GPS Shoe

A company called GTX has developed a global positioning system that

can be installed in the heel of shoes. People wearing the GPS shoes can be tracked online. The shoes are expected to come on the market next year. Seniors never have to worry about getting lost again!

Integrating GPS technology into footwear and otherconsumer products to benefit people and society.

Announcing the world's first GPS system in a shoe. This GPS device and GPS locator is designed to meld seamlessly into ones busy lifestyle, affording the comfort of a shoe with the reliability of cutting edge technology while monitoring the whereabouts of loved ones.

GPS real time tracking or remote surveillance is now being offered in consumer friendly products including footwear within a few months from branded manufacturers. This GPS patented shoe based platform delivers a new level of functional oversight, security and peace of mind to a wide variety of audiences and needs.

The advantage of this type of GPS product over a GPS cell phone is its transparency and ability to stay attached to the wearer. Perfect for children, seniors, people with Alzheimer, outdoor adventures, military, police, fire, public safety workers and many more.

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NAVIGON 7100-- CES Best Of Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award Honoree

Consumer GPS newcomer breaks into U.S. market top five after only one full month on store shelves

CES Booth #6011 -- At CES 2008, NAVIGON Inc., provider of navigation products and solutions, will
have much to celebrate. In the fiercely competitive GPS category, dominated by a few key players and dozens of others, NAVIGON claimed the fifth place
spot in overall U.S. market share for 2007. This is noteworthy considering the company's first full-throttled month of selling its complete product
line was November 2007.

Following retail sales reports for November 2007, the first full month of distribution for NAVIGON's complete product line, industry analyst firm
NPD Group confirmed NAVIGON broke into the ranks of the top five GPS sellers in both units and dollar volume. NPD Group also confirms that, one
month after its launch, based on unit-volume sales, the NAVIGON 2100 GPS was one of the top ten best-selling GPS units in the month of November.

"We're excited about the progress we've made to date," says Andreas Hecht, President of the Americas for NAVIGON. "We seized fifth place with a
one-two punch of product innovation and aggressive sales and marketing, which we'll build on in 2008."
NAVIGON closed out the year with a number of awards and accolades that included:

  -- CES Best Of Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award Honoree,
     NAVIGON 7100 for "In-Vehicle Accessories"
  -- Amazon.com Editor's Choice as one of the Best GPS Devices of 2007:
     NAVIGON 7100
  -- Telematics Update 2007 Awards, MobileNavigator for "Best Navigation
     Application"
  -- Retail Vision 2007 Awards, NAVIGON for "Best Hardware"
  -- 2007 reddot design award winner, NAVIGON 7100 for "Best of the Best"

The nuvifone uses 3.5G technology, a high-speed wireless system incompatible with Sprint but used in Europe and Asia by many companies, and in some areas of the U.S. by AT&T Wireless.

Windows Mobile 6 phones include GPS

Toshiba has released a pair of new smartphones based on Windows Mobile 6. The Portege 910 features a fold-out 800 x 480 display and keyboard, while the more conventional Portege 710 also offers a QWERTY interface. To begin with the Portege 910, this looks like a conventional cell phone when folded (see picture above), with an external clock display, but when unfolded it resembles a mini laptop (see below) -- though one measuring just 4.6 x 2.5 x 0.8 inches (117 x 64 x 20mm). Access to the phone is secured by a biometric fingerprint reader, according to the company. Toshiba calls the wide 3-inch display "perfect for Web browsing." This is emphasized by the inclusion of the Opera browser as well as Microsoft's standard Internet Explorer offering. The device uses Qualcomm's MSM7200 chipset, based on an ARM 11 core, clocked at 528MHz, and provided with 128MB of RAM and 256MB of flash. The chipset offers the potential for GPS functionality, which has been implemented here. Toshiba touts Qualcomm’s gpsOneXTRA Assistance technology as providing a faster "first fix" plus greater GPS sensitivity for challenging environments. Other wireless interfaces include quad-band (GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS2100) telephony with CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, and HSDPA data, plus Bluetooth 2.0. The Portege G910 is also packing 802.11b/g wireless LAN capabilities. For Features and specifications listed by Toshiba for the Portege 910 please here

Where's Your Kid? Check the GPS

The handy AnyTrack device keeps tabs on whereabouts of family, cars, packages—as long as you're ready to pay, and don't require precision.

The Good: Easy to use, small, and lightweight; works indoors, outdoors, or when hidden

The Bad: Tracks a maximum of once every five minutes; often shows imprecise locations; usage can get costly

The Bottom Line: Good, but limited, tracking device for family, pets, packages, and vehicles

Nokia N95 - GPS Demo

This GPS demo is pretty cool in the sense that you can see how it would work especially this being a hand held one

GPS adds dimension to online photos

NEW YORK - To plan an upcoming hike in the Alps, John Higham scoured scores of photos plotted along his route on a digital map for clues to the steepness of trails and the availability of accommodations or camp sites.

These images were just like all the other vacation photos shared by travelers and amateur photographers, except they'd been tagged with location information in an emerging practice known as "geotagging."

Armed with such data, Higham didn't have to search endless combinations of keywords and guess how photographers would describe images in captions. By zooming in on the map, he could easily find geotagged photos along the Via Alpina and gain a fresh perspective.

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uLocate launches GPS widget platform with metroPCS

Ulocate communications today announced that its GPS widget platform “Where” is now available with the U.S. wireless operator metroPCS. Where costs $2.99 per month and is currently compatible with five metroPCS phones. MetroPCS has over 3.6 million subscribers in the United States. This is the fourth U.S. wireless operator signed by Ulocate after Sprint, Alltel and Boost Mobile. Buddy Beacon In a separate news last week, uLocate announced their acquisition of the Buddy Beacon name from U.S wireless operator Helio. Introduced by Helio in partnership with uLocate in 2006, Buddy Beacon is a friend finder application. With this acquisition ulocate will be able to extend its Buddy Beacon service to other wireless operators. Buddy Beacon will be available on the Where platform and as BREW and Java applications.

The Map in the Machine

Portable and integrated navigation systems each have their pluses and minuses. Find out which kind is right for you, or whether you even need to invest in one at all. by Althea Chang If you frequently drive in unfamiliar territory or simply hate straining to see street signs, then a navigation system might be a worthwhile investment.

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