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Mobile Communications Gallery
Mobile phones add media and navigation
by Douglas Dixon
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These galleries provide notes on some interesting technology and trends in
digital home media.
They include some sample products illustrating these trends.
Information and pricing are summarized
from public sources as of when they were added,
and may be incorrect or out of date. Corrections and updates are welcome. |
Mobile Communications Trends
Mobile Phones
Mobile Internet and Data
Mobile Multimedia
PDA Phones / Smartphones
Portable Navigation / GPS
Mobile Phone GPS
Mobile Navigation
Systems
Cellular Signal Boosters
See also:
Portable Media
Player Gallery -- MP3 / video players, Multifunction devices
Portable
Audio Accessories Gallery -- Headsets, speakers, Bluetooth
Portable Power
Accessories Gallery -- Batteries, chargers, adapters
Portable Storage
Gallery -- Cards and drives, Flash and hard disk
Find related Wireless
Media articles in the Manifest Tech Blog
Find related Verizon
Wireless articles in the Manifest Tech Blog
See also a summary of Digital Holiday Trends 2007: Mobile
Media
-- Video and Internet everywhere
Trends - CES 1/2008
There's Wi-Fi and WiMAX to the home and neighborhood, wireless mobile
Internet to the PC, wireless HD video to the TV, wireless USB to devices, and
even wireless power for recharging. Or you can just network over the existing
power line. Or a simple approach like Bluetooth can continue to develop to
really enable computers, players, phones, and headsets to share phone calls,
stereo music, and controls through the air.
Mobile Market - 2008 - Canalys
- Converged-devices / smartphone devices - 10% of global phone market
in 2007
U.S. smartphone shipments up 222% 4Q 2007
- U.S. smartphone market - 4Q 2007- Research in Motion (RIM
BlackBerry) 41%, iPhone
28%, Windows Mobile 21%
- Worldwide smartphone market - 4Q 2007 - Nokia 52.9%, RIM 11.4%,
iPhone 6.5%, Motorola
- Europe, Middle East, and Africa region - 4Q 2007 - Nokia, RIM, HTC,
Motorola, iPhone (partial), Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Palm
- Worldwide mobile operating system market - 4Q 2007 - Symbian (mostly
Nokia) 65%, Microsoft 12%, RIM 11%
- Linux phone shipments flat in 2007 compared to 2006
Motorola Linux smartphone shipments dropped 28% in Asia
Pacific compared to 2006
- Canalys (via Apple)
- www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/06/Apple-beats-Microsoft-Motorola-in-phone-sales_1.html
Mobile Market
- 3 billion cell phones on market (OHA)
- U.S. smartphone shipments: 13.8 million in 2007, to 74.4 million in
2011 (Palm)
- iPhone sold 1.4 million units through September 2007
- 1.8% of
smartphone market
- Microsoft Windows Mobile sell about 12 million phones this year
about 10 percent of
smartphone market (IDC)
Microsoft projects
20 million phones next year (NYT)
- 2 B phones sold annually worldwide, 1.6 M (6%) Microsoft software
- 26 M smartphones sold Q2 07 - 72 Symbian, 13% Linux
6% Windows Mobile, 5% RIM Blackberry, 1.6% Palm OS
(RD)
Mobile Data Services
- Multimedia messaging, Email w/ attachments, Web w/ images,
music
and video clips, Maps / GPS
- 3G Mobile broadband: 1X 60 - 80 kbps / EDGE 2.5G 75 - 135
kbps / EV-DO 400 - 800
- Download + upload: EVDO Rev A upload 300 - 400
- Mobile + Wi-Fi: Apple iPhone
Video on mobile phones
- Sprint TV / MobiTV - Live mass-market TV channels, digital radio
- Verizon Wireless V CAST Music - Purchase and download songs on
demand
- Verizon Wireless V CAST Video - On-demand clips - news, sports,
and entertainment
- Verizon Wireless V CAST Mobile TV -- Live TV - MediaFLO
New Mobile Phone Designs
- Integration - Phone + Organizer + Internet + Media Player
Palm Treo -> Centro - $99 smartphone
Apple iPhone - iPod, touch, Wi-Fi
- Verizon Wireless / Casio G'zOne Type-V -- Rugged
- GPS Navigation - Phone - Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator
vs. PDA GPS vs. Handheld Navigation
- Gphone / Google Phone - Open Handset Alliance / Android
Platform for smartphones
Top
Mobile access to information and games, texting and email, Web
access
Mobile Wireless Data Services
See Wireless Media Resources: Mobile
Wireless Data Services - EDGE, CDMA, EV-DO, etc.
