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Pantech C530 pops up in FCC, likely AT&T bound
Pantech has an awesome habit of delivering a handful of fairly anonymous devices to AT&T -- C810 WinMo dual slider notably excepted -- and judging from what little we can gather in the test reports, we've got another one on the way. AT&T-bound models from the Korean outfit start with "C" (an homage to Cingular, no doubt) and this one fits the bill with GSM / EDGE on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. Other than that, though, your guess is as good as ours -- it seems pretty wide, though. A QWERTY piece, perhaps?
Nifty hack adds text-to-speech to Garmin c510 / c530
Look, we fully understand that you're probably not ready to drop fresh coinage to upgrade your one-year young c510 or c530 navigation device, but why not treat it to a svelte hack that will have it acting like the new kids on the block? Yep, your aging Garmin can now sport the same text-to-speech capabilities as the newer c550 / c580 devices with just a little a good bit of internal tweaking. Considering that the elder machines boast less storage, yet TTS requires quite a bundle, you'll be forced to purge your GPS of unnecessary files in order to make it all fit, and aside from exposing yourself to the awful possibility of botching your portable tour guide, you'll also need to be comfortable with a long-winded process of implementing (and locking in) the changes. All in all, we can't complain with teaching old NAVs new tricks, but this one certainly isn't for the faint of heart. Hit the read link if you dare.[Via NaviGadget]
