Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Qstarz to Announce TINY GPS Receiver with MP3 Function
Posted by Paul Martin in "NEWS" @ 12:35 PM
"Small is beautiful, TINY is a HUGE improvement! Particularly if it comes with the extra function of being able to listen to MP3s via the FM transmitter. How that is supposed to work we don't know (yet) but our review unit has just been FedExed from Taiwan so we'll tell you soon! Official announcement of the Qstarz BT-Q920 is December 20. And HOW tiny you ask? Try 5.9 x 4.4 cm. That's about 2 inches square. Not bad for a SiRF Star III receiver with bluetooth and music..."
From a technological perspective, it's interesting to pull these technologies together. But, from a practical one, I'm not sure I get the point. Since a Bluetooth GPS device needs to pair to a host device with the mapping information, wouldn't THAT device be the one with the MP3's? But, I like the small form factor idea. Can you see a reason to add MP3 capability to a GPS receiver?
From a technological perspective, it's interesting to pull these technologies together. But, from a practical one, I'm not sure I get the point. Since a Bluetooth GPS device needs to pair to a host device with the mapping information, wouldn't THAT device be the one with the MP3's? But, I like the small form factor idea. Can you see a reason to add MP3 capability to a GPS receiver?