Broadband services
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Dial-up phone - 56 Kbps
-
Verizon DSL - download 768 Kbps to 3
Mbps, upload 128 to 768 Kbps
-
Comcast cable - download 6 and 8 Mbps,
upload 384 and 768 Kbps, then 16 / 1 Mbps
(PowerBoost for download double speed , upload
to 2 Mbps)
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Verizon FiOS - download 10 to 20 Mbps, upload
2 to 5 Mbps, then 50 / 5 Mbps, soon 100 Mbps
AT&T (Cingular) EDGE Mobile
Data Service
- Average data speeds between 75 - 135 Kbps
Verizon NationalAccess (CDMA 1xRTT)
- Typical download 60 to 80 Kbps, burst to 144 Kbps
Verizon BroadbandAccess EV-DO
- Typical download 400 to 700 Kbps, burst to 2.4 Mbps
- Typical upload of 40 to 60 Kbps
Verizon EV-DO Rev A
-
Typical download 450 to 800 Kbps (600 kbps to 1.4
mbps), burst to 3.1 Mbps
-
Typical upload 300 to 400 Kbps (500 to 800 Kbps),
burst to 1.8 Mbps
Verizon Wireless - Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 PC Card
-- EV-DO Rev A (5/06)
-
BroadbandAccess and NationalAccess high-speed
wireless data access, CDMA EV-DO Rev. A
-
Download up to 3.1 Mbps, upload 1.8 Mbps
-
VZAccess Manager software for connection
management
-
External antenna connector
-
3/07, 2/08 - $99.99 (two-year
contract), service $79.99 per month
-
www.verizonwireless.com
-
www.sierrawireless.com/product/ac595.aspx
Find the Verizon
Wireless AirCard 595 on Amazon.com
Verizon Wireless - Kyocera
KPC680 ExpressCard (08)
- Dual-Band, 1X-EV-DO Rel. 0 & Rev. A ExpressCard PC Card
- Sturdy and durable with detachable corkscrew antenna
- Dual external antenna ports - External antenna provides 3dB increase in
reception ($59)
- Optional PCMCIA adapter ($34) or USB adapter
- Download up to 3.1 Mbps, upload speeds 1.8 Mbps on EV-DO Rev. A
"If usage exceeds 5 GB/line/month, we reserve the
right to reduce throughput speeds
to a maximum of approximately 200
Kbps."
- 4.52 in x 1.34 in x 0.63 in (115 mm x 34 mm x 16 mm), 1.3 oz. (36.25
grams)
- 4/08 - $99 (two-year contract) - $50 discount = $49
- www.verizonwireless.com
- www.kyocera-wireless.com/kpc680-pc-card
Find the Verizon
Wireless Kyocera KPC680 ExpressCard on Amazon.com
Sprint / Novatel Wireless Ovation
U727 Mobile Broadband USB Modem (9/07)
- Broadband wireless connection for desktop or laptop
- 2-in-1 high-speed data access device and storage drive
with microSD slot
- Surf the Web, check email at speeds similar to cable or DSL connection
- EV-DO Rev. A technology
Average download speeds from 600 kbps to 1.4
Mbps (peak 3.1 Mbps)
Upload speeds from 350 to 500 Kbps (peak
1.8 Mbps)
Backwards compatible for EV-DO Rev. 0 and 1XRTT
technology
- Support for Windows (Vista, XP, 2000), Mac OS X, Linux, the Ovation U727
- Integrated dual band diversity antenna system with embedded and flip-up
antenna
- Integrated microSD slot, for transport of up to 4 GB of files
- Sprint Mobile Broadband Lite Manager Software
- GPS locate-and-find capabilities
- Just under three inches
- 10/07 - $279, $79 with a 2-year subscriber agreement and mail-in-rebate
Service plans from $39.99 per month for 40 MB to $79.99
per month for unlimited data usage,
$59.99 per month unlimited data with 2-year agreement
- www.novatelwireless.com
- PR - http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=18120
- Fact sheet - http://www2.sprint.com/mr/cmastaticfiles/non-landing//documents/NewsRelease/U727fs.pdf
Find the Verizon
Wireless AirCard 595 on Amazon.com
Verizon Wireless / Coupe - Simplified (9/07)
- Smooth and simple: Simplified menus with large font, dedicated keys
speakerphone, voice recognition
- Front sub display: 1.1" Mono STN (96 x 96)
Flip open for main display: 2.0" 262K Color
TFT (176 x 220)
- Simplified menus with large font
- Dedicated keys: 3 ICE keys (In Case of Emergency) for emergency
contacts, 911 key
- Color coded: White Volume keys, White Voice activated dialing key
Blue Headset port cover, Red Charging port cover with
color coded travel charger
- Mobile Media, TXT Messaging, Voice Mail
Data & Text, Up to 9 lines of text, T9 predictive
text
Phone book with up to 500 contacts
- Useful tools: Tip Calculator, Calculator, Calendar, World Clock,
