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Here’s an elegant GPS solution for all of you who are looking to add some navigation apps on their handsets, yet dislike the idea of a separate Bluetooth GPS receiver.
Taiwanese firm Spectec managed to to pack a SiRFStar III GPS receiver into a miniSD card that extends only 3 cm beyond the edge of the slot. You may think this solution will involve a lost of memory storage — think again, the tiny receiver also has an additional miniSD card slot, so you could use your memory ALONG with the GPS. After all, you do need some space to store all those maps.
The strange thing about Spectec SDG-811 is that it only works on Windows Mobile device. I guess some driver is involved, which still waits to be developed for other platforms — and by other platforms I mean Symbian OS. Hopefully, Spectec will release appropriate updates to solve this. In the meantime, if you’re living in Hong Kong, you can sign-up at Expansys to receive updates on the release of this product. Pricing is still unknown though…
[Via: Engadget]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
