GPS Industries distributes a GPS enabled golf management system called Inforemer-HDX. The device is perfect for golf course operators. It comes with golf course management applications and supports two-ways communications between players and clubhouse. The Inforemer-HDX features Wi-Fi support for rich online content.

The Inforemer-HDX installs easy in any golf cart. Its management application shows the golfer all that he needs: the scores, the distances, the circuit map, the holes placement and the distance to hazards. On the screen you can find a dedicated area for advertising and a live score module.

The golf management system is a device destined for golf clubs because they can communicate a diversity of services and also monitor their players or course attendants. The device should be available soon.

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Man, I hate traffic jams! I always get bored in my car waiting for someone to make way. Often I speak on the phone, but I would love to watch TV for example. I could do that if I would have the GTV-380 GPS navigator from GlobalSat, because it features a DVB-T antenna to catch digitally broadcast channels.

To offer a good viewing comfort, the device has a large 4.3″ bright touch screen with 480×272 resolution and built-in audio speakers. It also features Bluetooth for hands-free calls and supports a wide range of multimedia files. The device runs WinCE.NET 5.0 and has a Samsung processor and 64MB RAM. It uses SiRFStarIII GPS receiver and has a SD/MMC slot to increase the storage.

There is no word on pricing or availability but Globalsat exports its products in Europe and North America. So if you live in those areas it might show up in stores.

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Just because you paid a lot of money on your GPS navigator this doesn’t mean you are going to get to your destination (safe). To make the story short here is what happened to a truck driver that followed the instructions and got stuck on a “tractors only” road on Wednesday.

He truck was carrying timber from north Wales to Birmingham and managed to block the track at Halton in Wrexham county

“He knocked down branches on the way and damaged trees and is now well and truly stuck.”

The result is, farmer Margaret Evans became very sad because the truck stuck in her farm lane and she now has to use a two miles longer road to get to that particular part of her land.

The company that owns the truck, Maxi Haulage Ltd from Ayrshire, announced that the don’t provide sat-navigation on their vehicles, but the drivers use their own. More on that matter there was a big sign saying that the track was not suitable to heavy goods vehicles (HGV). How was the GPS navigator supposed to know it?

You’d better trust your own instincts, too, not just your GPS.

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I have to agree that it took me by surprise to find out that Garmin released a smartphone instead of a new GPS navigation model, but it’s a good surprise. The Nuvifone is a full-fledged GSM HSDPA phone, has it’s own operating system and of course has GPS navigation inside.

Garmin Nuvifone also comes with a camera, has a web browser, includes Google Search, Email, text and IM functions, plays MP3 and MPEG4 file and Garmin’s online services like traffic, weather or fuel prices.

It was announced in New York City today but I don’t have a price or a carrier for it, but voices in the market thinks it’s going to be on AT&T until T-Mobile gets their HSDPA launched. Correct me if I’m wrong, but a lot of people have been waiting for something like that and it’s now available. It could become big. What do you think? (send your comments below)

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MacWorld 2008 will be held in January in San Francisco and this is where all the rumors will either confirm or burst. The last one coming down the pipe is TomTom to offer a GPS module on the iPhone. You can see that we already have a spy shot of the application working but since the Dutch manufacturer didn’t bother to answer we keep it in the rumors shelves.

Probably Apple is going in the right direction, now that Google’s Android threatens to take over the open-source applications for mobile phones, and they allows third-party developers to take a peak inside the iPhone. Another reason is the possible partnership with Volkswagen that would create a car full of Apple gadgets, which means Apple is interested to win the car industry?

We’ll have to wait and see what’s up at MacWorld 2008.

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In some countries the radar detectors are allowed, so many drivers try to escape from cameras and speed radars with the most advanced devices. A French producer called Inforad has released recently its new radar detector that features a GPS module. With so many fixed radars and speed cameras, the GPS will save you from trouble.

The Inforad v4e features a SiRF Star III GPS receiver chip a standard higher than its v3 predecessor. Furthermore a new firmware will reduce the number of false alarms. Inforad provides a battery kit that lasts around 10 hours in case the car charger is occupied. The bad news is the kit doesn’t come in the package.

The Inforad v4e radar detector retails for €99 and has a 2-year warranty. Also the software updates are free for the product’s lifetime.

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Mio C728 has a few things that should be praised and I will of course start with the 7-inch screen display with 800 x 480 resolutions. This should be big enough for everyone that wanted something bigger that tells what streets to turn left.
If the seven inches display or the audio/video player it comes bundled with are not enough, then you should know it works on a Samsung 2443 processor at 400MHz with a 20-channel SiRFstar III GPS chipset and features and internal speakers, 2GB of memory, 64MB of RAM, SD and MMC memory expansion slots, Bluetooth and USB connectivity.

Mio C728 works on Windows CE.net 5.0, has a 1200mAh battery that gives up to 2.5 hours of battery autonomy. There is no news on price and availability so far, but it will come out soon.

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In March at CEBIT, ViaMichelin which is a subsidiary of Michelin Group (EPA:ML), announced that it will produce model X-970, a portable GPS navigator. It’s been eight months since then, and we got official wording that ViaMichelin X-970 is available for sale right now.
We’re talking here about a portable 3.5-inch wide GPS navigator, with Bluetooth, text-to-speech and real time traffic information. This is supposed to be the first product “to integrate exclusive Michelin Green Guide content, describing thousands of attractions across the U.S. and Canada.” It’s smart enough that it can connect to ViaMichelin.com to find restaurants, hotels or shops in New York and San Francisco.

The price for the new ViaMicheling X-970 is $399 and you can buy one right now if you like it. Check the pictures below!

Today Motorola has unveiled its new handheld mobile computer called MC70. The device is more suitable for enterprise use rather than consumer use. Motorola MC70 features a GPS module, thus it can be used for shipping transports, tracking and guiding workers on the field and other navigation related activities.

Motorola MC70 uses the SiRFStar III GPS receiver. It features Bluetooth, barcode data and signature capture, and supports EDGE networks. ALK provides the software for the GPS module.

Its design was conceived to create a device resistant to water, dust, mechanic shocks or in hard work conditions like cold or hot weather. We didn’t find information about the pricing yet.

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There seem to be a bunch of GPS navigators these days, so here is another one from Sanyo. Easy StreetNav NVM-4070 packs a 4-inch wide screen (16:9), the receiver is a SiRF Star III and has 1.8 million POI. It has voice (text-to-speech) to read you the street names, an FM transmitter to channel music and navigation, and plays video, photos, MP3 and WMA files. From the picture you can also see that it has Bluetooth to connect your mobile phone, hands free calling, data transfer and SMS.

Sanyo Easy StreetNav NVM-4070 comes with an SD card slot and with 64MB built-in memory. That’s what you get for $500 and I think that’s damn expensive for what you get. You can also get the Sanyo NVM-4050 for only $400 but you lose the auto-rerouting, the FM transmitter, traffic, photo and video playback. Again, very expensive!

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