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TomTom rolls out Star Wars voices for its GPS units

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TomTom's C-3POGot a TomTom GPS? Well, it’s time to get rid of that boring voice telling you that you took a wrong turn, and indulge your Star Wars obsession with customized voices.

Right now you can get Darth Vader and C-3PO/R2-D2. Yoda and Han Solo are coming soon. Actually, they really sound pretty good (the TomTom site has samples). I just wonder how many times I can stand hearing the same thing over and over.

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Price: $12.95
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GPS Angel V4 warns you when approaching dicey intersections

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GPS Angel V4The GPS Angel V4 is a red light camera and speed camera warning system that you place on your car’s dashboard. It uses GPS to figure out where your car is and maps that against the built-in database of over 6000 known red light camera and speed camera locations, and warns you when you’re approaching one.

There are no monthly fees to keep the database up-to-date. Just plug it into your PC via a USB cable. You can also search the list online at www.gpsangel.com.

One other nice feature is the ability to program the V4 to warn you when you are in school zones, parks, etc.

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Price: $117.99
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Minority Report-style shopping coming to a phone near you

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Some of the features of the future world pictured in Minority Report may be coming to our present world sooner than we thought. For example, startup company Shopkick has teamed up with Macy’s and Best Buy to launch an iPhone/Android app that uses those phones location-detection capabilities to offer rewards to potential customers when they are near stores.

Other companies getting in the game include other location-sharing apps/companies such as Loopt and FourSquare. As GPS becomes more ubiquitous in mobile devices (we probably shouldn’t call them merely phones any more), applications such as these will also become more common. Of course, the next uproar will be the perceived ‘invasion of privacy’ that these apps bring, but let’s face it – you can choose not to install them.

via WSJ

IDC Ecco Intelligent Digital Compass Personal Pocket GPS Locator

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Want a GPS but want something even smaller? Then take a look at Ecco’s portable GPS fob that fits on your keychain. The Ecco can store 3 locations and find locations in seconds by pulling in info from 32 satellites within 60 secs. It uses rechargeable batteries and shows direction arrows and distance.

Never get lost again!

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Price: $89.99
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i-gotU GPS travel & sports logger

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The i-gotU GPS logger tracks your trip via GPS and records up to 65,000 waypoints in its 16MB memory. With its very small size, you can slip this into your pocket and head off on a hike, bike ride or road trip. Take pictures along the way and when you get back, plug both camera and i-gotU unit into your PC and the software will figure out where and when you took those photos.

The software is also configured to upload your travel blog to sites like @trip, Google Maps, Facebook and more. Take a look at the demo on @trip to get a good idea of what it can do for you without your having to figure out blogging software or GPS to map or photo to GPS.

There are 2 versions: a pure USB one and one that has Bluetooth so that you can pair it with your phone and use it as the GPS unit for your cell.

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Price: $29.99
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DeLorme’s Topo USA 8.0 – GPS mapping application

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Version 8.0 of DeLorme’s Topo USA brings new features such as streamlined map-to-GPS transfers, paperless geocaching, new road detail for Canada and Mexico, and improved in-vehicle GPS navigation with laptop PCs. If you’re not aware of what Topo USA gives you, it’s a software application for PCs that can be used by itself or with Delorme GPS units.

Topo USA gives you terrain, trails and of course road details. You can explore 3D maps, map your routes, find points of interest, customize and print maps. And of course, push this data to your GPS unit for offline use.

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Price: $71.31
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Loopt comes to Sprint Instinct phones

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Loopt, the social location mapping app, has now been ported to Sprint Instinct phones. So if you’ve got one of those phones, you can find out what your friends are up to when they’re near by.

Loopt is already available for over 100 different devices including (some) Blackberries, Android phones, iPhone and iPod Touch.

Loopt is available for free on the Sprint Instinct family of phones by texting “GET” to 56678 (LOOPT).

Garmin Oregon 550/550t – GPS With Camera

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Garmin Oregon 550t

We’ve had cameras with built in GPS so now it’s time for a GPS with a built in camera! Garmin have taken their award-winning Oregon GPS system and stuck a 3.2 megapixel camera in it with 4x optical zoom – enough to rival a lot of phones on the market today – perfect for those times when you’re trekking up a mountain and want to take a picture of the view but find your phone’s dead.

Enough about the camera, the GPS system is pretty advanced too – the built-in memory has enough room for 2,000 waypoints, 200 routes and 5,000 geocaches and comes loaded with 100,000 maps with 3D perspective rendering. Operation is via a 3-inch touch screen and can be mounted inside a car for in-vehicle use.

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Price: $599.00
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Super Universal Car Mount

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Super Universal Car Mount

The Super Universal Car Mount is a neat idea for those of you who like to have pretty much all your gadgets rigged up in the car – mobile phone, Sat Nav and your MP3 player. The candle-style arrangement allows you to hold up to three of your favorite gadgets and comes with leads to connect all of these up (presumably to your car): iPhones, iPods, Zunes, MP3, GPS, Game consoles (a worrying idea!), PDAs, Phones and more! Pretty cool gizmo; just make sure it doesn’t obscure all of your windscreen!

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Price: $29.99
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