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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
SatNav’s New Multifunction GPS Device/PMP
Satnav GPS Device
SatNav Technologies has announced the launch of a new gadget GPS enabled device the SatGuide PND Moov 300. The new personal navigation device (PND) is designed to provide hassle free road navigation with cutting edge features like voice prompted directions and a 4.3-inch touch-screen (480 x 272 pixels) for better user interface to its consumers. It doesn’t just come loaded with SatGuide maps but includes features like a calculator and digital entertainment features such as an audio player and video player which makes it as much a PMP as a GPS device.
The comprehensive SatGuide Maps include detailed road maps of 200+ cities and more than 15 Lakh destinations (points of interest) for customers to choose from. The maps are constantly enhanced and on the anvil are plans to grow this to 500 cities, 30 Lakh destinations, and ultimately the 6 Lakh villages across the country. Moov 300 comes with the latest WinCE 5.0 version and sports a 64 MB Flash with 512 MB RAM and supports external memory via SD/MMC cards. With regard to the media portion there’s no word on the kind of formats the device will support for either video or audio. The device is priced at Rs. 16,990 online at www.satguide.in.
The product is available at all major Large Format Retailers (LFRs) across the country. Stores like Ezone, Croma, Reliance Digital, HCL Digilife, XCite etc. Will also be sites for purchase. The device can be easily installed in vehicles and is accompanied with a USB cable and an in-car charger.
Kensington Launches New Mobile Devices – iPhone and iPod Dock
Kensington iPod & iPhone Dock
Kensington recently launches six new mobile device accessories. Which are part of the company’s “power it” and “play it” lines. The line-up includes a smart nightstand charging dock for iPhone and iPod touch that tells the time and weather and a charging dock that comes with an extra battery pack for your iPhone or iPod. Kensington’s “optimize it” line welcomes new comfortable and easy-to-use notebook stands for 14.1″ to 15.4″ laptops.
The compact dock recharges your iPhone (including new iPhone 3GS) or iPod so you can leave home with it fully charged. The dock also charges the included Mini Battery Pack so you can take an extra boost of backup power with you on the go.
World’s Fastest 128GB Flashdrive By Corsair
Corsair Flash Drive
Corsair has launched a gadget that claims to be the world’s fastest USB flashdrive. The Flash Voyager GT as it is called is a 128GB high capacity USB flash drive. Flash Voyager GT can read at the top speed of 32Mbps and has the writing speed of upto 25.6Mbps which is almost the speed limit of the USB 2.0 bus. Even with the high data holding capacity the flash drive is 75% smaller than regular flashdrives of less than half the capacity.
The 128GB Voyager GT is nearly twice as fast as other high-capacity flash drives which means less time waiting for your music, video, or office files to copy to and from the drive. The other flashdrives of 128GB capacity available in the market are Kingston’s DataTraveler and DiscGo.The Flash Voyager GT costs Approx Rs 2000. That’s Too much?
Relation between Cell Phone and Brain Tumor – Latest Study
Relation between CellPhone and Brain Tumor
A new bit of data has emerged about the idea of cell phones and the brain tumors.
Seems that Environmental Working Group released data just recently that detailed just how much radiation you’re sucking up when you’re on the phone actually and then Los Angeles Times followed that with a strange study. Check this out:
when the data from 23 studies was pooled together, there was no conclusive link between brain tumors and cell phone usages. This by itself would be interesting if not necessarily newsworthy, but when the Times jiggered the evidence a bit, comparing data from the “eight strongest studies”, they found out that cell phone users had between a 10 to 30 percent higher chance of getting brain tumors, with the more time spent on the phone being higher risk than those who spent less.
And then, here’s the weirdest point: seven out of eight of those “strongest studies” were all conducted by the SAME GUY IN SWEDEN
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