GPS Roundupalooza

[Pat Logsdon]

There's been a lot of GPS news creeping out of the woodwork lately, so we thought it might be helpful to put everything in one place for you. Enjoy!<br /><br />• <a href="http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&amp;t=reviews&amp;id=578">Pocketnow Reviews the Navman iCN 510 GPS Unit</a><br />• <a href="http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=135">GpsPassion 3GSM World Congress Report</a><br />• <a href="http://www.visualgps.net/BeeLineGPS/npa.htm">VisualGPS BeeLine GPS software:</a> Looks great for geocaching with "Active Waypoint" technology<br />• <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=4117">GPS Speed Sentry:</a> Basic but interesting speed monitor/car computer thingie.<br />• <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=4161">SSI-SDIO-1000 Stellus StartNet GPS for PocketPC Review.</a>

[Stik]

There's been a lot of GPS news creeping out of the woodwork lately

Heres one more piece of GPS news that crept out yesterday. 0X

gate5, Socket and Tele Atlas Announce Partnership to Provide Mobile Navigation Solution

" New Orleans, CTIA Wireless Show, March 14, 2005 - gate5, Socket Communications and Tele Atlas today announce a partnership to provide a complete mobile navigation solution to US consumers. The partnership is key to gate5's launch of smart2go Mobile Navigator, an affordable, high performance GPS-driven navigation system for smartphones and PDAs that separates itself from the competition by providing functionality inside and outside of the car. "

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2005/mar/15/news4.html

Might be a nice GPS bundle when it becomes available. Pepcom and Laptop Magazine announced awards last night at the MobileFocus Media Event in New Orleans; the awards honored the ' Best in Mobile and Wireless Technology ' and the smart2go Mobile Navigator took top honor in its category. :werenotworthy:

Mobile/Remote Software
Winner: gate5 smart2go Mobile Navigator
Finalists: Citrix GoToMeeting Corporate 1.1, HP Mobile Printing for
Pocket PC, Disney Kingdom Hearts 3D, JAMDAT 3D Bowling

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20050314005085&amp;newsLang=en

[beq]

Sounds interesting, is the Socket BT GPS receiver being referenced in the article some new model that uses the SiRF III chipset thingy?

I've never even heard of gate5's mapping software though...

(BTW I received my latest copy of CoPilot Live Pocket PC 5 for my new PPC just earlier today)

[davwil]

And for the Tom Tom Navigator 5 review:
http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/tomtom-navigator-5.php

Pocketgps is a great site for GPS stuff...

Cheers David

[Stik]

Sounds interesting, is the Socket BT GPS receiver being referenced in the article some new model that uses the SiRF III chipset thingy?

I've never even heard of gate5's mapping software though...

The Socket B^ GPS, if I'm not mistaken bitequator, uses this chipset from ublox of Germany...

http://www.u-blox.com/products/tim_la.html

Its not surprising that you ( or I ! ) in the U.S have never heard of the software. gate5's mapping software is provided by Tele Atlas of the Netherlands...

" At the center of this ( GPS ) technology explosion is Navteq and its chief rival, Netherlands-based Tele Atlas. They have a duopoly in mapping data, and license their maps to all the major device makers and Internet sites. (Many mapping firms buy data from both and blend their own combinations.) Navteq was founded in 1985 to build mapping kiosks for rental-car desks, but it changed gears to work solely on digital maps in the '90s and went public last August after becoming profitable. Buoyed by excitement over GPS technology, its stock has gone up more than 60 percent since the IPO.

Navteq enjoyed unchallenged primacy on American streets until recently, when Tele Atlas crossed the ocean. "

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6934466/site/newsweek/

If the German engineers at gate5 are on par w/ the German engineers at Audi, well then, this should be a pretty sweet GPS bundle. :)

[beq]

Thanks Stik. I was wondering about the SiRF III connection as the receiver in question mentioned 16-channel, which (last I checked) seemed to also be a common characteristic of the first GPS receivers based on SiRF III (though GPS Passion had already pointed out this parameter is actually not really a measurement of better performance). This is going by memory though, I could be wrong...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6934466/site/newsweek/
Wow that was a very good read, I love it thanks!