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TomTom Patent Discovered - Live Video Overlay?

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What is this ? It's a an interesting patent filed by TomTom last year that has been discovered in the records of the European Patent Office.

The device marries a live in-car video feed overlaid with navigation data so that you get a 3D map on top of an actual real world view! Yes, it's a sort of  "we might do this next year or the year after : anyway we have patented, we'll do it before anyone" type thing from TomTom.

To see some pictures and discuss about it, click here. More info here, and see the original source on  PocketInfo.nl

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TomTom and Garmin making cellphones ?

Speculation of the day : According to Digitimes, Garmin has held talks with Compal Communications (a Taiwan-based handset maker) in order to enter the cell phone handset market !! The article goes on to say, following the introduction of the TomTom GO 715 with a SIM card, that this raised "market speculation that TomTom eventually may move into the GPS handset segment."

So PND manufacturers are finally making a move into the GPS-enabled cell phone market ? In the long run, this could mean that all phones will come with built-in GPS  and nobody will want to spend money on a stand-alone GPS navigation system.  Let's wait and see !

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Blackberry 8300 "Daytona"

Have you seen the pictures of an unannounced Blackberry codenamed "Daytona" ? Some shots have surfaced on a website based out of Spain :

The device is made to support multimedia, it comes with a 2 megapixel shooter.  There also is in-built GPS (wow) and Wi-Fi connectivity !

We expect the prices of this one to be out just as more picture and specs show up. And when this shall be? No idea: this device might be coming our way as soon as the beginning of summer.

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