Motorola recently announced its T815 and T805 GPS receivers that work with your smartphone and cell phone respectively. The T815 and T509 can connect to any Bluetooth-enabled handset via Bluetooth 1.1 or the speedier Bluetooth 2.0. The receivers include the MOTONAV navigation service, which provides maps on your handset's screen and turn-by-turn directions that are delivered through your phone's speakerphone. MOTONAV also includes a points-of-interest data base that will help you find movie theaters, restaurants and hotels. Motorola bundles accessories, such as a visor clip, car power adaptor and cell phone mount for drivers.
The devices resemble old-school, round, portable CD players with control buttons and LED indicators on their face. The T815 is draped in a basic, matte black finish and seems a bit bulky, but Motorola claims that it's small enough to fit in a pocket for pedestrian use (we'll have to get our hands on a review unit to know for sure).
Price & availability
The Motorola T815 and T805 should be available by the middle of 2007, but no word yet on pricing.
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