GPS navigation devices are making their way into the local car population. The usability of such a device rests largely on the screen size, ability to quickly pick up GPS signals, the software plus maps available. Holux has been sending out one improved model after another – the latest, with a 5inch screen and a slimmer profile, should improve legibility, the Holux GPSmile 62 PRO device. It also has new Papago! software that features 3D landmarks and buildings, junction view of expressway entrances and exits, predictive postal code and address search. And it comes with Malfreemaps covering Singapore, Peninsula Malaysia, East Malaysia and Brunei, which are updated weekly.
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A Taiwanese company, Transystem Inc is releasing their new product in U.S, iBT-GPS Solar Bluetooth GPS Data Logger. iBT-GPS is a dual function device that can either record your trip info or act as a GPS receiver and pair via bluetooth with your handheld. With its tiny solar panel this bluetooth GPS receiver can last 35+ hours on a single charge and can record 50,000 waypoints in its 8MB internal memory. It can record travel data based on three modes: by time, by distance or by speed. iBT-GPS uses the 32 channel MTK GPS chipset.
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