MapmyIndia has launched TrailBlazer, India’s first GPS navigation system for bikes. Aimed at motorbiking enthusiasts and groups, TrailBlazer is loaded with maps of 620 cities and is waterproof with an FM transmitter that broadcasts turn-by-turn voice directions.

TrailBlazer also comes pre-loaded with many popular travel destinations and highway routes. On motorbike cruising trips the gadget also doubles up as an audio-video player on which favorite music and videos can be uploaded and played back. The gadget is priced at Rs. 18,990 and is available online at www.mapmyIndia.com.

Features include:
•3.5″ wide touch-screen
•Waterproof
•FM transmitter for voice guidance
•FM receiver for helmets for listening to voice guidance
•Music & video playback
•Loaded with maps of:
•620 cities with complete details of streets, localities, sub-localities and points of interest
•5,76,000 towns and villages connected by national and state highways
•2 million unique destinations across 52 tourist and business categories such as petrol pumps, ATMs, restaurants, hospitals, hotels, national parks, etc.
•Weight: 200 gms
•Memory: 2GB

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In keeping with its brand positioning of ‘NEXT is What’, Samsung has strengthened its Omnia series with the launch of the Omnia II–GT I8000. The I8000 looks exactly like the Samsung Jet with a larger display.

Announcing the launch, Ranjeet Yadav, Director IT and Telecom, Samsung Electronics said, “Omnia II is designed to take user experience to the next level. It captures our vision to provide phones to the consumers which are not only great looking but provide even greater functionality and usability using latest technologies and messaging platforms”.

Based on Windows 6.1 platform, Omnia II is the Company’s newest full-touch screen phone that brings together style, multimedia and business performance in one device. Samsung Omnia II features an all new Intuitive 3D UI along with Samsung’s TouchWiz 2.0 UI.

Features include -
a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a480 x 800 pixels and 65K colors
3G (with HSDPA), EDGE/GPRS
Wi-Fi (DLNA supported)
GPS with A-GPS support
Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0
5 megapixel AF camera with a Dual LED flash features Geotagging, face and smile detection
Stereo FM with RDS, Recording
DivX, XviD video support
TV Out
8GB internal memory and a microSD card slot

The Motion-enabled features include 3D photo Album, Video library, Music library, Browser bookmarks and FM Radio UI. The preloaded and downloadable online mobile Widgets deliver up-to-date information. With Samsung communities, the Omnia II lets users upload images and videos to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, MySpace, Photobucket and Friendster. Add to that, the phone’s high-connectivity functions including Wi-Fi and HSUPA capabilities mean that a user’s photos can be shared to their friends in no time.

The Omnia II is priced at Rs. 28,990.

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Google Maps is one of the most popular if not THE most popular freeware apps/preloaded GPS apps for any handset. It works great on almost all handsets including some of the lower end models and is extremely easy to use. Although it provides you with directions on getting from point A to point B, it’s easily usable if you don’t have drive since voice guidance has been part of the deal.

That’s about to change, at least for Android handset users. Google Maps Navigation (Beta) has been designed for Android 2.0 devices and is expected to have frequent GPS users in a tizzy. The features would include 3D views and even turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic rerouting. The new mapping system is an internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance. It uses the handset’s net connection to update the system on the latest maps and business data.

These are the list of features that the new Maps with Navigation offer -

Search in plain English
Search by voice
Traffic view
Search along route
Satellite view
Street View
Car dock mode

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