Notepad, Stop Watch
- Voice & Audio, Polyphonic ringer and sound capability
- Speakerphone, Vibrating alert, Voice activated dialing
- E911 capable, TTY compatible, Hearing aid compatibility rating: M4/T4
- All Digital (800/1900 MHz CDMA)
- Trim and light: 3.8" (H) x 1.8" (W) x 0.8" (D), Weight: 3.3
ounces
- Battery usage up to 221 minutes, standby up to 229 hours
- CDM8630 - 2-yr Contract Price $39.99
- America’s Choice 65 Plus calling plans for customers 65 and older
- www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=3216
Verizon Wireless / Casio G'zOne Type-V -- Rugged (10/06)
-
Built for outdoor lifestyles, withstand harsh
environmental conditions
-
Compliant to multiple Military Standards:
Exposure to temperatures in excess of 140ºF, extreme vibration, solar
radiation,
Storm conditions of two inches of
rainfall per hour with high winds
Submersion in one meter of water
-
2.0 megapixel camera
-
Get It Now, V CAST, VZ Navigator GPS, Mobile Web
- 4.1 x 2.0 x 1.1”, 5.3 ounces
- Verizon $299
-
www.verizonwireless.com/gzone
Find the Casio
G'zOne on Amazon.com
Mobile access music and videos
Verizon Wireless
V CAST - Video & Music
on Demand
V CAST - NBC Mobile
- EV-DO 3G network
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V CAST VPak:
Video, Music, Get It Now, Mobile Web, $15/mo
- V CAST Video: Streaming playback of a library of clips:
news, sports, and entertainment
300 daily updated videos
WMV 9 & WMA 9, 176 x 132, 15 fps
- V CAST Music: Download music tracks on the go
99 cents, dual phone/PC $1.99
- getitnow.vzwshop.com
Verizon Wireless V
CAST Music (1/06)
-
Synch PC music
collection to phone over USB to listen on the go
Sync over USB with Windows Media Player
Copy to memory card (microSD)
-
Instant search and download new music directly to phone
-
www.verizonwireless.com/music
MobiTV
- Live TV & Radio
- Watch live television on a variety of mobile phones and
Palm / Windows Mobile PDAs
- MobiTV - Over 30 video channels
MSNBC, ABC News Now, CNN, FOX News, Fox Sports, ESPN 3GTV
NBC Mobile, CNBC, CSPAN, The Discovery Channel, TLC, The
Weather Channel
cartoons, music videos and comedy
- MobiTV en Español - More than 15 channels
- MobiRadio - Over 50 channels of digital radio
- 2/07 - Interactive: Advertising, M-Commerce, Content
rating, voting, sharing & community
- 06 - $9.99 per month TV
- www.mobitv.com
Sprint TV - PowerVision
- Messaging, Email, Music, TV, Navigation
- Access Pack – $15/mo - Email, Web, Music & TV channels,
Navigation pay per use
- Music Pack – $20/mo - Access + 150 radio channels, 95 local
radio stations,99¢ music downloads
- TV Pack – $20/mo - Access + 20 TV channels - ABC, CBS episodes,
MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, VH1, Spike
- Navigation Pack – $20/mo - Access + unlimited navigation
- Ultimate Pack – $25/m - TV, Music and Navigation packs
- http://datapack.sprint.com/PowerVisionLanding.htm
AT&T Broadband TV -- Live TV to PC (9/06)
- 9/06 - Live TV subscription service for broadband
- 20 channels of live and made-for-broadband television
content
national news, sports, entertainment , full-length music
videos
- monthly subscription $19.99
- att.mobitv.com
Mobile Wireless TV Services
See Wireless Media Resources: Mobile
Wireless TV Services - Open Mobile Video, MediaFLO, DVB-H
QUALCOMM MediaFLO - Verizon & AT&T
- Up to 20 live streaming video channels
DVB-H - Global Mobile TV (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld)
- Based on DVB-T specification for digital terrestrial television
Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC)
- Mobile TV and on-demand video services - ATSC
- MPH -- Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld Mobile DTV system
Jointly developed by LG Electronics / Zenith and
Harris Corporation
- A-VSB -- Advanced-VSB Mobile DTV system
Co-developed by Samsung Electronics and Rohde &
Schwarz
Backers include Nokia Siemens Networks, MobiTV, SES
Americom
Verizon Wireless V CAST Mobile TV --
Broadcast ( Q1 07)
-
Launch in many major U.S. markets (20 - 30)
-
2/08 - Coverage in New York City, City of Philadelphia
and contiguous stretching out to Reading, Pa.
