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Garmin today announced several alliances in the fitness industry to link workout devices with certain Garmin devices through its ANT+ wireless technology. This announcement was made in conjunction with the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) international convention and trade show in San Francisco...
The CeBIT trade show in Hannover was the opportunity to meet with Tamas Frigyes, CEO at GPS Tuner, a small off-road navigation outfit based in Hungary which already sold 40,000 licenses of its software on the Web. After raising funds and finalizing a new version of its software due in a couple of weeks, GPS Tuner has new...
Nokia said today its Sports Tracker application was named Best Mobile Internet Service in a competition organized by the Mobile World Congress.
The free application, first launched in July 2008 and downloaded more than 2.5 million times to date, monitors exercise and tracks fitness levels, and makes the information...
UK-based Augmentra, the editor of Viewranger outdoor navigation software for mobile phones said today its solution is now compatible with Nokia S60 touch screen phones such as the Nokia 5800. With this new release Augmentra has also enhanced its software to allow over-the-air access to a growing library of navigable leisure...
Yesterday Trimble announced the availability of its off-road navigation software, Trimble Outdoors, on select cell phones from U.S. wireless operator Verizon Wireless. Customers get trip planning software, off-road navigation and journaling tools for outdoor activities such as hiking, backpacking, fishing and hunting....
This week a new touch screen GPS rangefinder was unveiled at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida. OnPar, developed by a company called Savant GPS, offers a 3.5 touch display in a compact form factor (71mm x 106 mm x 16mm). OnPar will store up to 300 golf courses with no membership fees or course map fees and offer the...
Lowrance last week announced Endura, a new range of three outdoor handheld GPS which features a 2.7 inch color touch display, retailing from $230 to $550 that will be available in the United States in May 2009. All products in the range features a Micro SD card slot for up to 32 GB cards and are powered by two AA batteries....
Garmin yesterday announced an update to its range of low-cost outdoor GPS handhelds with the eTrex Legend H ($149.99) and the eTrex Vista H ($199.99).
These new units include a “high-sensitivity GPS receiver”, a fast USB interface and 24 megabytes of internal memory for loading detailed topo maps from a computer. The...
The SPOT GPS satellite messenger was launched one year ago at CES. In 12 months, the Californian company, a subsidiary of satellite company Globalstar, has made its product a success among hikers, boaters and extreme sport enthusiasts. GPS Business News interviewed Tom Colby, Chief Operating Officer at Globalstar to learn about...
Nokia today announced the Nokia N79 Active, which ships with the wireless Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate belt from Polar, a well known brand on the sport and fitness market.
"The Nokia N79 Active is all about fun and fitness," said Juha Kokkonen, Director, Nokia Nseries. "This handset keeps you entertained on those...
Garmin today announced the Approach G5, its first handheld GPS designed for the golf course.
The waterproof Approach, based on the form factor of the Oregon outdoor GPS, will feature a touch screen, 3 inch color display and be powered by two AA batteries. It will offer two simple options once powered on: Play and...
In December, just before the holiday break, U.S. wireless operator Alltel Wireless launched Trimble Outdoors, a GPS outdoor application, on its network.
The Trimble Outdoors application turns a wide range of Alltel GPS-enabled handsets into an off-road navigation and journaling tool for many outdoor...
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