Have you ever wanted to retrace your exact steps on a walk or know the exact location of that fantastic photograph you took while on vacation? Well the Trackstick II can help you. The Trackstick records its own location, time, date, speed, heading and altitude at preset intervals. With over 1Mb of memory, it can store months of travel information.
Once you are home you can then import the information collected into Google Earth. The Trackstick also comes with GPX photo stamping feature for adding your favorite photos to you own maps. The tracker works by receiving data from 24 satellites and works any where on the planet.
The Trackstick II is currently on sale at the Google Earth Store for $169
Source: Google Earth Store via Travelgadgets.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Trackstick II Personal GPS Tracker
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Helio Ocean Now Available
The new Ocean cell phone from Helio went on sale as of Friday May 11. The dual slide designed cell phone, allows for quick access to a standard numerical keypad or full qwerty access for text messaging and more.
The Ocean has built-in access to AOL email and AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! email and Yahoo! Messenger, Windows LiveMessenger, Windows Live Mail, Hotmail, Gmail EarthLink email and Helio Mail. It will also support push mail from Yahoo!, AOL, and MSN Hotmail.
The Ocean also includes a 2.4-inch, 260K-color high-resolution QVGA display, external stereo speakers and stereo Bluetooth support.
Available direct from Helio, EB games and other retailers for around $295.
Source: Helio
Saturday, May 12, 2007
mp3’s with Satellite Navigation?
Scientists in the UK are working on a project that is looking at adding satellite navigation to handheld devices such as mp3 players. The aim of the project is to allow users to customize the system so that the mp3 player will notify the user when they are in the vicinity of a point of interest; either by vibration or a change in sound. The system could also be programmed to alert users to a change in direction by altering the level of sound in either ear. Less sound in the left ear; turn left. No word yet and how long it will take to produce a prototype; but watch this space.
Source: BBC News
Friday, May 11, 2007
Can You Hear Me Now?
According to the BBC news site, a British climber is attempting to make the worlds highest mobile phone call.
Rod Baber is making final preparations to climb to the top of Mount Everest and make the call from its north ridge. The attempt will begin its final climb on 15 May and hope to reach the summit about eight days later.
Calls from the top of Everest are now possible as a base station installed in nearby China has line-of-sight to the north ridge of the mountain. Phone reception has also improved as the Chinese army is also at the Everest base camp making preparations to take the Olympic torch to the summit.
Looking at the picture, is it possible he will make the call with a Motorola?
Source: BBC News
Thursday, May 10, 2007
SlimG4 Optical Mouse is Very Thin
Here is what appears to be one of the thinnest computer mouse’s on the market. The SlimG4 measures just 5mm thick and not only that, it has a unique design that allows it to fold so that it can be stored in your laptops PCMCIA card slot. 
The mouse comes in several colors and is available from KJ Global and is selling for around £25.99 / $51.
Source: tfts
Google Earth with Sound?
According to the New Scientist, Google Earth users may soon have a new feature to play with. As well as being able to zoom into almost any location on the earth, users may soon have the ability to hear sounds from that location... Wild Sanctuary a California based company created software that would allow them to embed their sounds from around the world (some 3500 hours) into the relevant locations in Google Earth.
If you want to check out the sounds, they should be available (a limited number) on May 29th at Wild Sanctuary.
What’s next? Google Earth with Smell...
Source BBC and New Scientist
Mercedes SLR Roadster
The Mercedes SLR roadster can’t really be classed as a gadget, but can certainly be classed as a nice toy to have. Out of reach of most mere mortals, but for some it will be a weekend ‘play thing’. The SLR Roadster is constructed almost entirely from carbon fibre with a semi-automatic top. 
The roadster comes with a five-speed automatic transmission that allows it to sprint to 62mph in just 3.8 seconds. The car is alleged to be available in September in England with a price tag of £350,000. No word when or if it will be available in the States.
Source: msn.co.uk
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