Washington DC and Baltimore area, Norfolk and Richmond
Va., Rochester and Syracuse, NY
-
Scheduled live content and other programming
CBS, Comedy Central, Fox, MTV, NBC News, NBC
Entertainment, Nickelodeon
-
QUALCOMM MediaFLO service
-
www.verizonwireless.com
-
www.verizonwireless.com/mobiletv
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products.vzw.com/index.aspx?id=mobileTV
AT&T - MediaFLO
Verizon Wireless / LG Chocolate (VX8500)
-- VCAST Music, Video + Navigation
(06)
Find the LG
Chocolate on Amazon.com
Verizon Wireless / LG VX9400 - V CAST Mobile TV Phone
(07)
-
Swing bar design with large color LCD screen for
landscape TV viewing
Keypad hidden when closed, keyguard
-
TFT LCD display, 320 x 240 pixels, 13 lines, 262K Color
-
V CAST Mobile TV – Real-time television
channels, broadcast (MediaFLO)
-
V CAST Music – download songs over air, sych from PC
to microSD card
-
V CAST Video – download or stream video clips
-
Get It Now – download games, ring tones, wallpapers
-
Mobile Web 2.0 – news, sports, weather
-
Standalone Mode (RF Off), Music Only Mode (RF Off
except Bluetooth)
-
Camera: 1.3 megapixel with flash, 4x digital zoom,
self-portrait with mirror
Resolution: 1280 x 960, 640 x 480 (default), 320 x 240,
176 x 144, 160 x 120
Video Resolution: 320 x 240, 176 x 144 (default)
-
Video Player: MP4, 3GP, 3G2 formats
-
Bluetooth (v1.2), Bluetooth stereo headset for music
-
One-touch speakerphone, speaker-independent voice
recognition
-
Voice memo recording
-
Personal organizer, address book with 500 contacts
-
microSD external memory card slot
-
Standard battery: 950 mAh Li-Polymer, up to 3:35 usage,
12:12 standby
-
Frequency: 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA (Digital
Dual-Band)
-
Simultaneous GPS for Enhanced Location Accuracy
-
4.04 x 1.93 x 0.73", 4.06 oz
-
11/07 - $499 / $79 w/ discount
-
www.verizonwireless.com
- Press Release
-
www.lgusa.com
Find the Verizon
Wireless / LG VX9400 on Amazon.com
Top
Verizon Wireless / LG Voyager Multimedia Smartphone
(holiday 07)
Find the Verizon
Wireless / LG Voyager on Amazon.com
Top
Mobile phones are limited by the small screen and numeric keypad.
PDA phones add larger screens, QWERTY keypads (with tiny keys), synch office documents, run
sophisticated applications.
