PDC's Guide Dog does GPS, gaming, and parking?

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 8th 2006 at 10:51AM

There's practical, there's incredible, and then there's sensational. PDC's Guide Dog looks to be a strong contender for the latter, as the all-in-one gizmo has a bit too much going for it to be believable. Nevertheless, this sleek, flashy portable supposedly functions primarily as a GPS device, boasting a four-inch touchscreen, "built-in antenna," and Windows CE behind the scenes. When not pulling you around, this puppy doubles as a "2D / 3D gaming machine," and also plays back MP3s, MP4 video files, and various other forms of "media." As if this weren't pushing things already, it purportedly packs a WiFi adapter for internet browsing, an "IP phone," DVB-T tuner, Bluetooth, GPRS, UART, and even acts as a "parking sensor," presumably requiring you to duct tape it on your bumper for best results. To keep your media on hand, it supports MMC, MMCplus, SD, and PDC's "own proprietary format" (or is it?), PSd. While this thing would cause some serious shakeup in the handheld navigation world if it all panned out, we're taking this yet-to-be-priced, and currently unavailable device with a few throws of salt for now.

[Via NaviGadget]

Filed under: GPS, Handhelds

Tags: all-in-one, bluetooth, BT, DVB-T, GPRS, guide dog, GuideDog, Handsfree, nav, navi, navigation, parking sensor, ParkingSensor, pdc, tv tuner, TvTuner, UART

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Lawrence @ Dec 8th 2006 10:54AM

nice.

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Zeek @ Dec 8th 2006 10:59AM

humina humina humina

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Wonderboy @ Dec 8th 2006 11:33AM

I heard rumor that not only will it have all these features but it will sell for only $150 while turning out a $200 per unit profit for all of those intelligent venture capitalists that jump on board...

If you'd like to invest, please email urasucker@buyabridge.com

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Dave @ Dec 8th 2006 12:04PM

See? Now this... THIS... is how you kill an iPod. Make it at least 80GB and I'm totally on board.

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Tom Gabriele @ Dec 8th 2006 12:13PM

$10 says the ceo will steal and subsequently crash a ferrari within the week.

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Naveen @ Dec 8th 2006 12:41PM

For what its worth, that photo on the display is from Flickr.

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solar @ Dec 8th 2006 12:59PM

Flickr ready too? ... wow!

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duckhunt @ Dec 8th 2006 1:39PM

dream on

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blackfeather @ Dec 8th 2006 1:43PM

What the heck is a parking sensor???

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snowglyder @ Dec 8th 2006 2:03PM

Looks kind of like a fancy Zune, but soooo much better!!

Price... give me a price!!

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tpspoons @ Dec 8th 2006 2:55PM

Pfft the psp can do most of those things with a bit of help...

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Jenn @ Dec 8th 2006 3:20PM

This was shown back in March at CeBIT in Germany. Here's one of a handful of links: http://www.computex.biz/computex2006/productnews_skeleton.asp?index=26588

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Jon @ Dec 8th 2006 4:37PM

Is it a clamshell

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xlandaux @ Dec 10th 2006 12:53AM

yeaaaaaaah but its not sony, the psp can go to hell its bound to explode eventually

heres a better picture of the unit

http://www.computex.biz/computex2006/productnews_skeleton.asp?index=26588

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