Find Yourself with the New GPS Navigation For Dummies® Device
For Dummies®, the internationally acclaimed series of books that simplify a myriad of complex technologies and subjects for consumers, announced today it will produce GPS Navigation For Dummies®, a state-of-the-art personal navigation product that ensures its owners need never become lost again. The product was developed by Wiley Publishing, Inc., owner of the For Dummies brand, in partnership with the Maylong Group, a Detroit-area technology company.
“We are thrilled to be working with Wiley on the GPS Navigation For Dummies product,” said David Valade, President of the Maylong Group, which is developing the technology. “Wiley was a natural partner for the Maylong Group and our vision of EZ-2-Go™ personal navigation, since the For Dummies brand has been helping consumers understand complex new technologies for years.”
The new GPS Navigation For Dummies devices — perfect for use in automobiles, backpacks, purses, RV’s, and while bicycling — will be the easiest and most intuitive to use on the market for the estimated 7 million new users who will purchase their first personal navigation devices (PND’s) this year in the U.S. alone. It features technology from the Maylong Group — whose Chief Executive Officer Ming Wang helped design and implement the OnStar™ telematics and navigation system — backed by an exceptionally clear, helpful interface from the For Dummies creative team.
Visit the Grand Canyon with a hand-held Gps device
Visitors to the Grand Canyon can now rent a hand-held GPS device to help them find their way around the South Rim of the park.
They are scheduled to be available by July under an agreement between the Grand Canyon Association, a nonprofit association that supports visitor services at the park, and FUNfinder Inc., a Phoenix technology company.
The devices are designed to provide an easy way to navigate the Grand Canyon’s trails and roads, and they also offer information about lodges and educational amenities in the park.
Car Navigation market to triple by 2012
Consumers’ appetite for car navigation and Global Position Systems (GPSs) has become voracious, causing worldwide shipments of automotive navigation systems to more than triple from 2006 to 2012, iSuppli Corp predicts.
Since 2001, the automotive navigation market has transformed from being dominated by embedded systems installed in cars to being virtually taken over by Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs), which are handheld devices users can carry with them, as well as use in their vehicles.
Next full Indonesia Map availability from TeleAtlas
Tele Atlas announced today it has signed an agreement with BAKOSURTANAL, the government institution responsible for creating and maintaining large scale geographical maps in Indonesia.
Tele Atlas plans to incorporate BAKOSURTANAL’s digital maps within its existing Indonesia database by September 2007. The Indonesia map is part of a virtually seamless Southeast Asia map solution from Tele Atlas that includes extensive coverage of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Fastrax introduces three new GPS receivers: iTrax310, uPatch300 and uPatch130
Fastrax Ltd., the provider of programmable iTrax GPS receivers as well as open and portable iSuite OEM GPS Software Development Kit environments, today announced the latest additions to its iTrax and uPatch product families.
Based on the ultra-sensitive SiRFstarIII (GSC3f/LP) chipsets and with 8Mbit internal flash memory, the new iTrax310 GPS receiver module enables high-performance navigation in the most stringent applications and a solid fix even in extremely demanding GPS environments.
The iTrax310 OEM GPS receiver provides the high performance levels of the iTrax300, including low acquisition sensitivity (-143dBm), navigation sensitivity (-158dBm) and power consumption (110mW at 3.0V), but with a 30% smaller form factor. iTrax310 receivers are ideally suited for both industrial navigation systems and battery operated consumer products such as handheld computers, vehicle navigation devices, sports accessories and mobile phones.
Scoop: Apple developing secret in-car Mercedes navigation system
As reported on a german news magazine (Focus), Apple Apple is working on a navigation system for cars.
Partnership will start in 2009 but after first 6 months, where it will be exclusively available from Mercedes, later the other vendors are allowed to follow.
The system would include an audio system, (doubt about Ipod interface?), and a navigation system
Apple is seeking to conquer every tiny space of our digital environment with computers, multimedia devices, mobile TV, Cell phones and next with navigation devices.
