution, “Capture and Process”, in the first quarter of 2008. Geotate uses software-based GPS technology to “geotag”, or mark with location data, digital files on portable devices such as digital cameras. The new technology will, for the first time, allow mainstream digital camera makers to enter into the market for GPS in consumer devices, a sector IMS Research predicts will increase five-fold by 2011 .

“New advances in GPS and location based services, such as geotagging are driving growth of GPS into consumer devices such as cameras and laptops. We expect to see the market take off in 2008 with well over one million GPS-enabled cameras sold and strong growth forecast for the next four years, thanks to new, disruptive technologies like geotagging coming of age,” said Matia Grossi, analyst at IMS Research.

Geotate’s approach captures raw GPS satellite signals in the available memory using its patented technology to later be unlocked via web-based services. This unique low-cost and low-power method of handling GPS satellite signals removes essential hurdles for the use of GPS signals in resource-limited devices such as digital cameras, location-loggers and other devices.

Hans Streng, CEO of Geotate, said:“We expect in the region of four million cameras in the next 18 months to two years to come with embedded geotagging functionality. Until now, embedding GPS in portable devices has incurred lag times of 30 seconds to a minute, resulting in a clunky customer experience. Nobody is going to say ‘Hey, hold that pose for a minute while I fire up the GPS’. For the first time, a spontaneous, instantaneous GPS solution is available that meets the consumer’s high expectations and provides market differentiation for camera manufacturers.” Furthermore, growing demand for GPS functionality in portable devices such as digital cameras is being spurred on by the phenomenon of social networking. Popular sites such as Flickr, YouTube and Facebook already enable users to manually tag content. The creation of a “geoweb” is now being advanced by a series of new technologies, concepts and products like Geotate’s “Capture and Process” which enables users to intuitively and instantly add a new, physical dimension to existing online communities.

Matia Grossi, IMS Research, explained, “Photo sites and online communities need to maintain financial growth through traffic-based business; camera manufacturers need to differentiate in an increasingly competitive market; and end users need new and innovative management functionalities for their photo libraries. GPS is potentially the answer.”

Geotate’s “Capture and Process” technology will become commercially available in two modules in the first quarter of 2008, aimed at differing user needs:

• Yuma – automatic geotagging solution aimed at camera manufacturers for their DSC product lines. Geotate’s “Capture and Process” approach ensures an instant geo fix whilst solving the problem of lag time.
• Hopi – automatic geotagging solution for photo accessory and peripherals manufacturers. “Capture and Process” technology solves the problems of battery consumption and instant capture for photo matching accessories, enabling camera and internet users to share experiences quickly and easily.

About Geotate

Geotate is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NXP which is in the final stage of spinout negotiations with an investor. Final agreement is expected in the near future and closing by the end of the first quarter of 2008, after which NXP will hold a minority position. Further details of the agreement, including the name of the investor and financial terms, are not disclosed. Geotate is a geo software company whose solutions enable portable devices to automatically add a geotag to an object without compromising the user experience and the devices’ resources. Geotate’s patented approach captures raw GPS satellite signals in the available memory that are later unlocked via a web-based service. This disruptive technology enables instant, intuitive “geotagging”.

Reference: Geotate

STT-D370, the latest Samsung Bluetooth GPS

Samsung offers a very nice GPS for cars, which is totally compatible with your phone. So, on top of being a GPS with a 3D map and a DMB TV tuner, it also has a kit for a Bluetooth phone. With its 3.7” touch-screen, you will be able to directly dial your phone numbers and use its speakerphone and mike to communicate. The STT-D370 also has an MP3 and PMP player, and an SD port to bring in your videos and audio files.






Seoul, Korea, January 3, 2007 - Samsung Electronics Co, LTD, a leading provider and innovator of mobile phones, launches Bluetooth Navigator (STT-D370) which is connected to mobile phones via Bluetooth®. It also adopts the latest technologies, such as Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) and terrestrial DMB.

The Samsung STT-D370 is the first Global Positioning Systems (GPS) navigator to connect a mobile phone via Bluetooth® feature. The microphone and speaker phone, embedded in Bluetooth Navigator enable the users to make or receive phone calls and SMS text messages, without using a mobile phone.

The Bluetooth Navigator also offers a built-in Real 3D map developed by Samsung, ensuring that the driver sees the road ahead in crystal-clear 3D graphics. The latest maps can be updated through Anycall Land (www.anycall.com).

The STT-D370 also offers a dynamic navigation feature, which uses TPEG (a transportation information service based on terrestrial DMB data broadcasting) information updated every five minutes via a terrestrial DMB data channel to select the optimal route by incorporating road situations in real time.

The highly portable Bluetooth Navigator with a 3.7-inch LCD and 16.8mm thickness, together with its long-lasting battery allows the user to enjoy navigator features and the various additional features it offers not only in vehicles but also while walking.

The Samsung STT-D370 includes various multimedia functionalities, such as high-resolution Personal Media Players (PMP), MP3, and photo albums; as well as a translator, an electronic dictionary, a file viewer. It also supports SD memory card.

Ki-tae Lee, President of Samsung’s Telecommunications Network Business said, “Samsung is leading the convergence technology to make people’s lives more convenient. We will continue to deliver a wider range of convergence terminals that incorporate next-generation telecommunication technologies.”

The Bluetooth Navigator is currently available in Korea at a price of around 600 USD.

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■ 통행료 잔액/이용요금 음성안내 ■ 카드잔액 부족 사전 안내 ■ 통행이력 조회 기능 ■ 백라이트 LCD 적용으로 야간에도 손쉽게 확인 가능 ■ 안테나 내장형으로 차량내 설치, 공간 최소화

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Solar Energy Bluetooth GPS Receiver

TranSystem’s BT GPS receiver has the longest operation time on the market. Now with the add-on solar energy panel, it sure can be a “Power Forever” BT GPS device.

Features:

•	Always “Power On”
•	Compact size
•	Built-in rechargeable 1000 mAh Lithium battery
•	Fashion look, shining design

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GPS3000 navigation system from Leadertone

Leadertone of Shenzen is another Chinese company that will be making an appearence at the CES 2007 this year. Their hottest product is the GPS3000 - unless they’re getting ready to reveal something better - we’ll have to see. GPS3000 is a sharp looking device with multimedia capabilities in addition to giving you directions.

It has a 3.5″ touchscreen that can support 65K colors and supports SD/MMC cards so you can easily update/change your maps. You can expect about 4 hours of power from the 1200mAh battery and get voice directions from the integrated 1W speaker. If the onboard GPS chip isn’t satisfactory for you, you can choose to connect an external GPS receiver through the antenna port as well. But the -159dBM sensitivity should be good enough for most conditions.

Here is a breakdown of the media files it supports:

• Video format: WMA, ASF, AVI
• Audio format: WMA9, MP3, WAV
• Photo browsing: JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG
• Text reading: TXT

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