First up is the "Kaiser" (pictured top left), a follow-on to the Hermes that adds GPS -- a feature that's becoming increasingly common in high-end Pocket PCs.
Leveraging industry-leading voice-recognition software, integrated GPS technology and a customer's Bluetooth-capable mobile phone, SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information provides simple hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions and up-to-date information including business listings, news, sports and weather.
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It's quite another when it's a GPS watch, and athletes are building their own apps -- yet that's what Suunto has managed with a 2.0 firmware update to its Ambit outdoor watch.
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Additional power for the car's Racepak, Baja Designs lighting, communications and GPS is provided by a 4-cell battery pack located in the driver's compartment.
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As some members of the Supreme Court recognized last year when they considered the use of only a single stream of data -- GPS location -- creating a life stream of data points paints a mosaic picture of a person's actions and habits.
Most of our questions about Garmin's iQue GPS-enabled PDA were answered in a live demonstration.
The justices will review a ruling that threw out a drug-trafficking conviction based in part on GPS evidence regarding the suspect's whereabouts.
Download the WiFi Directory App, which uses an iPhone or iPad's current GPS location to create a list of nearby wi-fi hot spots.
WifiSLAM, which is roughly two years old, is among a slew of technology companies trying to crack the problem of how to detect a mobile-phone user's location when the user is indoors and traditional GPS technology doesn't work.
Regardless of how effective the filters might be, the idea that the only thing standing between a functional GPS system and a constellation of space-borne paperweights is a private company's privately-developed, privately-operated filtering equipment... but then again, we love LTE.
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And in what's becoming a tired refrain, Gap (nyse: GPS - news - people ) announced a 2% drop in same-store sales, as both its flagship Gap chain and its Old Navy units failed to generate big traffic.
The application ultimately led to the creation of GPS, a constellation of two-dozen satellites developed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense.
That has already happened with weather data and with America's GPS satellite-navigation system that was opened for full commercial use a decade ago.
"It is a show trial, there's no doubt about it, " Clinton told CNN's Fareed Zakaria in a wide-ranging interview to be broadcast on his "GPS" program Sunday.
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Skyhook has amassed a database of 50 billion scanned records of Wi-Fi, cellular tower and GPS signals--a "map" of locations that captures 80% of the U.S. population.
It combines a conventional global positioning system (GPS) signal with those of other sensors - accelerometers and gyroscopes - to pinpoint a car's location to within 2m (6ft 6in).
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Mr Wells has claimed the trust's attempts at recruiting doctors have been "half-hearted" and that GPs are angry at a proposal which could see them running Downe Hospital's emergency department at night.
She's a fan of the car service Uber -- which can pick you up based on your smartphone's GPS -- for those over-imbibing.
To enhance the user's sharing capabilities when away from family and friends, the S9500 offers a built-in GPS function to provide the user the ability to log their travels and share where they have been.
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Equipped with a GoPro 3D HD camera, GPS, and OpenPilot's CopterControl system, the 1.8-pound quadcopter UAV joined Brazilian free-tailed bats in the skies of South Texas, capturing some pretty cool footage along the way.
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When a GPS-equipped bus approaches an intersection, it can, as before, take over the intersection's traffic light, but the computer can also calculate its expected time of arrival and decide either to extend a green light or shorten a red light.
The next Switched On will take a closer look at Dash's prospects as it navigates the space between cheap, unconnected PNDs and GPS-enabled cell phones.
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Because it's GPS-enabled and its navigation capabilities require no data usage, the Edge 810 is a perfect choice anywhere in the world.
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