Engineered for seamless performance with the TOPO! State Series, new Suunto X9i reigns as world’s smallest and lightest full-featured GPS Wristop Computer.

Suunto and National Geographic Maps at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market ’05 unveilied the Suunto X9i GPS Wristop Computer. No bigger than a silver dollar, the wrist worn Suunto X9i is smaller, lighter and more convenient to carry and use than conventional GPS devices. Compatible with National Geographic TOPO! Software as well as other digital mapping services worldwide, the Suunto X9i plugs into home PCs, allowing backcountry enthusiasts to plan, download and analyze trips.

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The Rikaline GPS-6033 is a total solution GPS receiver with Bluetooth wireless transmitting ability, designed based on RFMD indoor high sensitivity (GPS-6033) GPS architecture. The GPS-6033 is a new generation GPS technology. We special design it with patented auto ON-OFF function. Once you place it in your car, you do not need to care it again. When you switch your car on, it is ON automatically. When you switch your car OFF, it is OFF too. We make wireless different from what you know before. Furthermore, the EASY-PLACE has your GPS-6033 stay still in your car no matter how sharp you turn your car or how sudden you stop your car. You can also easily take it away for outdoors use. Read all »

Continuing its tradition of technology innovation, SiRF Technology Holdings, a leading provider of GPS enabled location technology, unveiled the SiRFstarIIx family of chipsets and software that is designed to bring a market leading combination of small size, low power and cost-effectiveness to the popular SiRFstarII architecture.
Available in three different flavors (GSC2x, GSC2xr and GSC2xrx) the SiRFstarIIx product family consumes one third the power and is literally half the size of its predecessor, SiRFstarIIe/LP, the high volume market leader for GPS chipsets. GSC2xr and GSC2xrx further reduce size and overall system cost by eliminating the need for an external flash memory. Utilizing a combination of innovative architecture and packaging combined with more advanced process technologies, SiRFstarIIx is able to achieve all this without compromising on performance. As a result, manufacturers can build products that are smaller and less expensive, thus helping further drive GPS into the consumer mainstream.

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The new Magellan RoadMate 360 offers complete, yet simple vehicle navigation with turn-by-turn multiple destination guidance, friendly voice prompting and the latest touch screen technology. The RoadMate 360 comes with an SD card that is pre-loaded with maps for all of North America and offers a dedicated vehicle navigation system with expandability in a low-cost package.
Drivers can trust the Magellan RoadMate 360 to provide reliable and accurate information due to its Magellan TrueFix Technology, which provides a WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) -enabled, 14-channel GPS receiver for faster, reliable GPS signal reception and extreme positioning precision so drivers know where they are within as little as 3 meters.

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NovAtel Inc. (NASDAQ: NGPS), a precise positioning technology company, today introduced OEMV, its next generation of Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. The OEMV family of receivers supports modernized GPS frequencies and signals, and incorporates NovAtel’s new Vision Correlator™, an innovative technology that virtually eliminates multipath errors. The announcement was made at the 18 th international technical meeting of the Institute of Navigation Ò Satellite Division. Read all »

Nüvi is a versatile travel assistant that’s approximately the size of a deck of playing cards
The nüvi is a portable GPS navigator, traveler’s reference, and digital entertainment system, all in one. Combined with detailed maps, the nüvi provides automatic routing, turn-by-turn voice directions, and finger-touchscreen control—making it easy to find your way anywhere. The unique “text-to-speech” feature calls out turns by street name.

The nüvi also offers a travel kit of useful travel tools to help keep any journey fun: MP3 player, audio book player from Audible.com, JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, and calculator. In addition, optional software packages such as the Language Guide and Travel Guide (sold separately on SD Data cards) can be added for language and content support.

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