Apple iPhone -- EDGE / WiFi (6/07)
[see Media Player
Gallery]
- 2/08 - 16 GB $499, 8 GB $399
- 9/07 - 8 GB $399
- 6/07 - 4 GB $499, 8 GB $599
- 3.5 inch (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch display
480 x 320 resolution, 160 dpi
- 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inch (115 x 61 x 11.6 mm), 4.8 ounces (135 grams)
- 1/08 -iPhone Software Update 1.1.3, free via iTunes 7.5 or later,
find location using redesigned Maps app; text message
multiple people in one message;
Web Clips for favorite websites; customize home
screen;
watch movies rented from new iTunes Movie Rentals on
iPhone
- Touch-screen Mobile phone
Quad-band GSM phone, (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wireless data networking: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), EDGE,
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
- Widescreen iPod with touch controls
Cover Flow interface, browse music library by album cover
artwork
Automatically switched into Cover Flow by rotating into
landscape position
Watch TV shows and movies, touch controls for playback
control
- Internet communications device
POP3 or IMAP email, web browsing, searching, maps
Safari web browser: surf over Wi-Fi or EDGE, view full
page, zoom in with finger
Built-in Google Search and Yahoo! Search
Google Maps - view maps, satellite images, traffic
information; get directions
- New user interface based on large multi-touch display, control with finger
tips
Predictive touch keyboard to prevent and correct mistakes
- 2 megapixel camera
- Built-in sensors
Accelerometer detects when rotated from portrait to
landscape
automatically displays entire
width of web page, photo in landscape aspect ratio
Proximity sensor detects when close to ear
turns off display to save power
and prevent inadvertent touches
Ambient light sensor automatically adjusts display
brightness
- OS X Operating system
- Talk time: up to 8 hours, Standby 250 hours
Internet use: up to 6 hours
Video playback: up to 7 hours, Audio up to 24 hours
- AT&T (Cingular) is exclusive
iPhone carrier partner in the U.S.
Most popular carrier in the US with over 58 million
subscribers
Edge network offers average data speeds between 75 - 135
kbps
- www.apple.com/iphone
Google Phone - Open Handset Alliance / Android (11/07 - 2H 08)
- Open Handset Alliance, 34 members
Leading makers of mobile phone chips, Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm, Texas
Instruments
SiRF Technology Holdings, Marvell Technology Group, Nvidia, Synaptics
EBay (Internet calling service Skype)
Nuance Communications, NMS Communications, Wind River Systems
Not: Apple (OS X/iPhone), Microsoft (Win Mobile), Palm,
Nokia (Symbian),
RIM (BlackBerry), Verizon, AT&T
- Smartphone technology
Features and design similar to Apple iPhone, demonstrated
hand-held touch-screen device
- Offered freely under “open source” licensing terms
- Products available second half 2008
Manufactured by handset companies, including HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung
- Available in U.S. through T-Mobile and Sprint
China Telecom, world’s largest mobile operator, 332 million subscribers
Leading carriers in Japan, NTT DoCoMo, KDDI
T-Mobile in Germany, Telecom Italia in Italy, Telefónica in Spain
- Google will not brand phone
- www.openhandsetalliance.com
- Press Release - www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html
Android software platform for mobile devices
- Operating system, middleware and key mobile applications
- Built on open Linux Kernel
- Utilizes custom virtual machine to optimize memory and hardware resources
in mobile environment
- Phone's core applications and third-party applications have equal access
to phone's capabilities
- Entire platform is open, companies can add / remove functionality
- No copyleft clause in Apache license, can add proprietary functionality
without needing to contribute back
- SDK (developers kit) available 11/12/07
Verizon Wireless XV6900 / HTC Touch -- Windows Mobile
Touch Smartphone (08)
- 2.8" touchscreen display: 240 x 320 pixel; 64K color TFT
- Touch navigation: TouchFLO technology for finger and stylus input,
3-D Touch Cube interface
- 5–way ENTER/NAVIGATION button
- Virtual, all–touch QWERTY keyboard with additional input options
- 2.0 megapixel camera with auto–focus, zoom, video capture
- microSD memory slot, up to 8GB
- Windows Mobile 6 Professional
- View, edit, create Word and Excel files: Microsoft Office Word Mobile,
Excel Mobile
- View PowerPoint and PDF files: PowerPoint Mobile, Adobe Reader LE PDF
viewer
- View, extract, create ZIP files
- Play music, pictures, videos with Windows Media Player 10 Mobile
- Internet Explorer Mobile
- Wireless Sync capable; ActiveSync (v4.5) and Windows Mobile Device Center
- Text, Picture and Video messaging (MMS)
- Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Technology
- Voice command capable, Speakerphone; Security locking features
- EV–DO, 1X RTT Capable; Use as tethered modem through
BroadbandAccess Connect
- Processor: MSM7500; Memory: 128MB RAM / 256MB ROM
- Standard Battery 1100 mAh Li–Ion: Usage up to 210 minutes OR Standby up
to 250 hours
- Extended Battery 1880 mAh: Usage up to 360 minutes OR Standby up to 427
hours
- TTY enabled; Hearing Aid Compatibility =M3 SAR Information: 1.250 W/kg at
ear; 0.457 W/kg on body
- 3.98" (H) x 2.35" (W) x 0.56" (D), 3.95 ounces
- www.xv6900.com
- www.htc.com - www.htctouch.com
- www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=3694
- 4/08 - $399 (2-yr Contract), -100 Online Discount = $299 -
$50 mail–in rebate!.
