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Torrance CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2008 Building on the company's tradition of innovation in the Global Positioning System (GPS) market, Pharos Science and Applications, introduces Pharos Trips and Pics, a geo-logger that enables consumers to record trip and photo locations and display them on a map quickly and easily. Trips and Pics works with any digital camera and provides an entirely new way for consumers to organize and share trip routes and photographs, track and improve athletic training times or generate precise trip statistics for personal or professional use. Trips and Pics will be available for $99.95 at major retail outlets in January. "Over the years, Pharos has enabled consumers to add GPS capability to laptops, Pocket PCs and Smartphones, driving a wide variety of location-specific scenarios on those devices," said James Oyang, Ph.D. President of Pharos Science and Applications. "We're pleased to extend this expertise to the digital camera market and make precise location information more broadly available." By combining Pharos' award winning iGPS-500 receiver with a sub-pocket-sized battery unit and easy to use geo-logging software, Trips and Pics offers a complete solution for GPS-enabled photo and trip tracking. To use Trips and Pics, a user simply carries the GPS receiver and battery unit along on a trip. At the end of the journey, the user removes the iGPS-500 from its sled, connects it to the personal computer via the supplied Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable, and follows download instructions. Step-by-step instructions allow the user to easily export digital photo or location files and display them on the map of choice, such as Microsoft Streets and Trips, Google Earth, Google Maps or Pharos' own maps. Trips and Pics supports Geographic encoded Really Simple Syndication (GeoRSS) to allow blog sites to push location data feeds. Trips and Pics software allows users to track time, location, heading and speed, and pinpoints locations on the map. Users can select variable logging intervals from one second up to five minutes. Further, the GPS receiver is controlled in the field with an on-off switch, meaning it logs only while activated, saving power and extending field life to more than 45 days. Trips and Pics portability and long battery life are of particular benefit to professionals such as real estate agents, geologists and news photographers. In the near future, Pharos will provide an upgrade option for customers who already own Microsoft Streets and Trips with GPS Locator or Pharos Bluetooth GPS and wish to add Trips and Pics functionality. Technical Specifications: GPS Receiver: SiRFStarIII, 20-channel GPS receiver Antenna: Built-in internal antenna Battery: 1100mAh Li-Ion rechargeable/replaceable Operation time: Approximately 24 hours Weight: 2.12 ounces Dimensions: 2.81" x 1.85" x 0.89" Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links GPS Applications, Technology and Suppliers
Option Selected By Qualcomm To Collaborate On Gobi Wireless Technology
Leuven, Belgium (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Option announces that it has been selected by Qualcomm to provide complete solutions based on Qualcomm Incorporated's Gobi global mobile internet platform for laptops to OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) worldwide. The embedded multi-mode Gobi solution is based on Qualcomm's MDM1000 chipset, includes associated software and API, and a reference design for a software-defined configurable data module that supports both 3G HSPA and EV-DO Rev. A. |
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