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- Magellan CrossoverGPS
- There are a variety of uses for GPS devices--in the car, on a boat, on foot, geocaching--but it's rare to find one device that can do it all. The Magellan CrossoverGPS is one of the first portable navigation systems we've seen to tackle all modes of transport, and it does...
- Tags: GPS, Handhelds, Magellan CrossoverGPS, Magellan
- Product reviews 2007-04-13
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- Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
- Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in education. LISBON--Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the...
- Tags: Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Portugal, School Children, Government Hope, Magellan, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Reuters, laptops, education
- News items 2008-10-03
- 1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela
- Portugal recently announced it's intention to purchase and deploy half a million Classmate PCs to students in the country. Intel developed the Classmate as a reference design in the hopes that local OEMs would customize it and then handle production and distribution. In the latest success for this...
- Tags: Venezuela, OEM, Intel Corp., Government, Linux, Vertical Industries, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Perlow@PEPCOM
- Arriba and Feliz Navidad, Gringos! Your economy is screwed! Now go buy some expensive toys, America! See Jason Perlow's PEPCOM Gallery. Ah yes, the annual holiday PEPCOM party at the Metropolitan Pavilion. It was truly a surreal experience attending the popular and...
- Tags: Backup, Electronics, NAVIGON, Cat Genie, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-20
- Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practices
- Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practicesOh this is going to be goodApple is going to have a tough time wiggling out of this one and MS have a great opportunity, ad-wise, to strongly differentiate themselves, not that they had any difficulty with that in the first place, but keying...
- Tags: Printers, Psystar, Apple Inc., printer, Lexmark International Inc., hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Garmin Nuvi 500
- There are many uses for GPS beyond in-car navigation. After all, there are times you could use some route guidance no matter what mode of transportation. Yet, you don't see too many multiuse GPS on the market, and we're beginning to see why. A while back we took a look...
- Tags: Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Nuvi 500, Garmin Ltd., GPS, car
- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- Archos GPS in-car holder
- The Archos GPS in-car holder ($129) transforms your existing Archos605 WiFi portable video player into a full-fledged GPS navigation system. For Archos 605 WiFi owners whose GPS needs are strictly in-car, the Archos GPS in-car holder is a great value compared with a similar priced standalone system.DesignConstructed mostly of black...
- Tags: Handhelds, Wireless LANs, Archos, GPS, Archos 605 WiFi, Archos 605, Archos GPS, Wi-Fi, Archos GPS in-car holder, in-car holder
- Product reviews 2008-08-13
- Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to Portugal
- Intel said Wednesday that it has inked a pact with the Portuguese government to supply 500,000 Classmate PCs to elementary school students. The chip giant is part of the Magellan Initiative, Portugal's education technology plan. It was launched by Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates and Intel Chairman...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Portugal, Government, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Garmin Nuvi 880
- Ever since the Garmin Nuvi 880 was announced at CES 2008, we've been excited to get out hands on this portable navigation system. Given the good track record of the other Nuvi series devices, we expected more of the same, solid feature list and good performance. However, we were most...
- Tags: Keyboards, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Nuvi 880, speech recognition, Garmin Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-06-30
- TomTom GO 930 GPS
- When it comes to in-car GPS, TomTom has always been of the philosophy that its products should be about navigation first. The company doesn't spend much time fussing over extras like multimedia, but rather focuses energy on navigation tools that will help the driver. The TomTom GO 930 is a...
- Tags: Memory, GPS, TomTom, TomTom Go, TomTom GO 930
- Product reviews 2008-05-28
- Modu claims lightest mobile phone; Will you buy it?
- Modu on Tuesday touted its Guinness World Record for the lightest mobile phone--weighing in at 1.41 ounces--but is that a reason to buy it? The question is largely academic since modu--an Israeli company founded by Dov Moran, who sold msystems to SanDisk--launched just a month ago. However,...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, SanDisk Corp., Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Magellan RoadMate 1200
- At first glance, the Magellan RoadMate 1200 looks to be a good entry-level in-car GPS. It has a compact, no-fuss design that's perfect for first-time buyers, and you get the most essential navigation features for an affordable $199.99. Sounds good, right? Not so fast, once on the road the RoadMate...
- Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, RoadMate 1200, Magellan RoadMate 1200, Magellan
- Product reviews 2008-03-12
- Magellan to provide local listings from Google
- Magellan to provide local listings from GoogleAh, Google's view of the world thrown on those that want to pay for it!I'll pass, until it's
- Tags: Magellan, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- News to know: CES; Gates' curtain call; Office 2003 and old file types; Apple
- Notable headlines: CES coverage: Ryan Stewart: Silverlight to power the online video portal for the 2008 Olympics Gates: Curtain call for crystal ball. Mary Jo Foley: Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futures. Dan Farber: Gates gives CES keynote...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Office 2003, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Napster Inc., Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hd Dvd, Microsoft Office, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Magellan to provide local listings from Google
- Google and Magellan are working together on the new Maestro Elite 5350+GPRS. The new device will let users view local business listings from Google while on the road. This is the first GPS device that lets users search for events, businesses and services according to the two companies....
- Tags: Google Inc., Device, GPRS, Cellular Phones, GPS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-01-06
- Magellan Maestro 4250
- The number of portable navigation systems coming out these days is pretty astonishing, but the thing is, we're finding that when it comes to the core navigation functions, they pretty much all offer the same thing--text- and voice-guided directions, extensive POI databases, automatic route recalculation, and so forth. So in...
- Tags: Keyboards, user interface, Magellan, Maestro, Magellan Maestro 4250, Maestro 4250
- Product reviews 2007-12-16
- GPS TrackMaker (exe)
- Create and edit waypoints, tracklogs, routes, and insert scanned images of map. More than 160 GPS models recognized. Garmin, Magellan, Eagle, Lowrance, Brunton, Silva. Version 13.2 supports Google Earth, Google Maps and vehicle tracking by GPRS.
- Tags: Google Inc., GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-10-25
- Nokia announces stand-alone GPS system and mobile accessory upgrades
- Nokia branched out a bit from their mobile phone business with their Internet Tablets and today just announced another type of product that I suppose could be considered a mobile phone accessory. The GPS market is hot and Nokia will soon have their own portable GPS navigation solution called the...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Cell Phone, GPS, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Magellan
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Codename, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- Netropa Intellinav 2
- There are a number of newcomers entering the U.S. GPS market, trying to loosen the grip that heavyweights Garmin, TomTom, and Magellan have on the industry, and one such company is Netropa. The company's Intellinav 2 caught our eye not so much for its design though compact and shiny but...
- Tags: Intellinav 2, Netropa Intellinav 2, Averatec Voya, Averatec, SD card
- Product reviews 2007-08-06
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