Jan 06
Netgear Trek N300 Travel Router
Posted in: Today's Chili
[CES 2014] The Trek N300 is another travel router that looks pretty interesting: first of all, it can share public WiFi HotSpots to all your devices, so that may beat your older travel router, but it also has a flip-out antenna that supposedly makes the reception better. It’s impossible to tell without running some tests in the real world, but I just think that it looks cool. (more…)
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[CES 2014] The International Consumer Electronics Show 2013 is well underway in Las Vegas and already a lot of amazing technology has been unveiled that’s bound to keep us talking about it well into the new year. Garmin today announced a new range of automotive navigation devices, including its first nüvi with a wireless backup camera. Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales, says that customers now have even more choices to upgrade their vehicles with Garmin’s premium nagivation products. 
[CES 2014] The latest products that will cater to Garmin’s consumer automotive segment have been announced today. It has launched the Dash Cam, a high definition camera that can be mounted to any vehicles’ windshield to continuously record video as the vehicle is being driven. Garmin Dash Cam captures a wide angle view of the road and is fully automated, meaning that it starts recording only when the engine is turned on and stops only when it is turned off. Dash Cam also has an integrated gravity sensor through which it can automatically detect incidents like braking and collision, the relevant video files are automatically saved. Two versions of this product are available, the Dash Cam 10 does not have a GPS receiver whereas the Dash Cam 20 does. 
[CES 2014] Garmin today announced a number of devices that expand its automotive navigation lineup. Customers now have more choice when it comes to kitting their vehicles with premium navigation products. The company has just unveiled the 2014 Essential Series which boasts affordable nüvis with 5 and 6 inch displays. These nüvis provide customers with standalone navigation capability with spoken turn-by-turn directions. 
[CES 2014] HUD or head-up display basically show relevant information about the car on to the windshield or an attached reflector lens, information may include speed as well as directions. In some premium, not to mention expensive, cars a HUD can usually be present by default. For those who want that luxury without having to spend money on an expensive car can go for aftermarket solutions, there are a lot of them out there. 
[CES 2014] When it comes to in-vehicle entertainment systems, companies such as Apple and Google are reportedly showing interest, and as it stands there does not appear to be a standard as to what an in-vehicle entertainment system should be like, meaning that your entertainment system will differ depending on which car company you go with. Well if you’re a fan of Harman’s audio and infotainment systems, you might be interested to learn that the company has recently announced their next-gen scalable in-vehicle infotainment platform which not only comes with the usual features one might expect from such a system, but will boast system security to help protect you agains cyber threats.
