Spectec rolls out microSD-packin' SDIO GPS receiver

If that handy SD slot in your Treo (or similar smartphone) has gone lonely long enough, you've probably been waiting for "that killer device" to slam down in there and boast about. Thankfully, that time has seemingly come, as Spectec's latest SDIO GPS receiver packs a whole lot of functionality into a minuscule (and sleek) package. Unlike alternative GPS attachments for your handset, the SDG-810 provides a SiRF Star III 20-channel tracking adornment, is WAAS-enabled, and sports a microSD slot to carry up to 2GB of excess data (like maps, for instance) since your original flash memory slot just got occupied. While pricing information wasn't readily available, this nifty smartphone must-have should be available in your neck of the woods (read: everywhere) real soon.

[Via GearDiary]

[Crazylink @ Dec 27th 2006 7:47PM]

But can it work with the Wii?

[Deluxe @ Dec 28th 2006 12:17AM]

No, but both are hammer-compatible.

[Big Al @ Dec 27th 2006 9:28PM]

I think I just got wood.

[Mike @ Dec 27th 2006 11:00PM]

I think you need a girlfriend...

[chris @ Dec 27th 2006 9:40PM]

I think I'm going to need more than one sd slot on my treo soon.

[steve @ Dec 28th 2006 12:04AM]

a robot girlfriend, since apparently the flesh kind do not appeal to this individual..

[mathgirl @ Dec 28th 2006 12:25AM]

It looks like a nose hair trimmer... do you need GPS on that?

[Brandon @ Dec 28th 2006 2:44AM]

Small error in the post. It should be WAAS-enabled, not WASS. Wide Area Augmentation System.

[Dave Zatz @ Dec 28th 2006 8:04AM]

How much and does it include whatever software is needed to be recognized on the multiple OSes they say they support?

[Bhagiratha @ Dec 28th 2006 9:34AM]

It's time someone made a GPS ExpressCard /34 adapter for the Macbook Pro.

[kombizz @ Dec 28th 2006 10:27AM]

how vmuch does it cost?

[Phil @ Dec 28th 2006 6:28PM]

So why do their customers have to replace all their SD cards with microSD? When someone comes out with a similar device but just a quarter inch taller so it can support regular SD then I'll buy one.

[ocellnuri @ Jan 4th 2007 12:24AM]

Well you would only NEED one microSD card to carry whatever data you would need while using the GPS. I can't imagine leaving that thing in your device all the time, so it's not going to block you from using your day-to-day SD card. You can still use all of your existing SD cards while you're not using the GPS module.