Looking for some petite and practical gadgets to fill your stockings this holiday season? Mini MP3 players, diminutive digicams, technicolored iPods, and slim and sleek headphones are perfect items to top-off that holiday stocking. We’ve rounded up the ten best stocking stuffer gadgets and electronics of 2009.
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TomTom to Update iPhone GPS App for Free
TomTom announced today it will provide a free update to its iPhone navigation app—if it ever gets approved by Apple. That’s right, these updates have yet to be approved by Apple, but TomTom assures iPhone users that the application will soon be available. The new features are being submitted for review today. TomTom says that these
Best GPS Systems
Garmin nuvi 1250 $249.99
This ultra-thin GPS is affordable, portable, and has all the specifications of higher priced GPS systems.
- Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 3.7″W x 2.9″H x .6″D (9.3 x 7.5 x 1.6 cm)
- Display size, WxH: 2.8″W x 2.1″H (7.2 x 5.4 cm); 3.5″ diag (8.9 cm)
- Display resolution, WxH: 320 x 240 pixels
- Bluetooth wireless technology (connect to your phone for hands-free calling)
- FM traffic compatible
- MSN Direct compatible (receiver included)
- XM Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible
- Display type: QVGA color antiglare TFT with white backlight Weight: 4.0 ounces (113.4 g)
Android 2.0 Provides a Free Google Maps Navigation Feature
What has Google done with Android 2.0 that’s making mobile reviewers squeal in delight? Simple: Google has added free Google Maps Navigation GPS software to its new Android operating system (OS). The Droid is the first device with Google Maps Navigation, providing turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps. The service is powered by Google and connected to the Internet—also, this free navigation feature is constantly updated, providing the most recent maps, so the driver can avoid road blocks, traffic accidents and road construction in their local area.
Vertu Constellation Axyta
The Axyta is Vertu’s first clamshell phone, hand-built in England using premium materials like ruby bearings that you would normally find in a high-end watch. Initially the Axyta will come in polished or stain stainless steel with brown or black leather accents and an option of black ceramic keys on the polished model. The phone is GSM/3G compatible and features a mail client, GPS navigation, Vertu Content, and of course, access to Vertu’s concierge service.
Will the iPhone Kill Standalone GPS Navigators?
The iPhone comes as close as you can get to a universal, do-everything device. It’s as much a personal media player, translator, Internet tablet, notepad, alarm clock and a dozen other things as it is a cell phone. But with the introduction of the very first turn-by-turn GPS apps from companies like TomTom and Navigon, I think we’re finally seeing the miracle device stretched a little thin.
Technology We’re Thankful For
Friends. Family. Gainful employment. A chance to dig into a big, juicy turkey with all the fixins and (fingers crossed) actually enjoy a full eight hours of sleep courtesy of a Tryptophan coma. These are tops on the list of things we’re truly thankful for this holiday season. But being the good consumerists and high-tech newshounds we are, we also have to give props where it’s really due – to all the shiny new gadgets and lifesaving technologies that let us squeeze 63 hours of fun and productivity into each and every day.
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