Verizon Wireless - Motorola Q --
Windows Mobile (06)
Motorola Q
Find the Motorola
Q on Amazon.com
Palm Centro Smartphone (10/07)
- Power of broadband smartphone (Treo) at price of standard 12-key phone
- Full-color 320 x 320 touch screen, 16-bit color (65K colors) and full
keyboard
- Palm OS 5.4.9
- Full applications:
- Communicate - Voice, text, IM, email, Web
- Sprint
Picture Mail, eMail, IM
- Organize - Contact, calendar, tasks, memos
- Browse - YouTube videos; Google Maps
- PocketTunes Deluxe - Manage music
- Sprint TV - Live TV or video-on-demand
- On Demand - Customized news, sports, movies, weather updates
- 1.3 megapixel camera, photo and video, 2x digital zoom
- 64 MB memory, expansion microSD card (up to 4GB)
- Removable battery 1150mAh, lithium-ion
3.5 hours talk time, up to 300 hours standby time
- Radio Dual-band CDMA2000 EvDO backward compatible with 1XRTT and
IS95
- Bluetooth 1.2
- 4.22 x 2.11 x 0.73", 4.2 oz
- 10/07 - Sprint exclusive in United States for 90 days, Onyx black or ruby
red
$99.99 with two-year service agreement, $50 instant
savings, and $100 mail-in rebate
- www.sprint.com/Centro
- www.palm.com/centro -- Press
release
Find the Palm
Centro on Amazon.com
Palm Treo 700p Smartphone -- Palm OS (06)
-
Touch screen, backlit QWERTY keypad and
5-way navigator control
-
320 x 320 touchscreen, 65K color
-
Palm OS 5.4
Documents to Go Office sync, e-mail,.Browser w/ WMV
-
Photos and videos
-
Pocket Tunes
MP3 player: Sync to Windows
Media Player
-
Camera: 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024, 352 x 288 video
-
4.4 x
2.3 x 0.9 in., 6.3 oz.
-
06 - Verizon $299
-
Intel XScale 312 MHz, 128 MB (60 avail)
-
128 MB (60 MB avail), SD/SDIO/MMC expansion slot
-
EV-DO, 1xRTT / Bluetooth
-
www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones
Find the Palm
Treo 700p on Amazon.com
Palm Treo 700w & Palm Treo 700p
Palm Treo 700w Smartphone -- Windows Mobile
(06)
-
Touch screen, backlit QWERTY keypad and
5-way navigator control
-
240 x 240 touchscreen, 65K color
-
Windows Mobile 5, Pocket PC Phone Edition
Sync with Outlook, Pocket Office
-
Windows Media Player 10
-
Camera: 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024
-
2.3 x 4.4 x 0.9", 6.4 oz
-
06 - Verizon $399 / $299
-
Intel XScale 312 MHz, 128 MB (60 avail)
-
128 MB (60 MB avail), SD/SDIO/MMC expansion slot
-
EV-DO, 1xRTT / Bluetooth
-
www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones
Find the Palm
Treo 700w on Amazon.com
Top
Verizon
Wireless - VZ Navigator
- Real-time route calculation, mapping, turn-by-turn directions, voice with
name of street
-
General location by
triangulating from cell towers
-
Plus GPS chip (Global Positioning
System) for precise positioning.
