In honor of today's iPhone 3G launch, here's a clever new app that taps the new model's GPS capabilities: G-Park, which helps you navigate back to where you parked your car. All you do is tap the Park Me button optionally adding details about where you parked. Later, when you...
The mobile version of Google Maps has been "location aware" since last November, meaning it could pinpoint your location using either your phone's built-in GPS or cell-tower triangulation. Alas, Palm Centro users couldn't enjoy the location love; they had to input their positions manually (the horror!). As...
HELIO LLC announced the launch of its third exclusive mobile device--the Drift- and custom-built services that harness advanced GPS technology, GPS-enabled Google Maps for mobile and Buddy Beacon. The new device and services continue Helio's innova HELIO LLC announced the launch of its third...
Advanced Capabilities Now Include GPS Mapping via Google Earth and Compatibility with Polar's Range of Running, Cycling and GPS Sensors LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Polar (http://www.polarusa.com/), the leader in heart rate monitoring and fitness assessment technology, today introduced the RS800CX, the most advanced and...
First look: The Google G1 phone On sale Oct. 22 Don't expect to see long lines around T-Mobile stores when the G1 -- the first phone to run on Google's Android mobile software platform -- goes on sale next month. Sure, the device has...
"The live link in my BlackBerry with Bluetooth GPS to traffic updates allows me to quickly reroute around congested freeways. No longer do I have to print out my routes with Google or Yahoo maps." --Bill Pelster, consultant, Seattle "One of the greatest difficulties for me...
Advanced Mapping and Satellite Imaging Technology Enhances gpVector[TM] Global Tracking Function LOS ANGELES -- GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO) today announced the integration of Google Maps[TM] API Premier into the tracking platform of the gpVector[TM] Personal Location Service PLS technology. The company's PLS system consists of a matchbook-sized, location-reporting...
Version 6.0 adds GeoTagging and support for XMP Metadata DALLAS -- FotoTime, Inc., a leading provider of digital photo and video solutions, introduces Version 6 of its FotoAlbum software. Major enhancements to FotoAlbum 6 include GeoTagging, XMP, and an integrated SQLite database. FotoAlbum builds on the success of...
TALLINN AFP — Skype guru Ahti Heinla and Microlink and Delfi founder Rainer Nolvak put cutting-edge IT technology and 40,000 volunteers to work Saturday to clean-up the tiny Baltic Sea state of Estonia. Heinla and Nolvak used special software based on Google Earth, positioning software for mobile phones...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are many national directories of courses, Including our Best Places to Play guide, but none is more high-tech than the Never-Search for Golf DVD ($20, never-search.tom). It's like a combination golf guide/Google Earth program. The digital map, which can be updated through a...
I'M AN OWNER of an iPhone and I'm happy every time someone asks me to show it off to them. It amazes me that even after all this time, the iPhone still gets so much attention when I use it. I'll put it through its paces and I smile when...
Ultra-Thin Slider Exclusive to Helio in the U.S. Debuts New GPS Search Services LOS ANGELES -- Helio today released Mysto[TM], an ultra-thin slider featuring a large, reflective mirror-like screen, a svelte, sapphire blue body and electrostatic keys that make the device shiver when pressed. Mysto also debuts two...
I'm hesitant to come down too hard on a gadget that might help save your life. Still, the Spot Satellite Messenger I've been checking out could have been easier to figure out, and more reliable. Targeted at serious backpackers, boaters, hunters and other committed outdoor enthusiasts, Spot is...
November 20-December 20, 2007 1 Google Includes Location Finder in Mobile Google Maps 2 Recently Launched GLONASS Satellites Deemed Healthy 3 Continuous Navigation: Combining GPS with Sensor-Based Dead Reckoning 4 Lets Go Downtown, Lets Go Indoors: Pedestrian Navigation in Obstructed Environments 5 Navigating These Mean Streets: Real-time...
Google has come out with a new addition to its Google Maps for mobile, a big blue "You Are Here" dot. This dot comes courtesy of a new application called My Location that, well, uses a cell tower to find your location, and looks a bit better...
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Google on Wednesday released upgraded mapping software that figures out the general vicinity a mobile telephone is in based on which transmission tower it is using. The beta, or test, version of new Google Maps for mobile software lets mobile phone users choose from...
CHICAGO -- Nokia Corp. has agreed to buy digital mapmaker Navteq Corp. for $8.1 billion in a deal that shakes up the GPS device market and underscores the intent of the world's largest mobile phone maker to use more navigation in its handsets and other products. ...
Wireless News08-16-2007Helio Introduces Fin by SamsungWIRELESS NEWS-August 16, 2007-Helio Introduces Fin by Samsung C2007 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Helio's portfolio of mobile devices just got thinner with the introduction of Fin by Samsung, the thinnest folder currently available in the U.S., the companies reported. True to Helio form, Fin's ultra...
Helio Debuts Garmin Mobile and Customizable RSS Feeds for H.O.T. LOS ANGELES -- Helio's portfolio of innovative mobile devices just got thinner with the introduction of Fin[TM] by Samsung, the thinnest folder currently available in the U.S. True to Helio form, Fin's ultra thin blue-black magnesium body comes...
Friends in your online network can do more than read your blogs and see your photos. If you have a GPS-enabled phone, they might also know exactly where you are. The new social networking site Bliin uses GPS to locate people, reported BBC News technology reporter lain Mackenzie...