Bluetooth GPS receivers turn handhelds into car navigation systems and factory-installed hands-free systems continue to slowly march their way into vehicles.
Features like WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, advanced SMS, browsers and photo and sound file transfer capabilities.
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This has the Canadian maker's classic keyboard and trackball, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS navigation.
Inside the two-toned elliptical head-piece are a pile of electronics, including Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi and a cellular radio.
Its wireless connectivity solutions include its WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS SoC solutions, as well as a combo (all three solutions on one chip) SoC.
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Above those is a sliding row of quick toggles (albeit in a slightly different order than last time): WiFi, Mobile Data, Smart Saving, Instant Dictionary (which is new), WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS, Vibrate and Auto-rotate Screen.
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The ML910 is actually a followup to the ML900 (pictured) features a 13.3-inch widescreen display, 1.66GHz Core Duo processor, 128MB of ATI Radeon X1400 graphics, and choice of radios including integrated WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and WWAN.
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Aside from its tough-guy credentials, there's a 1280 x 800 screen, five megapixel camera, Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHz processor, WiMAX connection and the staple WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS medley.
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Cramming multiple radios, using multiple technologies, plus Wi-Fi, plus Bluetooth, and GPS requires top-notch engineers who understand antennas, filters, and the other components necessary to build a product that will work well and satisfy the general public.
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What with standalone Bluetooth-based GPS receivers getting smaller all the time, it's natural to assume that there's a limit to how small said devices can get, which will inevitably lead to manufacturers adding features that are peripheral to the original intended purpose in an attempt to differentiate their own offering from the competition.
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As for radios, you get the usual WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth 4.0, but there's only WCDMA 2100 for 3G.
Rejected apps will include those that rely on a gyroscope, camera, WAN module, Bluetooth, microphone, GPS, or micro SD.
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Bluetooth, cameras, GPS and other satellite technologies are at the forefront here, and companies such as Ford, Apple and Sirius have already made some headway.
This analog Android packs a Froyo-powered 806MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, front and rear 5 megapixel and 0.3 megapixel cameras, respectively, a 3.5 inch 320 x 480 touchscreen, and a whole mess of standard GPS, Bluetooth, and 3G radios.
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Let's start with the basics: the main specs on our unit include Android 1.6 (which will definitely be obsolete for the final product), five-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, Snapdragon QSD8250 chipset (with CPU clocked at 1GHz), Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and WCDMA radio.
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Alright, first up we've got the catchily-named BCM20751, which performs the rather ordinary tasks of GPS, Bluetooth, and FM radio management but also throws in an audio processor to offload some work from the phone's primary CPU, which the company says can reduce battery consumption enough to improve playback time by up to 100 percent in some situations.
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In Europe and Japan, the company offers high-end smart phones including Wi-Fi phones with GPS technology and Bluetooth loaded on.
Everything's in there: MP3 player with stereo speakers, a 5-megapixel camera, DVD-quality video, GPS maps, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, high-speed cellular, spreadsheets, e-mail.
They also help run software applications, and enable connectivity to Bluetooth devices, WiFi networks, and GPS providers.
Nokia also debuted two in-car navigation devices this year and a GPS accessory that turns any Bluetooth phone into a personal navigator.
Leveraging industry-leading voice-recognition software, integrated GPS technology and a customer's Bluetooth-capable mobile phone, SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information provides simple hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions and up-to-date information including business listings, news, sports and weather.
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The P3050 is the CDMA equivalent of the GSM Touch and packs the same goodies under the shell including Windows Mobile 6, The lovely TouchFLO UI, 320 x 240 display, Bluetooth, and sadly doesn't pack WiFi or the GPS we had hoped for.
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Our standard battery rundown test involves setting the brightness and volume to half, using 4G in a 75 percent or better signal area, enabling GPS and WiFi (not connected) and disabling Bluetooth while looping a video from a full charge until the battery is drained.
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Most are equipped with a range of sensors, including an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, GPS and cameras, in addition to wi-fi, Bluetooth and GSM communications.
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He also contends that iPhone 5 could contain new chips from Qualcomm (QCOM) that include both GPS and WiFI functionality, and in the future could add Bluetooth and near-field communications capability.
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While most of you probably carry an all-in-one NAV with a built-in GPS receiver, the MG-920 is designed to connect to Bluetooth navigation systems that need a little help syncing with satellites, and although the SiRF Star III LP chip and rechargeable Li-ion cell are entirely average, the bottom-mounted FM transmitter allows a turn-by-turn instructor to be channeled to one's FM radio.
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Inside the water-resistant housing, you'll find a Bluetooth module that "uses WiFi chips" to boost the range, along with GPS for providing realtime location information and a battery that can reportedly keep the device powered for at least two months.
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Aka-aki is currently focused on Bluetooth technology, because it's so widespread in cell phones, but the GPS technology in Apple's iPhone is even more exciting, because of its ability to pinpoint the position of its users outdoors, with the iPhone's wi-fi detection performing a similar function indoors.
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