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GPS maker Garmin has taken the wraps off its new Oregon 550 and Oregon 550t GPS units, two new multipurpose GPS units designed to appear to everyone from traditional in-car GPS users to hikers and boaters as well. Plus, the 550 and 550t include a 3.2 megapixel camera, so there’s no need to cart along a separate camera to chronicle a trip…or a day hike.
Ingram Micro brand V7 has announced its NAV730 and NAV740 portable navigation systems, designed for value-conscious consumers who are just looking to find their way, not invest in a multimedia extravaganza of functions they don’t need and will never use.
“The ultra-slim NAV730 and NAV740 are perfect solutions for consumers as well as commercial fleets who demand a feature-rich product at a value price point,” said Ingram Micro VP and general manager for the V7 Private Label Group, Rainer Kozlik, in a statement. “These products are part of V7’s commitment to offer innovative, reliable products at an attractive price-performance ratio to resellers worldwide.”
Delphi has announced the NAV200 portable GPS navigation system, a budget-oriented personal navigation system which comes pre-loaded with maps of the U.S. and Canada and offers most-wanted entertainment features so, in the event you get caught in the middle of nowhere, you’ll at least be able to pipe some tunes and revel in embarrassing photos of yourself.
“Industry trends show the personal navigation market is expected to grow more than double over last year,” stated Adiel Avelar, Delphis’s global navigation business line manager. “Part of this growth is driven by a convergence of different technologies such as navigation and entertainment. Combining these technologies at a fair price adds significant value and is very appealing to a large group of underserved, first time users who want more for their money.”
Google and Columbia Pictures today said they were launching a series of online puzzles tied into the movie studio’s upcoming “The Da Vinci Code†movie debut on May 19. “The Da Vinci Code†Quest on Google, as a skills based contest, will be open to puzzle fans in the U.S., UK and Australia.
“The Da Vinci Code†Quest on Google, said the two companies, consists of 24 days of online puzzles to “challenge movie fans of all agesâ€. These puzzles include symbol logic, chess-related codes, city map jigsaw puzzles and video riddles. The first puzzle has been posted today in celebration of Leonardo da Vinci’s 553rd birthday and additional ones will be posted daily.
With Microsoft quietly slipping into their backyard, security vendors may be caught in a prisoner’s dilemma: making rational decisions in anticipation of Microsoft’s next move. Symantec has released a beta of its upcoming consumer antivirus solution, Norton AntiVirus 2005 (NAV), that incorporates what Symantec has dubbed “Internet Worm Protection”. While worms are a growing menace, there is a catch; Norton’s Internet Worm Protection component suggests that users disable Windows XP’s Windows Firewall.
A Symantec spokesperson told BetaNews that the feature (Internet Worm Protection) is not a firewall, and that it has added this functionality to provide users with an extra layer of protection against what it deems, “one of the most prevalent threats on the Internet.”
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Supports the following versions of Symantec antivirus software:
NAV 2000 for Win9x/NT/2000
NAV 2001 for Win95b/98/NT/2000/Me
NAV 2002 Professional Edition
NAV 2002 for Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP Home/XP Pro
NAV 2003 Professional Edition
NAV 2003 for Win98/Me/2000/XP Home/XP Pro
NAV for Lotus Notes (Intel)
NAV for MS Exchange (Intel)
Norton SystemWorks (all versions)
Norton Utilities for Windows 95/98 (all versions)
SAV 3.0 CacheFlow Security Gateway
SAV 3.0 for Inktomi Traffic Edge
SAV 3.0 for NetApp Filer/NetCache
SAV 3.1 for SMTP Gateways for Windows
SAV 8.0 Corporate Edition
SAV/Filtering 3.02 for MS Exchange 2000
SAV/Filtering 3.1 for Domino
pcAnywhere32 7.5 and higher for WinNT
Beginning immediately, consumers will be able to purchase ReplayTV 5500 Series DVRs at the following prices: $149.99 for the 40-hour Model RTV5504; $299.99 for the 80-hour RTV5508; $449.99 for the160-hour RTV5516; and $799.99 for the new 320-hour RTV5532. With each model, consumers will have the choice of either purchasing the ReplayTV Service for a $12.95 monthly fee, or choosing lifetimeservice bundled with the product for a single, onetime payment of $299. ReplayTV 5500 Series customers who have already purchased 3-year subscriptions to the ReplayTV Service under the previouspricing model will have their services automatically extended for the lifetime of the product at no additional charge.
ReplayTV President Bernie Sepaniak commented on the company’s pricing move, noting: “ReplayTV has always been committed to providing our customers with superior quality premium DVRs, offering the most powerful feature sets, highest recording capacity, as well as the industry’s best overall value. With our new pricing model, we’re making a ReplayTV DVR purchase even more attractive for consumers, providing unprecedented value, while allowing them to choose between either purchasing the lifetime service upfront or on a monthly subscription basis.â€
ReplayTV continues to innovate its premium-quality Digital Video Recorders (DVR) with the addition of Show|Nav, a powerful new viewer control feature. Show|Nav joins QuickSkip, Instant Replay, andJump Anywhere in ReplayTV’s industry-leading JumpItâ„¢ set of viewer control features.
Show|Nav lets ReplayTV DVR users navigate programs by segment, making it more intuitive and easier than ever before to quickly find and view precisely the scenes they want to enjoy.
With Show|Nav viewers can:
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