-
1/07 - $9.99 per month
-
www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/turnbyturn.jsp
Google
Maps for Mobile (10/06) / My Location (12/07)
Google Maps on Treo 700p
- View interactive maps, dynamic zoom and scroll
- Switch to satellite imagery view
- Overlay live traffic conditions (highlighting busy roads)
- Step through point-to-point driving directions
- Search for local businesses
- (Not linked to a live GPS signal to
track your actual location)
- 10/06 - Available on Palm OS-based Treos
- 1/07 - Available on Palm Treo 750, 700wx and 700w smartphones
- 12/07 - Google Mobile Maps with My Location service, beta
location approximated based on nearby cell towers, within
1000 meters on average
- www.google.com/gmm
ALK CoPilot Live
-
Add GPS navigation to smartphone or PDA
with products
-
Communicate via Bluetooth to a wireless GPS antenna
-
Optionally to phone for real-time tracing and messaging
-
06 - $199 to $399, with map data on
miniSD card and GPS receiver
-
www.alk.com/copilot
Find the ALK
CoPilot Live on Amazon.com
Top
Car navigation systems go portable (breaking away from the dashboard like satellite
radio)
Adding media playback on the color screen, and Bluetooth integration to act
as display for mobile phone.
Navigation is typically quick and accurate
-
Quick to lock GPS signal, accurate position tracking , even rolling slowly
up to an intersection.
-
Quick to re-compute routes when take a different path,
update within the next block.
User interfaces vary significantly: live map display and entering and managing
destinations
-
Main display for
the driver should be simple and clear
Easy to understand at a glance
Good
prompts for upcoming turns (in addition to voice prompts)
Plus more detailed option for passenger to monitor along the
route
Zoom in and out to review
step-by-step directions along the entire route
-
Route planning should be very flexible in entering destinations
By street address, closest intersection, nearby point of
interest
ARCHOS 605 GPS - In-Car Holder for
Portable Media Player (4/08)
LG Portable Digital Navigators
-
LN 735 - MSRP $349
3.5 inch display (see below)
- LN730 - MSRP $299
3.5 inch display, 1 GB memory, 1.7 million POIs,
US/Canada
- LN740 - MSRP $449
4-inch display, battery up to 6 hours, 0.44 pounds
Live traffic information: 90-day free trial
- us.lge.com
LG LN735 Portable Digital Navigator
(summer 2007)
Night map 
Music player
- 3.5 inch touchscreen display, 320 x 240, 260K colors
- SiRFstarIII GPS: fast and accurate mapping with strong signal reception;
GPS status display
- Turn-by-turn voice guidance with street name and/or number
16 Language Options; English/Spanish/French
text-to-speech
- Built-in Guided Tour tutorial
-
North America maps built in: US, Canada, Puerto Rico
- Map views: 2D and 3D with street names, Day and Night modes
- Controls: Menu, Volume Up/Down; Backlight brightness control
- Millions of points of interest:
Restaurants, hotels, gas stations, ATMs, dozens of other
categories
- Address retrieval from History, Favorites, Points of Interest (POI) or
Microsoft Outlook contacts.
- Planning and optimizing of multi-stop trips, detours
- Navigation with fastest or shortest route, avoid highways / tolls
- Displays remaining travel distance and time
- Vehicle and Pedestrian modes
- Zoom / pan to explore map, Step though turn-by-turn directions
- 2 GB internal memory, SD card slot
- Mini-USB port, Optional external GPS antenna port
- Photo viewer: JPEG, BMP; Music player: MP3, WMA
- Interface with Microsoft ActiveSync, drag and drop media files
- PC Portal software to install new / updated maps, back up settings
Import custom favorites from Excel .CSV files
- Internal Li-Ion Battery, Up to 4 Hours
- 4.3" x 3.2" x 0.7" inches, 0.35 pounds
- Includes Windshield suction cup mount, dashboard mount disc
Home AC and car cigarette lighter power adapters,
Carrying case
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MSRP $349, street $249
Find the LG
LN735 Portable Navigator on Amazon.com
Pharos Drive GPS 140 --
Portable navigation + Media
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4 inch color touch
screen display
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Preloaded maps of the U.S. and Canada on a 2 GB SD card
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Bluetooth dial and receive calls hands-free
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Photo viewing and slide shows: JPEG and BMP
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Music playback: MP3, WMA, WAV
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Video: MPEG, WMA, MID video.
