It’s that time of year again – when all the gadget makers descent upon Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. In this special edition of Waypoints, I’ll cover GPS-related stories that didn’t get their own post, as well as share others’ perspectives on stories we did cover. You can see the rest of our CES coverage here.
CES odds & ends
- Fujifilm’s ruggedized pocket camera with GPS
- Pioneer unveils their own iPhone GPS car cradle
- Celestron gets into the golf GPS market
- Contour GPS helmet cam adding streaming to smartphones
- OnStar coming to non-GM Vehicles via your rear-view mirror via Best Buy
- INRIX inks deal with Toyota
- NAVTEQ Natural Guidance (e.g., "turn left before the Circle K") gets demoed
- TeleNav signs deal with QNX
Garmin
- Amazon has most of the new Garmin products up for pre-order
- The most detailed Garmin StreetPilot iPhone app review I’ve seen yet; discussion of the app at GPSReview.net forum
- The dezl trucker models are built on the nuvi 24xx platform; via FCC – no link because it will throw an invalid certificate warning
- Buried in the iPhone release was news that the Garmin (Digital Cyclone) My-Cast weather app is now available in Android market and that an Android app for ecoRoute HD is coming
- Garmin uConnect Touch for Chrysler
TomTom HD traffic
- Concerns about TomTom’s US HD Traffic in our comments and on GPS Business News
SPOT Connect
- Panbo on SPOT Connect, with some details on various phone platforms and hints of sat trackers to come
Nike+ Sportswatch
- Video demo of Nike+Sportswatch GPS
- DC Rainmaker suspects that its more of a beginners sportswatch
Magellan RoadMate 9055
- I added the news release to the end of my post, which has a few more details on the Magellan backup camera and mount
That’s it for now; I should have the regular edition of Waypoints with non-CES news out in the next day or two. Have a great weekend!
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