Web Based GPS Tracking Site Launched

Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) June 17, 2005 -- CES Wireless (www.ceswireless.com) of Winter Park, a global leader in the manufacture and supply of Mobile Information, Asset Tracking and Fleet Management solutions today announced the release of FleetLinc (www.fleetlinc.com), a web based personal, asset and fleet management software system. The product provides the user with a set of tools to manage their tracked objects through a web interface, accessible anywhere in the world by any number of dispatchers or users. The in-vehicle product is the well-proven device already in use by thousands of customers worldwide, from public safety, transportation, police departments, courier, readymix local state and government bodies. Further, since select CES Wireless mobile product is available through CES Wireless and Motorola resellers, a significant local wireless support resource exists which undoubtedly is one of the best trained and qualified. Resellers can host their own private labeled FleetLinc service, bring their own airtime plan and subscribe to the service only, bring their own hardware and subscribe to the service, or subscribe to the FleetLinc/CES Wireless airtime plan. "We are very excited to release this low cost fleet management solution," said Pat Lohan, President and CEO at CES Wireless. "Our resellers will now be able to add another product, another service, another revenue model to their current offerings". About CES Wireless TechnologiesCES Wireless Technologies was founded in 1970 and is a manufacturer and global supplier of Mobile Information and Fleet Management technology software and equipment. Headquartered in Winter Park, Florida, equipment is in use at over 5,000 installations ranging in size from 10 to over 1500 vehicles. CES Wireless' reputation has become synonymous with quality, reliability and ruggedness that can be depended upon by heavy-duty trucking, service, public safety, transportation and transit industries. Select Products are available through Motorola, Motorola resellers. All products are available from CES Wireless dealers worldwide.



Time for a vacation to Pigeon Forge Tennessee !

Why Go to the Office, When You Can Wi-Fi at Local Café?

Grass Valley, CA (PRWEB) June 10, 2005 -- By 2006, statistics forecast that wireless and laptop users will reach over 20 million in the US alone, according to a 2001 report by Cahner’s In-Stat Group, Nokia and Gartner Dataquest Stand. Dawn Nichol is not alone when she cruises down the street to her local coffee shop to do business. This is a growing trend with many reasons behind it. In smaller cities such as Grass Valley, California, high-speed internet is not always an option and job markets may also be saturated, leading residents to turn to alternatives such as opening virtual businesses.Virtual businesses are a growing trend—in large part due to easy access to the internet. Dawn Nichol is a small business coach who works with Solo-Entrepreneurs to create profitable and sustainable businesses that work for them. She conducts business from her telephone and laptop. Clients don’t need to come to her ‘office’ nor does she need to be physically present with clients. This form of coaching is one of many recent developments in the business world being catapulted by Wi-Fi hot spots, also known as web café’s.Small town economies all over the US have been crushed when their major sources of employment have been shut down or down-sized, but now they have an alternative. While Grass Valley’s population is only 12,000, it is a thriving, but small community with five web café’s to choose from: Cafe’ Mecca, The Bear Café, Flour Garden (2 locations), and Starbucks. Dawn and her family love living in their corner of paradise with their young and growing family. They have it all…living in and raising their children in a small community while still able to earn a double income.More About The Solopreneur ZoneDawn Nichol, founder and chief visionary of The Solopreneur Zone is also the creator and facilitator of “The 10,000 Solopreneurs Project”, a ground-breaking research study surveying the business practices of 10,000 solo business owners worldwide which launches June 15, 2005 via the web at www.10000solopreneurs.com.Through The Solopreneur Zone, Dawn offers support to Solopreneurs in the form of teleclasses, individual and group coaching, online newsletters and plenty of free resources at her website, The Solopreneur Zone, www.solopreneurzone.com.

The Best Car GPS on the market!

I have used Navman ICN 630, Megallen RM 700 & finally this one.
I can tell you this car gps is the best & most of all easiest. This is why this unit is the best:
1. No downloading of Maps
2. Has most udpated Maps compared to other brands of car gps
3. Has 5 million points of interest compared to others
4. Touchscreen
5. Easiest of all car gps units to use. Easier than the Acura GPS i have used.
6. Very small but with most usable screen view. It doesn't take a lot of winshield space, doesn;t block visibility. Though screen is small, letters are SO BIG & EASY TO READ.
7. Very fast software
8. Very easy to carry while traveling.
9. Excellent windshield mount. Very stable
10. It comes on when Car is turned on.
11. It has rechargeable battery which lasts for about 3 hrs I think.
12. Loud/clear voice.
13. Very intuitive operating system.
14. Fixes the GPS signal instantly. Navman car gps used to take longer.
15. This is interesting. You can remove the unit without unplugging the car DC cord. DC cord is connected to mount always.

Burlington, MA user

GPS spreading among car rental companies

Car GPS units are being offered on a more widespread basis by car rental companies.


USA Today 06/07/05
author: Gary Stoller
(Copyright 2005)

The next wave of rental-car gadgetry is rolling in. A growing number of vehicles are being equipped with satellite navigation systems (car gps) and satellite radio.
It's the industry's first widespread technological breakthrough since compact disc players became standard in cars about five years ago. hert
Many business travelers welcome the devices, particularly the navigation systems' ability to guide them through unfamiliar cities. Some say they choose which company to use based on the availability of the devices.