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Synchronizes to
host PC using Microsoft ActiveSync
Drag and drop media files into folders
in the SD card memory
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5.8 x 3.5 x 1 inches
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10/07 - $321; 06 - $486
-
www.pharosgps.com
Find the Pharos Drive
GPS 140 on Amazon.com
Mio DigiWalker H610 -- Handheld navigation
+ Media
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Handheld -- Size of a deck of cards
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2.7 inch screen
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2.32 x 3.35 x 0.74 inches, 3.88 oz.
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GPS
navigation -- car and bike and walking
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Media playback
MPEG and BMP photos, MP3 music,
MPEG-4 video
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Toolbox software convert formats,
download using Mio Transfer tool or SD card
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Three-year WorldMate
subscription to check weather, convert currencies, get flight info and more.
-
10/07 - $299; 06 - $499
-
www.miogps.com
Find the Mio
DigiWalker H610 on Amazon.com
Mio DigiWalker
C710
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3.5 inch touchscreen
-
Full
maps, Bluetooth, media player
-
TMC
(Traffic Message Channel) receiver
Real-time traffic information
broadcast on FM channels
(operational in most European countries, coming to
North America
www.tmcforum.com
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4.33 x 3.03 x
0.78 inches, 6 oz
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06 - $599
-
www.miogps.com
Harman Kardon - Guide+Play GPS-500 (3/07)
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Full-featured portable GPS navigation system and
multimedia device
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Incorporates high-fidelity audio, full-motion video
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Small enough to fit in the palm of the hand.
Functioning as a GPS navigation
-
Digital music player with full music-browsing
capability
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Tightly integrated navigation and multimedia
applications for simultaneous use
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Touchscreen interface
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4-inch WQVGA LCD display, widescreen 480 x 272
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MP3, MP4, WMA / PlaysForSure, ASF, WAV, OGG
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Pocket-sized, virtually invisible portable automotive
mount, internal FM modulator
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2 GB internal flash memory, up to 4 GB external miniSD
card
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slim (19.6mm in depth)
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Up to five hours of battery life,
-
Charge via a wallmount AC adapter, USB port, or in-car
cigarette-lighter cable
-
10/07 - $399; 3/07 $499
-
www.harmankardon.com
Find the Harman
Kardon GPS-500 on Amazon.com
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Wi-Ex- zBoost - Cell phone signal
boosters (07)
- Wireless Extenders (Wi-Ex): Extend the cell zone for the home, office, car
- Improves signal strength for better voice and data
- Improves battery life of wireless phones
- Increases in-building coverage by up to 2500 sq ft
- (10,000 sq ft with optional upgrade antennas)
- Consumer / SOHO signal boosters under $100, dual-band for multiple
carriers
- www.wi-ex.com
zBoost zPersonal (zP) and zBoost Home
/ Office
zBoost zPersonal (zP) - $169 / $159 - YX300
- Dual 800 MHz or 1900 MHz (except Nextel, iDEN)
- Creates a cell zone of 4 - 6 ft. radius, for single user (one call at a time)
- 20 ft. cord, separate base unit and antenna at least 10 feet
Find the Wi-Ex
zBoost zPersonal on Amazon.com
zBoost Home / Office - $299 - YX500
- YX500-CEL - 800 MHz Cellular - some Verizon and Cingular
Cellular frequency range (824 – 896 MHz)
- YX500-PCS - 1900 MHz PCS - Sprint, T-Mobile
PCS frequency range (1850 – 1990 MHz)
- Coverage up to 2500 sq ft, Multiple phones simultaneously
zBoost Dual Band - $399 / $306 - YX510-PCS-CEL
- Both 800 MHz and 1900 MHz
- Coverage up to 3,000 sq ft
Find the Wi-Ex
zBoost Home / Office on Amazon.com
zBoost for the Car - $299 / $215 - YX200
- Works with all phones simultaneously - both 800 MHz and 1900 MHz -
not Nextel
Find the Wi-Ex
zBoost for the Car on Amazon.com
zBoost for the Professional Installer - YX600 series - single frequencies or
dual-band
- Bi-Directional Amplifier (BDA), Coverage up to 10,000 sq ft
- YX600-PCS model improves all 6 PCS sub-bands
- YX600-CEL model improves both Cellular sub-bands
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