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[2009-11-5] Garmin communicates with your car via ESP

November 4th, 2009
Garmin communicates with your car via ESP
“Sometime next year, Garmin’s Nuvi GPS devices will gain the ability to communicate with your car through ESP. In this case, we’re not talking about psychic extra-sensory perception, but the EcoRoutes ESP module for Nuvi navigation devices. The ESP module is a small hideaway box that communicates with Nuvi units via Bluetooth. The ESP module is a hideaway box that connects to (and is powered by) your vehicle’s OBD-II diagnostics port. The device gathers information about your vehicle’s performance and relays that info via a Bluetooth data connection to your Garmin Nuvi GPS device atop your dashboard.”

[2009-11-5] HTC Cellphone Embeds Wi-Fi Router

November 4th, 2009
HTC Cellphone Embeds Wi-Fi Router
“An HTC-made 3G smartphone due in the U.S. early next year will incorporate an embedded Wi-Fi router, enabling multiple laptop users to share a cellular-data connection to the Internet when they’re on the go.”

[2009-11-5] Apple, RIM grab market share from Nokia

November 4th, 2009
Apple, RIM grab market share from Nokia
“Though Nokia is still the leading vendor for dual-mode smartphones (Wi-Fi and cellular), its market share dropped to 35 percent in the second quarter, compared with 50 percent in the same period a year ago, according to a report released Monday from In-Stat.”

[2009-11-5] $120 Windows CE netbook tipped for Black Friday sale

November 4th, 2009
$120 Windows CE netbook tipped for Black Friday sale
“The Chinese company Delstar has announced a seven-inch netbook that runs Windows CE on an ARM processor. The DS 700 will be sold for $120 by KMart in the retailer’s post-Thanksgiving “Black Friday” sale, according to various reports.”

[2009-11-5] Super Talent introduces world’s first USB 3.0 flash drive

November 4th, 2009
“promising transfer rates of up to 320MB/sec when relying on a separate UAS Protocol driver with a USB 3.0 port. If you’re using a stock USB 3.0 socket, you’ll see speeds as high as 200MB/sec”


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