The car gps units are great toy, and it's better than stopping and asking for directions, says Jeff MacMillan, a consulting engineer in Notre Dame, Ind., who has rented about a dozen cars with gps navigation systems. It's amazingly accurate, a friendly back-seat driver, and it pays for itself when it comes time to return the car at a strange airport.
Hertz has 50,000 vehicles in the USA and Canada equipped with gps navigation systems and expects to add 10,000 more by the end of this year, says Vice President Richard Broome.
Hertz charges renters $9 extra a day for a vehicle with such a system. No cars below midsize are equipped with it, and it is more prevalent in large and luxury vehicles, Broome says.
Avis charges $9.95 daily for a portable gps navigation device that can plug into any car. The gadget, available in just two locations two years ago, can now be rented in 67 cities, says spokeswoman Susan McGowan.
Avis plans to have them in 12 more cities this year and in various Canadian and Puerto Rican cities.
National and Alamo, which are controlled by Vanguard Car Rental USA, charge $9.99 each day for a portable gps unit, says spokesman Charles Pulley. Budget, which is owned by Avis' parent company, Cendant Car Rental Group, will begin renting the navigation equipment later this year, says Avis Vice President Michael Caron.

Sue Reiss, a sales manager in Iron River, Mich., says the gps devices are useful on highways but often don't provide the best directions in cities.
Frequent business traveler John Kernitzki of Glendale, Ariz., says he carries his own portable unit, because it is superior to those offered by car-rental companies. It has better reception and city maps with more up-to-date information, the technology consultant says.

Thumbs Up Meridian Handheld GPS

This is my first handheld GPS device; I've seen other GPS devices design specifically for the car (Magellan Roadmate 700 etc), but what drove me to buy this one was the portable size of the unit.

I've used it in both rainy overcast and clear sunny weather in the SF Bay Area - SF to Petaluma to Dublin, and I get good connection with up to 6 or 7 satelites. The key is to get a lock-on, before starting your trip. Usually takes less than a minute to lock into the satelite(s).

I was considering using my PDA (Sony TG50)as a GPS (via Blue-Tooth connections), but I'm glad I purchased this separate unit as there is no car power adapter for the Clie (recharging yes, but)and the cost for the blue tooth version was about $350.

The Mapsend software that came along with this handheld package is very up to date and I was able to find and set user-points quite easily. I found setting the user-points on the device alot easier than on my home computer. The driving directions are not exactly my regular routes, but come pretty close.

Using the 64mb card is ample space so far. Car adaptor is a must for this handheld gps. Firmware upgrade was not difficult. Have not had to call Magellan for customer service, yet...

Overall a very good product and one that gets me from point A to point B, without spending too much, including Case too.

San Francisco California User

Best Car GPS Navigation

I know all about the aftermarket GPS in car navigation because I bought and used them all. I tried Magellan, TomTom, PocketPC bluetooth GPS, etc... They all failed to meet my standard for varies reasons: My brother's Magellan is slow to acquire satellite, sensitive to heat (I am in sunny California). Tomtom's map is poor, there were several addresses it could not find, and it would not tell me if the address is on the left/right of me. PocketPC GPS is a pain, battery is limited, map is questionable, Windows crash, startup delay, super glare under the sun. The reason Garmin 2610 is superior is because: 1. Even though its screen is small and only capable of 256 colors, it is very very viewable under the sun light. 2. Map is very good, I have yet to find an address it could not find. 3. Satellite acquisition is fast and reliable. 4. Voice navigation is good, if a bit too frequent. 5. Takes CF cards, which is cheap, fast, and high capacity. Now things that can make it even better: 1. A better car gps mount system. How about a good window mount? 2. Bigger LCD screen, resolution, and colors. 3. Internal battery would be good. 4. Reduce its bulky size. Tomtom can put everything in that small package and battery. 5. Make its user interface more friendly. Oh, I have had my Garmin Car GPS for over 8 months now. It performs fine under the scortching Southern California sun. I am very happy with it.

Los Angelos California User

Amazing iQue PDA GPS

The new iQue 3600 from Garmin is truly amazing. For a very attractive price, you get a powerful Palm OS 5-based PDA that sports a screaming 200 MHz Motorola DragonBall MXL ARM 9 processor, 32MB of memory (some of which is reserved for system operations), and a nice 320x480 high-color screen, the highest resolution I've seen on a palmtop. The iQue 3600 weighs in at a little over 5 ounces with the built-in LiIon battery, and it's only slightly bigger than a Zire 71, and feels good in either hand.

So you can use it as a fast Palm PDA, but the true beauty of the iQue is its built-in GPS function. When you are out in the open -- GPS won't work indoors or in a dense forest since the satellite signal can't get to you -- the iQue picks up both GPS and WAAS signals (WAAS is a system that supplements GPS, the way I understand it) and, in less than a minute, tell you your early coordinates. Coupled with a mapping program (a very basic one is included), the iQue will tell you where on earth you are, accurate to about 10 feet! For a first-time GPS user like me, the result simply blows me away. Obviously if you don't travel a lot, or live in a big city like New York, GPS is of very little use. But for the road warrior as well as fancy gadget lover (I'm the latter), this is a must-have.

Both the GPS and the bright, large color screen suck battery juice like a puppy in Houston, so battery is weak on the iQue, about the only gripe one would have about this wonderfully implemented product. With GPS on continuously and screen set to mid-level brightness and running a mapping program off the secure digital card, you'll run out in about an hour! That's not a typo or exaggeration. If you can do without sophisticated map software and turn off backlight, you can probably manage for about 3-4 hours. If you don't use GPS -- but you got this really for the GPS, didn't you? -- using the Palm part for an hour a day will last you about 3 days with backlight on. Which is not totally bad compared to Pocket PCs, hehehe...

In short, the iQue does exceptionally well what it was designed to do. Granted GPS as a whole can be improved, but Garmin has done an admirable job with a well designed, well made product and the price should tempt every GPS user out there.

New York User