Category: Satellite Navigation systems
nüvifone: Garmin's first mobile phone with web browser and navigation
Garmin has announced that it’s launching its first mobile phone. The nüvifone is a handset which incorporates a web browser and a personal satellite navigation system.
Garmin are certainly no stranger to GPS navigation devices, but what else are they bringing to this crowded market?
Well, it’s hopped on the iPhone bandwagon by offering a 3.5-inch touchscreen, though to be fair, Garmin has been making touchscreen navigation devices for some time, and very good they are too.
CES 2008: Sony takes the lid off a new set of sat-navs
We haven’t seen a lot in the way of Sat Navs here at CES yet, but rest assured they’re lurking out there in their thousands. Yesterday, Sony did spill the beans on a couple of new models heading to North America early this year. The NV-U73T and NV-U83T measure in at 4.3” and 4.8” respectively; however each is now just 0.75 inches thick, which is a pretty sensible acknowledgement of the fact that if you actually want to keep your sat nav in your possession for longer than twenty minutes, you’re going to have to carry it with you when you park your car.
CES 2008: Goodyear launching GPS satnav systems
Garmin, TomTom and Navman will soon have satnav competition from an unexpected quarter: Goodyear. Yep, the car tyre people. They’ve signed a licensing deal with a firm called The NCC to launch eight rugged GPS devices at CES next week.
NavStar's Voice Navigator – GPS without the screen
Whatever specification your sat nav unit has, one thing is pretty constant – the screen. Unless you pick up NavStar’s Voice Navigator.
YourPND – GPS in your own voice
I’m not sure I’d be all that keen hearing my own voice echoing around the car, but if the egomaniac in you is bursting to get out, YourPND could be the thing for you.
Navman upgrades NavDesk software – adds Flickr and Google Earth functionality
Navman has completely redesigned its NavDesk software for managing your Navman GPS system, with unique additions including a location search through Flickr and Google Earth upload.
GPS goes circular – Blaupunkt TravelPilot Lucca 3.5 Edition
Does the world need a round GPS system? Well, according to Blaupunkt, we do – the TravelPilot Lucca 3.5 Edition to be precise.
Harman Kardon unveils top-end GPS-810 sat nav system
I had a play with the Harman Kardon GPS-500 earlier in the year and was quite impressed. So this newly-launched GPS-810 should be worth a look.
Considering a GPS system? It could get you off paying a speeding fine…
GPS systems are normally regarded as more trouble than they’re worth, but how’s this for helping you settle your mind once and for all on the should-I-or-shouldn’t-I issue: they may just help you dodge speeding tickets.
At least, that’s what one 17-year old boy is hoping, who was caught in California doing 62MPH in a 45MPH zone. He’s contesting the speeding fine he received from the police, as the GPS system his parents installed…
Cheap GPS with the advert-funded adNav Boomerang
If you’re fully equipped with “ad blindness” from more than a decade of in-your-face internet advertising, you might be able to bear using the adNav Boomerang.
It’s a GPS gadget, only one that’s cheaper than most thanks the unique way…
