Friday, November 12, 2004
Alturion GPS 6: This Way to Spoorwegstraat
Posted by Pat Logsdon in "SOFTWARE" @ 09:30 AM
"Alturion™ GPS 6.0 is the most advanced mobile GPS navigation system. You can use Alturion™ GPS 6 as a mobile navigation solution but it is more than navigation! You can track vehicles or persons, download weather information and add/edit roadbloacks and POIs! Planning a trip but unsure about the weather conditions? Alturion™ GPS visualizes the weather conditions throughout Europe on your screen and even offers you a day-by-day forecast. If you use a mobile internet connection (GSM/GPRS) on your PDA, you can even get updated information on line while driving."
For some reason, I'm slightly offended that a) I've never heard of this, and b) it's not available for North America. Yeah, I'm a bit impressed. Nice UI? Check. Weather? Check. Customizable POIs? Check. Live traffic info? Check. Skinability? El Check-o. Ability to take you to Spoorwegstraat whenever you want: check-a-mundo. European customers can purchase the standard software only for 129 €, software + serial GPS for 219 €, and the software and a BT GPS for 299 €. Existing users can upgrade for 99 €. If you've used this, pipe up! Does this look like a worthy upgrade from version 5?
For some reason, I'm slightly offended that a) I've never heard of this, and b) it's not available for North America. Yeah, I'm a bit impressed. Nice UI? Check. Weather? Check. Customizable POIs? Check. Live traffic info? Check. Skinability? El Check-o. Ability to take you to Spoorwegstraat whenever you want: check-a-mundo. European customers can purchase the standard software only for 129 €, software + serial GPS for 219 €, and the software and a BT GPS for 299 €. Existing users can upgrade for 99 €. If you've used this, pipe up! Does this look like a worthy upgrade from version 5?
