The LG-SB210 Mobile from LG Electronics is a leisure phone that should suit golfers well. It includes golf anger 2 generations and a GPS which loads maps related to mountain climbing trails or golf courses. Over 280 golf courses including their distance and conditions are loaded and it even comes with a calorie calculator to let you know how much you have burned while playing. A G sensor that aids owners in making necessary adjustments is also included which functions like a compass as well.

Standard features of the LG-SB210 Mobile include a 3” LCD Screen, mobile games and multimedia. This phone retails for about 638,000 won.

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You know, for the longest time, I’ve made do with Tracfones.  They’re dirt cheap–thirty bucks every three months–and for as little as I use them, I don’t need a phone with a whole lot of bells and whistles.  At least, that’s what I thought before the crew out at Puremobile sent me a Nokia N97 to take a look at, and I got a first hand look at how stone-axe primitive I was living in terms of cell phones.

The Nokia N97 cell phone is a small, smooth smartphone that comes with a panoply of options so wide and varied that it made my head spin the first time I tried it.  This sucker comes with a five megapixel camera, GPS capability, map software, web browsing, and a fully functional QWERTY keyboard hidden underneath the phone’s front panel.  It has an autorotate sensor that lets you go from landscape to portrait with a flick of the wrist, 32 gigs of onboard storage and 128 megs of RAM.

I actually once used a COMPUTER with less RAM than this phone carries. The sheer number of options contained within this phone, the sheer number of things it can do, boggles my mind, and it seems like with every passing day, I find more things that this Swiss Army knife of a phone can do.

I confess to a certain amount of amazement with this phone.  It replaces so many things with a device roughly the size of two credit cards taped together.  Considering that, as far as I can tell from Amazon, this sucker has a retail cost of seven hundred dollars, this is a great one to consider if you want a top of the line model.  More budget conscious folks may want to stick with the Tracfone.

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The military has its own needs as far as navigation and positioning when duty calls and Rockwell Collins now releases a new handheld GPS receiver with the MicroDAGR. The MicroDAGR hand-held GPS is actually smaller version of the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), carrying security and durability in the most rugged conditions. It provides real-time positioning moving maps via the full-color touch screen display and can be easily worn by wrist. Other features included in the MicroDAGR are a vibration alert, MP3 player and a digital camera.

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There is a new Nokia phone in the market and it goes by the name of the Nokia 5230. This new Nokia mobile phone is made for the people who live an active life and comes in a variety of dazzling colors. It comes with the much demanded features that include music, photos and videos, key components that most people look for today in mobile gadgets while on the move.

The Nokia 5230 provides users the flexibility to access new content ranging from songs, games and videos from the Ovi Store. Additionally, the Nokia 5230 comes with an A-GPS navigation along with the latest version of Ovi Maps with aerial images and 3D landmarks of over 200 citites.

The Nokia 5230 retails for around 149 EUR and will start shipping by the fourth quarter of this year. The phone also features a music player that can last up to 33 hours of playback time. In addition, the Nokia 5230 features a Media Bar with quick access to your favorite media and applications, such as music, photos, YouTube or Ovi Share.

Key Features:

• 3.2″ screen
• Homescreen Contacts Bar and Media Bar
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• 3.5mm audio jack

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People who are fond of parks and rollercoaster rides should enjoy this new app released from Digital Chocolate. The new app is the Rollercoaster Rush, a perfect game for thrill-seeking individuals and love to o got the extreme. The adventure just keeps getting tougher and tougher with various tracks included in the game, leaving it up to the user to step on the brakes if he cannot take it anymore.

Rollercoaster Rush features over 70 expertly-designed tracks with realistic coaster physics across three different maps in Australia, France and the United States. The game utilizes the high-end graphics engine of iPhone and iPod touch by featuring over-the-top visual effects as players overcome huge peaks, steep valleys, loop-the-loops, big jumps and more!

The game is now available over at the Apple app store for $4.99. But just in case you are in doubt on the attractiveness of this game, you can always download the free version but will be limited to only a number of levels.

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We are all aware that many motorists have gotten a big boost with the help of GPS devices and it looks like they are in for more aid as waze, Inc. unveils a new platform for creating and maintaining live maps in the United States. As we all know navigation is easier if you know where you are going and with these new guides, you can get to your destination faster and with lesser fuel consumption to boot.

“waze is a network of drivers who work together to save time - everyone contributes and everyone benefits. By aggregating the status of all connected wazers, such as GPS traces and active reporting of speed traps or road hazards, we can build and share back a real-time or ‘live’ map which reflects the current state of the roads, finds the best route and guides the waze members though it in their daily driving.”

