Why T-Mobile Wins Awards?

J.D Power and Associates have just awarded another first prize to T-Mobile after a survey of wireless retail sales satisfaction. T-Mobile have surpassed Allttell, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint Nextel. Their score was based on four categories: sales staff, store display, store facility and price/promotion. Although "just" forth carrier ranked by number of total subscribers, T-Mobile is used to winning awards from J.D Power. Their current record in customer service satisfaction is 7 wins in a row, with the last one earlier this year.

T-Mobile has just a little over 30 million subscribers. They have just launched their 3G plans in New York a few days ago, and rumors say they are going to make a bid for Sprint Nextel in the future. Not to mention their wide cell phone selection or plans. No wonder people are saying they are the coolest.

iNavi G1 from Korea does Karaoke

iNavi G1 is one of those in-car entertainment systems that never make it out of Korea and leave Westerners drooling. First off it is a GPS navigation device that can render 3D maps including 3D buildings, and even the night sky with stars and mountains in the background. The navigation system is supplemented with a geomagnetic sensor (g-sensor) to help navigate where GPS signals are weak or nonexistent such as between tall buildings and tunnels. Just like many others iNavi G1 also has a DMB receiver that lets your watch you favorite channel while navigating (who’s doing the driving?) thanks to its Picture-In-Picture capability.

iNavi G1 is also a media player supporting various formats such as MP3, AC3, AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, MPEG, WMA, and OGG. However since there’s no on-board HDD you may wonder how to put your videos or music on to the device. Well, no worries. The iNavi has an SD memory slot as well as a USB host meaning you’ll have as much storage as your flash disks can hold.

Other features include a photo album to easily view your pics, several games, and a smart little software called ‘car diary’ to keep track of various car related expenses and other things.

And here is the best feature we left for last: The iNavi G1 is also a karaoke machine which we believe makes it the first and only device to combine GPS navigation with karaoke. Congratulations iNavi G1! via

Medion makes bunch of new models available in Europe

Medion made available bunch of new models in Europe, namely the GoPal E3115, E3215, E3315 and E3415. They all have a screen that measures 3.5 inches and come with various alternatives (hands free Bluetooth kit, Premium Traffic Information) and will use the new version of the GoPal navigation; Version 3.

This new range has interesting prices in particular 149€ for the E3115 which is quite inexpensive and the top-of-the-range model that is still less than 249€

Their main features :

  * 3.5 inch TFT touch screen
  * Integrated Centrality GPS Receiver
  * Centrality Atlas III Processorat 400 MHz
  * RDS/TMC integrated traffic information receiver for E3215 and E3415
  * hands free Bluetooth Kit for E3315 and E3415
  * 512 MB of integrated memory
  * SD Port (up to 2 GB)
  * 6 hour endurance
  * Dimensions : 9.2 x 8 x1.8 cm
  * Weight : 148 G
  * Preloaded fixed radar locations
  * Tourist guide Berlitz with 50 European cities (E3215, E3315 and E3415 only)
  * MP3 player
  * Image viewer
  * Windows CE 5.0

E3115 comes with regional maps on its integrated memory and it is sold for 149€.
E3215 (with receiver RDS/TMC) is provided with maps of Western Europe on a 1GB SD card and it is sold for €199.
E3315 (with hands free Bluetooth kit) is provided with maps of all of Europe on a 1GB SD memory card for 199€
E3415 (RDS/TMC receiver and hands free Bluetooth kit) comes with maps of all of Europe on a 2GB SD memory card for 249€… via

Korean 7″ sat nav adds 1.15″ PMOLED screen

This GPS navigation device with DMB has a 7 inch TFT LCD screen which is complemented by a circular 1.15 inch mini PMOLED display as an extra step towards easier user interaction. It will come in handy when confirming operations or showing the next turn you need to take when navigating. The GPS system on board is also equipped with a 1.3MP digital camera which will capture an image of what’s in front covering everything from 5 to 95 degrees and it will also store the image. The software is also smart enough to take pictures only when it senses motion.

Other features include multimedia capabilities, supporting USB port as well as a USB host… via