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Pioneer releases the PotterNavi, the ultimate 3G powered GPS for bicycles

Behind this cute little egg like GPS or PNS, the PotterNavi is Pioneer Japan ultimate GPS for street riders that only rely on their bicycles to roam streets in Japan. Announced for a shipping date schedule around February 2012 and with[...]
Pioneer releases the PotterNavi, the ultimate 3G powered GPS for bicycles
Pioneer releases the PotterNavi, the ultimate 3G powered GPS for bicyclesPioneer releases the PotterNavi, the ultimate 3G powered GPS for bicycles

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Pioneer AR-HUD Car Navigation System

In 2012, Pioneer will release the AR Head-Up Display, a next-generation car navigation system. This display uses a laser projector and a concave half-mirror to superimpose maps and navigation information onto the actual environment, 1.[...]
Pioneer AR-HUD Car Navigation System

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Sony introduces two new NAV-U PNDs in Japan with English Guidance

A first for the Japanese manufacturer! Sony, announced this week in Japan two new PND (Portable Navigation Device) with the NV-U97VT and NV-U97V. Both models comes with a nice 7” (480×272) touchscreen, 8GB of internal memory, Sony[...]
Sony introduces two new NAV-U PNDs in Japan with English Guidance
Sony introduces two new NAV-U PNDs in Japan with English GuidanceSony introduces two new NAV-U PNDs in Japan with English Guidance

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Toyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety System

Toyota aims to reduce traffic accidents through the use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), has developed an onboard navigation system compatible with the vehicle-infrastructure cooperative Driving Safety Support System (DSSS) sche[...]
Toyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety System
Toyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety SystemToyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety SystemToyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety SystemToyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety SystemToyota Develops Navigation System Compatible with Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Safety System

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Pioneer develop the first Navigation System for Electric Vehicle

Pioneer Japan introduced the AVIC-ZH09-MEV, the company’s first Navigation System tailored and optimized for an EV (Electric Vehicle). Pioneer did not simply re-brand one of its Navigation Systems, but built a completely new devi[...]
Pioneer develop the first Navigation System for Electric Vehicle
Pioneer develop the first Navigation System for Electric Vehicle

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Mitsubishi new Car Navigation System let you Record TV and Watch BD Movies while driving!

Mitsubishi Electric has introduced today a new Car Navigation System with the NR-MZ50. Announced at 150,000 Yen and schedule for August, this new 2DIN AV GPS comes with this usual GPS and Traffic Thingy but also includes a 12Seg (12x1S[...]
Mitsubishi new Car Navigation System let you Record TV and Watch BD Movies while driving!
Mitsubishi new Car Navigation System let you Record TV and Watch BD Movies while driving!

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Thinkware Korea announces its first Android Navigation System

Thinkware a Korea based company just announced the “Navi Smart S” a new Android 2.2 Portable Navigation System / Tablet for the Korean Market. Announced at around 300,000 Won this Navi Smart S comes with a 1GHz Cortex CPU, 512MB of RAM[...]
Thinkware Korea announces its first Android Navigation System
Thinkware Korea announces its first Android Navigation SystemThinkware Korea announces its first Android Navigation System

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Panasonic introduces two new Strada dash-in Car Navs in Japan with Motion Control

Behold Panasonic latest Strada Dash0in Car navigation system with the CN-H500WD and CN-H500D. Both models comes with the same basic specification with a 7” 800×480 LED backlight touchscreen, DVD, CD, HDD and the usual Digital TV T[...]
Panasonic introduces two new Strada dash-in Car Navs in Japan with Motion Control
Panasonic introduces two new Strada dash-in Car Navs in Japan with Motion ControlPanasonic introduces two new Strada dash-in Car Navs in Japan with Motion Control

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Seiwa Japan introduces a new 7” WVGA 1Seg Hello Kitty portable TV and GPS

Seiwa Japan announced today that it will start selling in Japan two new Hello Kitty Wonders with a Portable Navigation System version and a Digital Portable TV. Both models comes with the same basic design, but comes for the PNS with a[...]
Seiwa Japan introduces a new 7” WVGA 1Seg Hello Kitty portable TV and GPS
Seiwa Japan introduces a new 7” WVGA 1Seg Hello Kitty portable TV and GPS

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Fujitsu introduces 3 new Dash-in GPS in Japan

Fujitsu introduced earlier this month a new series of GPS including the AVN-Z01, AVN-V01 and AVN-F01i. While the first two models are comes in a rather basic package with a 7” E-iSAc LCD 12Seg TV Tuner DVD, SD Cards 16GB of Memory on b[...]
Fujitsu introduces 3 new Dash-in GPS in Japan
Fujitsu introduces 3 new Dash-in GPS in JapanFujitsu introduces 3 new Dash-in GPS in JapanFujitsu introduces 3 new Dash-in GPS in JapanFujitsu introduces 3 new Dash-in GPS in JapanFujitsu introduces 3 new Dash-in GPS in Japan

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Pentax release the O-GPS1 a compact GPS for DSLR

Designed to work only with the K-5, k-r and 645D, the O-GPS1 is a compact GPS that you stick on your camera where you would normally place your flash and that will Geotag all your photos with the appropriate coordinates. The O-GPS1 jus[...]
Pentax release the O-GPS1 a compact GPS for DSLR
Pentax release the O-GPS1 a compact GPS for DSLRPentax release the O-GPS1 a compact GPS for DSLRPentax release the O-GPS1 a compact GPS for DSLR

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Toyota to Add Wrong-way Driving Alert to Navigation Systems

