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GPS Cell Phone

April 10th, 2009

GPS Cell Phone: Nokia 6210 Navigator


Executive summary of GPS cell phone reviews by Joseph Hanlon
Nokia 6210 is a nokia 6220 Classic successor of GPS cell phone. It has a larger 2.4-inch color display, which is important as a handheld personal navigation device. It features excellent horizontal and vertical viewing angles, so you won’t lose the image on-screen when you view the screen tilted on an angle of this GPS cell phone.

Nokia 6210 GPS cell phone has included six months free access to voice-guided navigation. When the GPS cell phone was first announced Nokia began espousing the phone’s specialty in pedestrian navigation, especially with regards to its internal compass. This compass rotates the on-screen map’s orientation, with an icon displaying true north, helping to better guide you to points of interest on the map like cafes and train stations. This GPS cell phone is much better suited to pedestrian navigation than to directing a moving vehicle.

When walking with this GPS cell phone we found it kept our location superbly, updating constantly as we moved along one street or another. In a car, with a much heavier reliance on routing, the GPS cell phone struggled somewhat, directing us along unusually complicated routes and even once guiding us to a street three or four blocks from our destination before proudly announcing that we had reached our destination.

GPS Cell Phone: Nokia 6210 Mobile Navigator

GPS Cell Phone: Nokia 6210 Mobile Navigator

The GPS cell phone feels solid while also being lightweight in our hands. The sliding mechanism feels slick and sure, and gives the feel of a premium quality GPS cell phone. It has a similar keypad to the 6220 Classic. The keys feel plastic-y and less tactile than a raised keypad and the top row of keys are awkward to thumb quickly when speed-typing text messages. Battery cover is made of rigid plastic and feels a little rough, to give the necessary friction when you slide the top half of the slider.


Nokia 6210 GPS cell phone has a 3.2-megapixel camera on the back. Unlike previous Nokia GPS cell phone releases, this camera doesn’t have a lens cover that keeps the phone flat and streamlined.

The Nokia 6210 GPS Cell Phone Specifications:

  • Dimensions 49 x 15 x 103 mm, Weight 117 gr
  • Display : 16 million Colors, 2.4?, 320×240 pixel
  • Connectivity: GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, UMTS 850, UMTS 2100, GPRS, WAP, EDGE, 3G UMTS, HSDPA, GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP, 802.11b Wi-Fi
  • Camera: 3 megapixel camera, Led, 4x digital zoom, video capture.
  • Battery Live: 2.8 hours talk time, 231 hours standby time
  • Memory: 120MB internal memory, 1 GB memory card included, microSD
  • OS: Symbian OS Series 60
  • Others feature: FM Radio, Java, Mobile E-mail, Instant Messaging, Push e-mail, IM, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Multimedia, Music, Smartphone, Imaging, etc

Prize: $383.98

The Nokia 6210 GPS Cell Phone Good Factors:

  • Solid Phone
  • Camera quality
  • GPS feature somehow works inside buildings
  • Music player better than average

The Nokia 6210 GPS Cell Phone Bad Factors:

  • Free access to voice-guided navigation only in 6 months
  • Texting interface and keypad & limited SMS features
  • Battery life

The Nokia 6210 GPS Cell Phone Bottom Line:

The Nokia 6210 GPS Cell Phone stand-out features are the Series 60 operating platform with its excellent suite of applications and speedy performance. But without a lifetime subscription to turn-by-turn navigation via Nokia Maps, this GPS cell phone feels neutered, robbed of what made it unique and leaves us asking why we should choose it over the 6220 Classic.

Reference: http://www.cnet.com.au/nokia-6210-navigator-339285935.htm

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GPS Camera

April 5th, 2009

Sony GPS Camera: Sony GPS-CS1KASP


In January 31, 2008 Sony announced Sony GPS Camera: Sony GPS-CS1KASP. The GPS Camera is a GPS based position logging device which work with virtually any compatible digital camera and Sony Handy cam camcorders. You simply carry the Sony GPS Camera with you as you shoot photos and/or video and it will record your current location every 15 seconds utilizing data from the inbuilt GPS receiver. The Sony GPS Camera is able to store 360 hours of coordinates on its internal memory.

Later, on your PC Sony’s new Picture Motion Browser software (v. 3.0) will incorporate the location data into your photo metadata (geotag) allowing your video route to be traced and photos plotted using the Google Maps mapping service.

Sony GPS Camera: GPS-CS1KASP

Sony GPS Camera: GPS-CS1KASP

Digital cameras store images to an EXIF (exchangeable image file format) specification which includes the image itself (jpeg, tiff etc.) and some metadata. The image metadata includes the time-of-shot data as well as geographical information including latitude, longitude, and altitude and even bearing. The Picture Motion Browser software correlates time and geographical information and annotates the metadata for each image. Any difference between camera time and GPS time is automatically compensated for.

As well as being a handy location reminder for travelers, the Sony GPS Camera can be a useful tool when camping, hiking or biking. Sony includes two new attachment digital GPS Camera accessories so you can secure to the GPS receiver to your arm when running or hiking or to your bike when cycling. The product continues to offer a Carabiner to attach the GPS Camera receiver to a backpack or a belt loop.

Professional applications could include real estate, news photography, law enforcement and geological surveying to name only a few. Geotagging your images and video gives another option for organizing and searching your photos - location. When the Picture Motion Browser displays a video on Google maps you see a track with the video clip at each location ready to be clicked on and viewed. Photo locations are displayed as thumbnail images.

The Sony GPS Camera CS1KASP comes with an attachment kit to connect it to a belt loop or bicycle frame. It’s 3.5 inches (87 mm) long and weighs two ounces (55g). The PC interface is USB 2.0 with a USB Mini B connector. There is sufficient memory to store 360 hours of coordinates on its internal memory.

The GPS-CS1KASP Sony GPS Camera Specifications:

  • Dimensions 1.42″ Height x 3.43″ Width x 1.42″ Depth
  • Battery Live: 10 Hour Approximate or 14 Hour Approximate - When using Sony Nickel-Metal Hydride battery
  • No of Channel: 12
  • Platform Support : PC
  • Acquisition Time: Hot Start 2 Second Minimum, Cold Start 40 Second Minimum

Prize: $106.24

Sony GPS Camera CS1KASP

Sony GPS Camera CS1KASP

Included Items

  • GPS Unit
  • Carabiner
  • Bracket
  • Holder
  • Armband
  • Carrying base
  • USB cable
  • GPS Unit Application Software installer disc
  • User Manual

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