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Staying up to speed with the GlobalTop SC-200 Speed Camera Advisor

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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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Qstarz GPS Travel Recorder: BT-Q1000 Platinum - Reviewed

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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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GlobalTop Touch G66 GPS 51 channel GPS - Reviewed

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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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Qstarz Super 99 Bluetooth Solar GPS Travel Recorder Reviewed

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Written by William Cheong | 14 November 2007
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 The Qstarz Super 99 Bluetooth Solar GPS Travel Recorder, or BT-Q1200 for short, is a Bluetooth GPS but with couple of important differences:

 

* it has built in solar power cells 

* it is a stand alone travel recorder that can log up to 200,0000 records. You can use the provided software to geotag photos using the GPS tracks recorded by the unit

* it uses a new generation GPS chip – MTK GPS

 

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Leadertone Pocket Chauffeur GPS6000 PND - Reviewed

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Written by Martin Regtien | 10 October 2007
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Leadertone GPS6000

 Leadertone is not a name you’d see often in the Western world. But their products may be familiar even though they can be unbranded.

Such is the case with the Personal Navigation Device that is suction-cupped to my windshield at the moment.  It’s a smart-looking compact PND simply labelled GPS.

Only the box gives it the honorific: Pocket Chauffeur. This is not to be confused with the Pocket Chauffeur you’ll find on Acer’s N35.

 

 

 

Techrific Australia supplied the unit which is priced at AUD399.

We are quite impressed with this handy all-in-one device and here are the reasons why.

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Qstarz BT-Q1000 Double 32 Bluetooth GPS Travel Recorder - Reviewed

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Written by Martin Regtien | 15 July 2007
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Qstarz BT-Q1000 Travel Recorder

One of the more prolific GPS manufacturers has to be Qstarz. 

We have reviewed a number of their products of the last few years but the newly released Travel Recorder is the most fully featured receiver we have come across. 
The Qstarz BT-Q1000 features an outstanding endurance of 32 hours whilst also tracking 32 satellites but it also can log over 100,000 way points and has a POI button for immediately recording a point of interest with a push of a button. 
With built-in Google Earth integration this makes for a powerful combination. 

So we took the Qstarz BT-Q1000 Double 32 Bluetooth GPS Travel Recorder for a long test drive and are bringing you this first review.

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PocketFMS Flight Planner, Moving Map - Reviewed

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Written by Martin Regtien | 23 May 2007
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Flight Planner, Moving Map and Steak Knives?

 

The pockmarked minescape around Kalgoorlie slides by some 8000 feet below. I glance at the small screen cradled on my yoke: it’s reassuring for my passengers (as well as the designated driver!) to see the airplane symbol right on the track to Albany. For a change we have a tailwind as indicated by the wind barbs on the moving map and confirmed by a healthy groundspeed. I check the screen for recent rainfall activity up ahead after having updated the program with the latest Metars and TAFs. It’s time for another radio frequency change to keep in touch with Melbourne Centre as indicated by the passage of a thick blue line across my track on the display.
Life is glorious in the fast lane… and has become a lot easier with the latest release of PocketFMS.

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Zaon XRX Portable Collision Avoidance System (Flight Tested)

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Written by Martin Regtien | 03 January 2007
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Zaon XRX Portable Collision Avoidance System
Watching Your Six Never Was Easier…We have reviewed a number of Portable Collision Avoidance Systems (PCAS) from Zaon.  We had the opportunity to flight test their latest model in traffic detection systems which not only includes information on relative altitude and range but also in which direction to look for traffic, in other words quadrant bearing. The ZaonFlight XRX is a huge improvement over their previous top model and well worth the investment in making your skies safer. Have a look at why we think so.

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