New Magellan eXplorists are out...

Magellan just updated their eXplorist lineup with three new models. These are Magellan eXplorist 510, Magellan eXplorist 610, and Magellan eXplorist 710.

First off, all three new eXplorists come with a 3″ color touch screen, 3.2MP camera with auto focus, mic, speaker to mark waypoints not only with a dot on a map but also include a photo, some audio, or even some video. It’s like geotagging on steroids.

All of the devices come with preloaded maps which include road network for the U.S., Canada, Western Europe and Australia, as well as water features, urban and rural land use, and a realistic shaded relief background. 510, 610, and 710 are all IPX7 waterproof, offer 16 hours of battery life, a digital almanac, and track summary and area calculation feature.

All of them are great for paperless geocaching.

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Motorola A1680

A new GPS capable recently appeared on FCC’s site and we thought we’d mention it. We have a feeling this model already came out in China a while ago but it’s just making it to the U.S. of A.

The new has a 5MP digital camera with flash, a music player – including an FM receiver, WiFi, 3G connectivity, and of course a GPS receiver.

It does have a 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB port, and runs on a 624Mhz processor.

We have no word on pricing and date of availability just yet.

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Yoda Does Voice Directions for Tomtom

A couple of moths ago we mentioned that TomTom doing Stars Wars voices for the GPS navigation systems. They started off with Darth Vader, and now they have Yoda.

Yoda’s voice directions will set you back $13 and you can sample them here if you like.

Guide you there, he will. But take care young Padawan not to exhaust this Jedi master’s patience. The Force is with you but you are not a Jedi yet.

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Knight Rider KITT Voice Guidance

After Yoda and Darth Vader we now have KITT providing driving directions for you – not for TomTom users though this time. It is for Garmin devices, namely the nuvi series and the Garminfone.

The voice pack from Navtones cost $10 and it can even call you by name; provided your name is one of the 700 provided. Other features of the voice pack include various random commentary from KITT along your route.

Of course you can also try to find one of these more integrated version of Knight Rider into your GPS navigation system from Mio.

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Telenav now offered on U.S. Cellular

While some companies try to get a share of the paid GPS software market one by one by directly offering their product to end consumers Telenav continues to make bigger business to business transactions.

Telenav’s software is already offered by default by many mobile operators and last week they just added U.S. Cellular to this list which happens to be the 6th largest in the nation.

Good news is that if you already get their $30 smartphone data plan that costs $30/month you don’t have to pay a penny for the GPS navigation service from Telenav. Some of the devices that supports Telenav on U.S. Cellular include:

Samsung AcclaimHTC TouchHTC Touch ProHTC Touch Pro 2HTC SnapBlackBerry Tour 9630BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230BlackBerry Curve 8530Samsung i225.

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antique GPS system from 1930s

What you’re looking at here is probably one of the first in-car GPS navigation systems in the world; designed in 1930′s. Of course it is probably better to call this map guidance tool since this device had nothing to do with giving directions or geostationary satellites.

(Possibly) called Iter Avto, this tool scrolled through a paper map depending on the speed of your vehicle. And if you ever wanted to make a turn into a new street you’d have to find the scroll paper for that street and quickly swap it in.

Very similar to Plus Fours Routefinder first used in the U.K. about a decade ago.

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Garmin GPSMAP 62 series

The Garmin GPSMAP 62 series we mentioned couple of weeks ago was just made official by the company. Their website does not reveal shipping date just yet but all the specs are there including prices. You can even do side by side comparison of all the models in the 62 series which range from $350 to $550.

All models have a 2.6″ sunlight readable screen, up to 20 hours of battery life on 2 AA’s, IPX7 waterproof, have 1.7GB internal memory, and of course support geocaching.

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