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Written by Ashleigh | 23 March 2010
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Navin miniHomer Key-Chain GPS

The Navin miniHomer Key-Chain GPS position finder found its way to my desk promising me that I would never have to worry about where my car was parked, finding my way back to a hotel, and returning to a camping ground again.
With claims like that, and with me being one that is far too famous for her own good for getting lost – i thought i should test it in at least two environments.
So how did it fare?

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Written by Martin Regtien | 11 January 2010
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ProNav_PNN_300 in the Box

Courtesy of the folks at audion-mm.com we are roadtesting the ProNav PND. 

This SatNav is specifically aimed at the professional truckies or anyone driving an oversized vehicle where it is important to know which roads, bridges and tunnels you can safely negotiate with your rig.  And, just as important, you need to know where all the truck stops are. 

So how does the ProNav PNN-300, which comes in at a hefty AUD 799, fare in the heavyweight league?

Let's belt up and find out.

 

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Written by Kevin Cheng | 08 June 2009
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Gadget testing like trying out wireless broadband gadgets and gps technology generally involves a bit of tethering to a location, but with the Qstarz Explore 2000 I have a licence to roam. The QStarz Explore 2000 is a GPS enabled sports recorder designed to record, manage and analyse your sporting movements in the great outdoors. Thanks to Qstarz, DigitalReviews is heading for the great outdoors ... risking life and limb in the depths of a cold Melbourne winter, the "swine-flu capital of Australia"

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Written by Martin Regtien | 15 December 2008
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Qref

All of today's high tech equipment comes with a user manual and the more complicated a piece of equipment is the thicker the manual.  And the fewer people that will actually read that… As a result most people will not know how to properly work with their equipment --  even if their lives depended on it.
And when it comes, for instance, to vital navigational equipment in an aircraft lack of knowledge can be fatal!
Today we are looking at a reference manual that addresses this problem.
Enter Qref, a company that specializes in making high quality reference material for the aviation and maritime sectors.

Today we will look at the Quick Reference for the Garmin GNS 430,  arguably the most popular avionics set.

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Written by Martin van Zanten | 30 October 2008
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GTop SC-200

When I heard that I had the opportunity to review this small marvel of electronics, I wondered what would be the use to me. I have to go back a long time to explain my feelings to you on the subject of speed limits... and of course keeping within those limits. It's now some thirty five years ago, that I was trained to become a civil engineer. We had many lectures on road design, and it's like yesterday to me listening to one of the lecturers admonishing us: "When you drive keep within the speed limits: roads are designed to a specific maximum speed. It's for your own safety to stay within those limits!"

That stern warning has been in the back of my mind ever since, so I keep to speed limits. So why would I need an instrument that warns me of speed cameras? It's with a bit of scepticism I plugged it into the cigarette lighter, and took the GlobalTop SC-200 for a road test.

In this review I'll give you a first hand witness account of how I changed my mind, once I had the experience of going through an hour of heavy rush hour traffic in the city of the Hague, in the western part of the Netherlands.

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Written by William Cheong | 14 March 2008
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Qstarz BT-Q1000 Platinum

Qstarz has launched an upgraded GPS Travel Recorder, BT-Q1000Platinum.

The BT-Q1000Platinum is the successor to BT-Q1000 and comes with both hardware and software upgrades.

With the kind help from the guys at Qstarz , DigitalReviews Network brings you a review of the BT-Q1000Platinum

 

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Written by Martin Regtien | 02 December 2007
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GlobalTop Touch G66

A few months ago Digital Reviews announced the imminent release the innovative GlobalTop Touch G66. 

The amazing 51 channel, super slim GPS has just hit the desk of this reviewer with many thanks to GlobalTop. 

 

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