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Proving once again that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, Garmin-sponsored triathlete Ben Collins shares his training and racing experiences with the Garmin Edge 705 and Forerunner 405. But this time he forgot something.

I feel like I’ve been sent back to the stone ages! This week I have been in Australia preparing for a World Cup Triathlon in Mooloolaba (Southeast Queensland), and my training here has been completely unadventurous. You see, after using my Edge 705 to avoid ever doing out and back rides – no matter how unfamiliar the area – I am now in a continent where I don’t have street maps. This, of course, is a result of my lack of foresight. The maps are available for download on Garmin.com, or you purchase a fully loaded SD card that just plops right into the 705 (or any number of other Garmin navigation products). I just simply forgot that I needed to get those maps, and my Internet here is too slow to download them.

My second option would be to carry a paper map. This seems like a great alternative, except that I’m already struggling with riding on the left side of the road (I lack the number of fingers and toes to count the number of times I’ve been honked at this week), and I feel that struggling with a paper map would just further endanger my life. I prefer the 705’s little screen, and the ability to get turn by turn directions back to where I started. It makes me far more willing to leave the main drag and explore that country road to nowhere!

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A mistake Ben won’t soon make again

The CTIA wireless show opens in Las Vegas tomorrow, and it is already spawning news of new handsets, new applications and appears to be a hotbed of innovation for all things wireless. Now, more than ever there is a strong current of momentum behind wireless phone GPS navigation.

• Garmin is launching the Nuvifone later this year; no doubt about it this thing navigates.
• The iPhone is finally getting better support for turn by turn directions after a long time on the market without that support
• Phones with navigation applications certainly aren’t new, with TeleNav offering the capability on numerous phones, and companies like Verizon offering the application for a small fee per month directly from them.

For me, more than anything, it’s the ability to have a larger format screen that makes it viable, and the recent onslaught of smartphones, the iPhone included, that offer some reasonable amount of real estate to see the map and directions seem to be making that vision of navigation on a phone a viable reality.

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Wow, that was fast; TomTom and Microsoft have reportedly settled their patent dispute over file storage patents. According to the WSJ, TomTom will pay Microsoft an undisclosed amount to license eight patents while Microsoft will in turn get the ability to use four TomTom patents. After a long disagreement on licensing the patents in the first place, the resolution after the filing of the suits was amazingly fast.

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Let’s take a break from all those ready to use, nicely finished GPS navigation systems and tracking devices and have a look at this tiny Linux machine with an embedded GPS receiver. It is called AarLogic C10/3 and with this, the possibilities are endless!!! (provided you have at least a BSE from an accredited university and the time and energy to actually build something out of this).

You can make your own sat nav device, vehicle tracking system, or even a satellite guided missile!

The breadboard includes a Quad-band GPRS module SiRF Star III GPS receiver, USB, RS232 and ethernet interface. It comes with 4 Mb NV memory standard but can be expanded a lot since you there’s also an SD-card reader.

The heart of the PC is two ARM processors, responsible on one hand for the GSM component, and on the other for applications executable under Embedded Linux. The processor module, including the GSM component, is also available for purchase separately. Despite its small surface area – roughly the size of a matchbox – its 160-pin socket provides a wide array of connectivity options. Aside from keyboards, digital cameras and reading devices, this also includes WLAN, Bluetooth and GPS components.

You’ll be pleased to hear that there is a free test server available visualisation of the geo-data.

It measures 104mm x 63mm (4″ by 2.5″) and costs €192.00. … via

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Motorola Evoke QA4 is the newest handset from the company that is targeting a specific market:

a socially-inclined device with a 2.8″ full touch-screen that keeps you constantly connected

But you know we pretty much only care about location fix capabilities of gadgets here at Navigadget and Motorola Evoke QA4 makes the cut with its sGPS/aGPS chip.

Some other features include CDMA 800/1900/1700/2100, Diversity 1900MHz and 2100 MHz EVDO Rev A network support, 1170 mAh battery, 2.8” WQVGA 240×400 display, and a 2 megapixel continuous with 5x digital zoom camera.

Motorola Evoke QA4 will be available in Q2 2009.

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