Pioneer - AVIC F500BT

Pioneer, a well-known name in auto music systems, is now planning to get into auto navigation systems with AVIC F500BT, a hybrid system and advanced voice recognition for providing complete control of iPod and Bluetooth devices.

AVIC F500BT stores utility of many devices, it is a navigation system with mapping function, which provides overhead and movable 3D viewing. It has a 5.8-inch touch screen, and directions are texts to speech. The database includes maps of the United States, Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii. In addition, it has an auxiliary input audio for personal audio and communication devices, and has the capability to play mp3 or WMA file by a SD memory card or streamed from Bluetooth mobile phone.

This device also has the advantage of voice control, which allows its users to control their iPods or other Bluetooth devices easily. The voice controls for the music allows commands as “Play Bryan”, and if you want, you can choose a particular album too. Moreover, for making a phone call, you just have to say "call xxxxx", and device will confirm you to call home or mobile.

Pioneer AVIC F500BT is said be available in Spring of 2008, but there is no hint over its price, having a lot in one thing do not expect it to be cheap though.

Nextar 14-BC - GPS System

GPS Navigation System is one of the finest inventions of our time, knowing where you are and where you are headed to is just so simple these days. Still not so simple in many countries like in Asia, maps are still not available. But hey if you are living in Europe or America then its a wonderful gadget that you must have. This Nextar 14-BC comes with loaded maps of 50 states of U.S and Canada, with over 1.6 million points to your interest, including hotels, restaurants, airports, and other various landmarks. So just, mount one in your car and get going, discover all new places and never get lost.

Nextar 14-BC features - 4.3 inch touch screen, built in speaker, voice guided instructions for every turn you take, 1.6 million points of interests, Address book stores upto 300 addresses, automatically recalculate the route, Speed alert, SD card Slot for extra memory need, backup camera for rear view, plays mp3, view pictures on it, 2 modes of map viewing - 2D and 3D, built in rechargeable Li-ion battery, and with one year warranty.

Secure your house with Rovio

When traveling people always wonders about the security of their houses, here is a simple gadget solution. It is a bot by WowWee called as Rovio, which can crawls into your house when you go out, and let you see and hear the instant streaming feeds through a VGA camera on it over the internet. The slick, beetle-like Rovio could be controlled from any internet-enabled device (mobile phone, PC or video game console) with the help of its WiFi b/g support. This device has a special NorthStar Navigation system, which helps it to wandering into the house, and avoiding all the obstacles on its way. It also has LED lights to make it find the way in dark.