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The fact that GPS is becoming more and more ubiquitous in cell phones does not seem to hinder companies like Garmin from churning out navigation units by the dozen. After all, there is a big chasm of difference between navigating on your cell phone versus a full-fledged GPS device, which not even the NuviFone can bridge. Fresh off the block from Garmin are four new units in their 200 lineup, the “2x5” series, to be specific. Along with MSN Direct for traffic info, these four devices now sport the “HotFix” feature, similar to TomTom’s offering of QuickFix, enabling faster satellite signal acquisition.

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Gigabyte has unveiled their latest UMPC, the M700, at CeBIT 2008. While there is no shortage of available UMPC’s right now, there aren’t too many that can combine good looks with decent power. Packing specs that could make even the Cloudbook pale, the device manages to look pretty good in and out with a whopping 2GB of RAM along with a 1.2GHz C7M Via processor. It has a nice 7-inch touchscreen display that can put out resolutions of up to 1024x600 and 40-60GB of disk space, which is more than adequate for something that is supposed to be ultra-mobile. Other than these details and the little tidbit that it runs Vista Home Premium, not much else is known about the M700, but these things don’t usually stay under the wraps for too long, do they? Look for us to bring you more details as they come available.

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• Another day, another tablet.  This time from Archos.
• Netbooks here to stay: 35 million expected to ship in 2009
• Who killed Mobile Internet Devices? iPhone and netbooks blush

While it’s appearance may fool you, the Oasis Media Player will never be able to make a call, even if your life depended on it. Below it’s phone-like facade, it is only a portable media player with features that aren’t exactly ground breaking. With 2GB of onboard memory, it can be bumped up to 4GB via a miniSD card, the portable player supports the usual array of music and video formats with an FM radio and a five-mode equalizer thrown in for good measure. The smallish 2-inch TFT screen can display lyrics to the currently playing song while you are not watching movies or viewing your personal pictures on the go. The Oasis Media Player may not be able replace your iPod Touch or Zune any time soon, but at a throwaway price of $49, we are not really complaining.

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• Another day, another tablet.  This time from Archos.
• Netbooks here to stay: 35 million expected to ship in 2009
• Who killed Mobile Internet Devices? iPhone and netbooks blush