Toyota announced that it will add a function to its onboard navigation systems that gives on-screen and voice alerts to wrong-way drivers. Jointly developed with Aisin AW Co., Ltd. and Denso Corporation, the function monitors vehicle d[...]
Toyota to Add Wrong-way Driving Alert to Navigation Systems

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KDDI introduces the Swing Concept, a new king of Navigation system for smartphone

KDDI’s booth had many little new surprises today for us but the most interesting of them all was without a doubt “SWING”. Think of swing as an indoor navigation system that will let you quickly find your direction within an area thanks[...]
KDDI introduces the Swing Concept, a new king of Navigation system for smartphone
KDDI introduces the Swing Concept, a new king of Navigation system for smartphone

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STMicroelectronics Offers the World’s Smallest and Most Accurate Location-Placing Solution

STMicroelectronics today announced a complete hardware solution for advanced sensing applications with 10 degrees of freedom (DoF) . A set of three thin, high-performance MEMS sensors provides accurate and comprehensive information on [...]
STMicroelectronics Offers the World’s Smallest and Most Accurate Location-Placing Solution
STMicroelectronics Offers the World’s Smallest and Most Accurate Location-Placing Solution

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Panasonic introduces 13 new Gorilla SSD GPS in Japan!

Since Panasonic has full control over Sanyo it is not “strange” to see Sanyo’s products now re-branded as Panasonic ones, like for example today’s new Gorilla’s SSD GPS. Gorilla SSD GPS with AV and Panasonic’s Strada technology. The fi[...]
Panasonic introduces 13 new Gorilla SSD GPS in Japan!
Panasonic introduces 13 new Gorilla SSD GPS in Japan!Panasonic introduces 13 new Gorilla SSD GPS in Japan!Panasonic introduces 13 new Gorilla SSD GPS in Japan!Panasonic introduces 13 new Gorilla SSD GPS in Japan!Panasonic introduces 13 new Gorilla SSD GPS in Japan!

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Pioneer refreshes its Carrozzeria AVIC PND line-up in Japan

Along side the world first AR Car Navigation system, Pioneer released this moring three new Carrozzeria AVIC PND with improved accuracy, traffic data and forecast. Available in three different sizes with the 7”WVGA AVIC-T99, the 5.8” W[...]
Pioneer refreshes its Carrozzeria AVIC PND line-up in Japan
Pioneer refreshes its Carrozzeria AVIC PND line-up in JapanPioneer refreshes its Carrozzeria AVIC PND line-up in JapanPioneer refreshes its Carrozzeria AVIC PND line-up in Japan

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Pioneer Japan release the world first Car in-dash GPS with Augmented Reality Navigation

Pioneer Japan has introduced this morning a series of four new dash-in car GPS with the 1D+1D AVIC-VH09CS and AVIC-VH09 as well as the 2D Series AVIC-ZH09CS and AVIC-ZH09 featuring the world first live Augmented Reality Guiding system.[...]
Pioneer Japan release the world first Car in-dash GPS with Augmented Reality Navigation
Pioneer Japan release the world first Car in-dash GPS with Augmented Reality NavigationPioneer Japan release the world first Car in-dash GPS with Augmented Reality NavigationPioneer Japan release the world first Car in-dash GPS with Augmented Reality NavigationPioneer Japan release the world first Car in-dash GPS with Augmented Reality Navigation

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Samsung introduce the SENS-240, the Navigation Tablet

Samsung has introduced in Korea a very unique Hybrid Tablet with the SENS-240. Made to work in coordination with one of your Samsung Android powered and connected device like a Smartphone or a Connected Tablet, the SENS-240, a Car Navi[...]
Samsung introduce the SENS-240, the Navigation Tablet
Samsung introduce the SENS-240, the Navigation TabletSamsung introduce the SENS-240, the Navigation Tablet

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Smart Navi K9, Thinkware first Android 2.2 and Cortex A8 PND

The Cortex A8 is what you can find for example in Apple A4 SoC found in the iPad first generation, and today the Korean company Thinkware announced that this very capable Cortex A8 CPU in its 1GHz version is now implemented on its late[...]
Smart Navi K9, Thinkware first Android 2.2 and Cortex A8 PND
Smart Navi K9, Thinkware first Android 2.2 and Cortex A8 PND

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Toshiba reveals ultra thin 7” Multi-touch LCD for in-Dash GPS

Better get use to it, but multi-touch will be something that will come in pretty much everything nowadays! TMD or Toshiba Mobile Display announced yesterday that they successfully developed a 7” LPTS TFT LCD with integrated multi-touch[...]
Toshiba reveals ultra thin 7” Multi-touch LCD for in-Dash GPS
Toshiba reveals ultra thin 7” Multi-touch LCD for in-Dash GPS

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Kenwood introduces two new fast in-dash GPS in Japan

Fact : You cannot survive in Japan without a GPS! Reason? There is no damn street name or street numbers in Japan! So either you carry along with you a good old map or a GPS! Being so, Japan has one of the most advance car GPS I ever h[...]
Kenwood introduces two new fast in-dash GPS in Japan
Kenwood introduces two new fast in-dash GPS in JapanKenwood introduces two new fast in-dash GPS in Japan

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Pimp your car with a 5” One Piece GPS!

Dinos Japan introduced last Friday its first One Piece PND (GPS). I am sure that you are familiar with the anime One Piece, but if you are not, make sure to watch it, at least the first few seasons since the story seems to last forever[...]
Pimp your car with a 5” One Piece GPS!
Pimp your car with a 5” One Piece GPS!

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