The application, already widely used in Israel, will open to the general public in the coming months.

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We all know that the LG Xenon has been officially launched by AT&T. But what we don’t know is that there is a special promo right now, a limited Buy One Get One Offer. Just in time for parents looking to upgrade their recent graduates’ mobile phone, AT&T is offering a limited time, buy one, get one free after mail-in rebate promotion for the LG Xenon.

As seen on the popular MTV series “The Phone”, executive produced by Justin Timberlake, the LG Xenon, available only through AT&T, includes a stylish touch screen, a side-sliding full keyboard, instant messaging, mobile e-mail and AT&T Navigator.

New LG Xenon users receive a free 30 day trial of AT&T Navigator. Using GPS directly from the customer’s wireless phone, AT&T Navigator provides audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, including full-color moving maps. After the trial period has ended, customers can pay either a monthly subscription charge of $9.99 for unlimited routes or use the service with the $2.99 Day Pass option. Data usage charges apply.

Available in AT&T stores and online at www.wireless.att.com in blue or red, AT&T customers can get two of the new touch screen 3G quick messaging phone for $99.99 after mail-in rebate with a two-year service agreement. (Pay $149.99 for each phone, and after mail-in rebate, receive $50 AT&T Promotion Card for the first phone and a $149.99 card for the second.)

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Nokia and Orange have extended their business partnership and will be unveiling a new email service to the market. A co-branded solution in the Nokia Messaging by Orange, which will be available on a range of Orange Signature devices, aiming to bring mobile email to everyone with a phone, as well as working professionals.

First announced in February 2008, this three-year agreement was formed by Nokia and Orange to meet growing demand for multimedia on the mobile. It combines and integrates the best available services from both companies in the areas of music, games and maps across a range of Nokia devices. The successful alliance will expand the portfolio to eight countries and will include up to 30 Nokia devices in the Orange Signature range in 2009.

Launching first in the UK from this summer, followed by France and Spain, Orange customers will be able to take advantage of built-in push email on the forthcoming Nokia E75 and a range of Nokia devices.

Orange customers will be able to aggregate and manage multiple email accounts while on the move via the Orange homescreen. This service is easy to set up and enables people to directly access up to 10 personal email accounts, letting them read, send, forward and reply to emails, view subfolders, download and read attachments and attach files to emails directly on the Nokia device.

Orange and Nokia have agreed to launch Nokia Messaging in several major markets during 2009 with bundling, pricing and attractive tariffs announced locally across the Orange footprint.

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The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is the first music-optimized phone to offer a full QWERTY keyboard for easier messaging. The real highlight for the Nokia 5730 is the Homescreen for XpressMusic. This provides access and dynamic information on music, people, games, email and calendar.

The Homescreen features an improved contacts bar with up to 20 friends and family members and provides direct access to music, N-Gage and other applications, like Facebook, Photos, Ovi Contacts, Maps, messaging and more. With Ovi Contacts, people see which friends are online, chat and even view what music they are listening to.

With the dedicated gaming keys the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a true N-Gage gadget. Direct access to the N-Gage Arena community and the preloaded N-Gage games invite to connect and compete and check high scores with online friends.

The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2009 for an estimated retail price of 280 EUR before subsidies and taxes.

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Google is yet to take the wraps off Android, but it seems to be having much better luck with its other applications. The search engine giant has released a new Google Maps version for cell phones, which now comes loaded with its oft-used Street View feature as well. Users in the United States can now access 360-degree snaps of streets and places they want to be at, making businesses and locations easier to locate when they are lost and need some pictorial guidance. The new Google Maps application has also business reviews and can provide walking directions to the location if you feel it deserves your attention. Get yours by heading over to Google Maps from your BlackBerry or any Java-enabled cell phone.
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GPS maker Magellan will unveil its new Fall 2008 lineup of navigation devices at the 2008 Outdoor Retailer Summer show. The lineup includes Magellan Triton Series AdventurePack which features one of five Triton units, National Geographic’s TOPO! Explorer Deluxe map software, a carrying case and, as an added bonus, an SD memory card.

The NatGeo TOPO! software supports Magellan Triton 300, 400, 500, 1500 and 2000 units and is targeted at outdoor enthusiasts. With detailed map imagery, the software features an online database filled with trails, forest service roads and related recreational information.

The Triton AdventurePack, designed to work with the Magellan Triton 400, 500, 1500 and 2000 models, comes with a carrying case and SD card along with TOPO! With a rugged IPX-7 compliant design and color touch screen on some units, you can catch the AdventurePack in action at the Outdoor Retailer show.

