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IBM Launches Seer Android At Wimbledon

IBM introduces phone applications that make it easier to follow all the action from the tournament.

IBM is courting tennis fans with a trio of applications that will allow them to follow Wimbledon moment by moment, whether or not they're at London's famed grass courts.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/ibm-launches-seer-android-at-wimbledon.html

Tags: IBM, Wimbledon, All England Lawn and Tennis club, iPhone, Apple App store, Rob McCowen, Seer Android, T-Mobile, Java enabled, G1 phone, GPS, Global IT News, Google android, 

Pioneer explodes your dashboard with new AVIC U, X and Z-series in-dash navigation systems

via engadget.com

"Pioneer isn't going for subtle here: the company just unleashed a flurry of in-dash navigators, with a considerable amount of accoutrements on display. The units range through the flagship AVIC-Z110BT (pictured), "midrange" AVIC-X710BT and X910BT, and the AVIC-U310BT for rich people on a budget. Seriously, with a starting price of $599, none of this is suited for the cheap-and-simple set, but at least Pioneer backs up those pricetags with serious functionality." ..more details at link.

Kiwanis Trail and Telegraph Pass Trail #fb

A few shots from a late May hike in South Mountain.  Full hike description is on Everytrail.com: http://bit.ly/cWmeT -

Testing GPS tagging photos using GPicSync followed by Google Earth for edits and fine tuning.  Good to know that Everytrail supports both raw GPX files and also KML files :-).  Trip profile as processed seems to still include trail times and elevations 8-).

                           

Click here to download:

Kiwanis_Trail_and_Telegraph_Pa.zip (21291 KB)

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Test 2 - google maps on Blackberry Storm with vPost

Test 2 w/ newer vPost version 2.0.0.79 on Verizon BB Storm 9530

Google Map:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=My+Location@41.42237%2C-73.95395
 
 
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Testing Loopt ...we'll see what happens

Testing Google Maps on vPost

Google maps running on a Blackberry Storm using the vPost app compared with a Raymarine RC435 chartplotter. The coordinates and screen depiction in the picture are spot on accurate. Google maps? Not too bad. Not dead on...but...not too bad
 

 
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On leaving the routing to Garmin

Granted, I've only been to Oxford, Ohio twice in the 11 years I've worked for my employer, and I had a vague idea of how to get there, but this time I left the navigation to my GPS and the end result was an interesting shortcut through some very pretty countryside!

Clarion NR1UB Mobile Internet Navigation Device

I'm not 100% sold on this and for about $650.00 I definately won't be owning one anytime soon.

That being said, I think that gadgets like this are become more and more mainstream. I first got a GPS in 2003 and it was quite a novelty at the time. Now it is not uncommon for a car to offer navigation as an upgrade or even standard equipment on higher end models. The GPS unit that I bought in 2003 (and still use today) is a Garmin GPSMAP 60CS it only has 64MB of memory for map storage. I can load most of northern Utah but I have to reload maps anytime I travel outside that area. These maps have not been updated since 2003 and cost an arm and a leg to buy from Garmin.

A few years ago Garmin came out with the GPSMAP 60CSx that takes a MicroSD card and can store most of North America all at once. But, again, these maps are frozen as of the time of purchase and will cost even more to update from that point on. The idea of having internet access means that the maps you have access to should be limited only to the provider update schedule and should be free (think Google Maps).

The Clarion MIND is probably not going to be my new GPS but I thought it was cool enough to share because I think it's headed in the right direction.