akihabaranews.com - 10/30/2009
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Thanko Japan, GeekStuff4U’s partner, just announced a new GPS Watch the GPSTRVBK… Nothing too fancy here..You have your regular Watch with an embedded GPS module that will, once turned on, log your every movement. But from now on, thanks to the GPSTRVBK, you will be able to plug your GPS watch ...
thanko.jp - 10/30/2009
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thanko.jp —
この「 GPS トラベル Watch 」を使うことで、実際に通った道の軌跡を表示することが可能です。ハイキング、サイクリング、旅行先で使用すれば、後からパソコンで実際に通った道を確認することができ、「あの場所どこだったかな!?」という時に役立つはずです。また、付属のソフトで軌道を確認できる他、目的地の場所を指定してあげることで時計の方向LEDで目的地を検索できる機能もついています。さらに、ボタン一つで「Google Earth」上での表示もできるため軌跡ルートの立体表示も可能となります。
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blog.ziggytek.com - 10/30/2009
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Tokyo’s Thanko, famous for its overabundance of USB
related gadgets has released their newest unnecessary gadget, the...
GPS watch. The USB 2.0 enabled watch brings the world of GPS and Google Earth to one simple device on your wrist and makes it a lot easier for you to get places. ...
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Thanko Releases New GPS Watch, Brings Google Earth To ...
crunchgear.com - 11/2/2009
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Tokyo-based Thanko, famous for its plethora of USB-enabled
gadgets that make no sense whatsoever, has announced a...
GPS-enabled watch [JP] today. And this device has a USB (2.0) port, too. It’s compatible with Windows XP and Vista. The ...
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Thanko’s non-crappy GPS watch
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Thanko GPS watch for the impatient lover
Newlaunches.com —
... is out with a GPS watch. It looks like a normal watch but turn on the integrated GPS module and it will track and log your movements. Thanks to GPSTRVBK you can connect the watch to a PC and upload your logs to be used with Google maps. The watch is available in Japan for 17,800 Yen ($ 200). [ Akihabaranews ] ...
Thanko’s non-crappy GPS watch
CrunchGear —
... Travel Watch shows your location, can point you to your destination and is designed to work with Google Earth. This means you can switch on the GPS module in the watch before you go hiking, come back and connect it to your PC to let Google Earth display where you’ve been on a map. It’s not the prettiest watch in the world but for a Thanko product, it makes a lot of sense.
Thanko sells the watch for $190 in its Japanese online store, but Akihabara News says Geek Stuff 4 U will list it soon for everybody living outside Japan, too.
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