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How about getting your traffic reports on the go? Imagine driving through the interstate and checking your phone for the best route - with less traffic - to your destination. Well, you can probably do that as Nokia and ARC Transistance, the European network of automobile clubs, has gone into talks to provide users with real-time traffic information. This is said to be included in the new Nokia Maps 2.0, and in future versions of Nokia Maps.

With this integration, drivers will be alerted of traffic jams and conditions. This could probably shorten travel time and could result in a much safer for travel for citizens. When Nokia Maps receives the road updates from ARC Transistance, the application can dynamicly re-route during navigation and provide a faster route. This is a significant milestone for Nokia Maps, which makes navigation an even more compelling experience for Nokia device owners.

via: prnewswire

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Relevantis unveiled the first advertising platform supporting paid icons for interactive maps and navigation systems. The platform essentially places branded icons on the map, allowing customers to interact with advertisers at the touch of a button. The map publisher ends up getting a cut.

The platform supports placing an icon on the map, which the user can then interact with in a rich manner. You may receive a coupon from an advertiser, allowing you to call them directly or get directions. Advertisers are charged based on the number of impressions their icon receives, or the number of actions (an action can be click-for-coupon) enabled.

Not just mobile phone maps and in-car navigation systems, the platform works with desktop/online map products as well.

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Acer announced a new addition to its family of personal navigation devices with the introduction of the new Acer p-700 series for use in your vehicle. Acer seems to be in the process of adding new verbs to our vocabulary as well, calling it a plug and drive device. The p-700 series features a standard 4.3″ touchscreen. Two variants are currently available in the series are the p710 and p730. Both come with regional or European maps. In addition, the p730 is equipped with Traffic Message Channel (TMC) functionality for accessing up-to-the-minute traffic info. If you are in France or the UK, the p730 uses Premium TMC services from V-Traffic and ITIS respectively.

For navigation, there’s Copilot 7, offering 2D/3D views. A Driver Safety mode dislays a single yellow arrow indicating the route and next action, without showing you a dozen roads and confusing you. Or, you can do a 180° shift and take advantage of the Map View Maximizer technology that displays all pertinent info in a single glance. Tons of POIs are available as usual. Powered by the latest SiRF Star III 20-channel GPS receiver, it measures 123mm x 96mm x 24mm and weighs in at 240 grams. A bit heavy in your pocket, but that’s life.

There’s also a photo viewer on-board. Voice prompts are available in 16 pre-installed languages. Packaging includes a car-mount kit, charger, PC connectivity cable, AC adapter and DVD plus docs.

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The ViaMichelin Navigation X-970 mobile GPS device has been approved by the FCC, allowing it to go on sale in the US and elsewhere. The Navigation X-970 has a claimed battery life of about 3 hours and features a hands-free functionality for making calls from your mobile phone which can further reduce the battery life. The device features a touch-screen interface and comes with a cigarette lighter charging cable. The provided SD card comes with maps of the USA and Canada.

Equipped with an SiRF Star III type GPS chip, you can enter your destination for finding the directions or use it in free-flow mode where it simply displays your current position on a map. There’s also a My ViaMichelin function that allows you to transfer your favorite addresses, routes and POIs from www.ViaMichelin.com onto your X-970.

Packaging includes a USB cable, ViaMichelin Navigation DVD, two car-mounting systems (windshield or dashboard use) and a manual. No info on the pricing yet.

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Magellan unveiled its newest model in the handheld GPS device series. The Magellan Triton GPS is targeted at outdoor enthusiasts and comes in a rugged form factor with a new UI flow and easy screen graphics. Six units are offered in the Triton series. The units come with full-color touch screen controls and the useful ability to record and attach audio to waypoint files.

The Triton series is also one of the first few handheld GPS devices to incorporate a 2 megapixel camera. On-board, there’s also a digital compass, a barometer and LED flashlight. The units carry an IPX-7 rating and is waterproof. Thanks to a recent alliance between Magellan and National Geographic, the maps also offer users with NG topographic maps - for the first time ever on a handheld GPS device.

Triton 2000: Available in North America in September and in Europe in October, it features a 2.7 inch QVGA touch screen, SD card slot, speaker/mic and flashlight. It is priced at US $499. Triton 1500: It is similar to the Triton 2000 minus the camera, and will retail at US $399.

Other models (all featuring a 2.2 inch QVGA color screen, built-in base maps and IPX-7 rating):
Triton 500: US $249
Triton 400: US $199
Triton 300: US $149
Triton 200: US $129

Triton allows you to download maps and waypoints from TOPO! and National Geographic’s new Weekend Explorer 3D, featuring 21 titles for major urban centers and surrounding recreational areas.

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