Tag: Satnav
TomTom adds 12 months of breakdown recovery to its satnavs
Want a satnav, but haven’t taken the plunge yet? Well, now’s a great time, because Tom Tom has just announced TomTom ONE and XL Assist. These packages come with 12 months of free breakdown assistance in the UK or Western Europe, depending on how much you fancy paying…
Garmin intros rugged nüvi 500 Series portable navigation device
Garmin has introduced its “Rugged Navigation” nüvi 500 Series of Portable Navigation Devices, equally at home directing you whether you’re walking, cycling, scootering, driving, or boating, thanks to NavTeq’s mapping data and the ability to accept different types of mapping including TOPO for outdoor navigation and Blue Chart cartography for marine usage.
The nüvi 500 Series devices are fully waterproof, can be easily fitted to a scooter or bicycle, and are made from UVA/UVB and fuel resistant materials. It features a 3.5-inch colour touchscreen, and removable, rechargeable battery…
Sony saving us money for once – adds local garage petrol prices to its satnav displays
With it now costing more to drive to the shops than you spend on food when you get there, this little GPS innovation from Sony could be the answer to saving literally several pence a month.
Sony’s taken its Japanese PetaMap system and added support for local petrol price data – which can then be viewed on your Sony GPS system, letting users shave fractions of a yen off the price of each litre – just like the UK-based…
"Michael, turn left in 50 metres" – Knight Rider KITT-themed satnav on the way
GPS company Mio is producing a Knight Rider-themed in-car GPS device that looks – and sounds – like good old KITT. It will be on the Christmas present list of every man over 30 this year.
The pulsing flashing red lights up both sides of the unit are a nice touch, but there’s one extra magical feature inside. Maker Mio is believed to be getting William Daniels – the original voice of KITT – onboard to provide the spoken driving instructions…
No TomTom software for iPhone 3G in development
It seems someone at TomTom’s been telling porkies after the Dutch company denied the existence of any navigation software for the iPhone 3G…
Clarion launches MAP680 and MAP780 sat nav units with 3D imagery
Two sat nav units on the market from Clarion – the MAP680 and MAP780 – both of which map buildings, landmarks and elevation changes in 3D…
Griffin WindowSeat: iPhone holder, not the in-flight alternative to 'aisle'
Well, it was either going to be Griffin or Belkin to be the first to come up with an in-car solution for the iPhone or Touch and this time it’s the former that’s done it with their terribly named WindowSeat…
TG Sambo's next-gen satnav with alcohol sensor
No doubt alarm bells and sirens are going off all over the place in that demonstration booth right now, judging by the amount of drunken nudity going on in that photo.
The booze-sensing TG Sambo device is called the TN1000SDT all you model number fetishists will be pleased to hear, and comes under the company’s FAVICON umbrella…
British village wants to opt out of GPS system
Lorries. Lots of lorrries. Lorries facing the wrong way and having to turn around in their back yards. Angry lorry drivers. Life turned LIVING HELL.
Those are the mass complaints of the inhabitants of the once-sleepy village of Wedmore – a village which has been turned into a HELL HOLE thanks to the amount of traffic GPS systems are throwing through its narrow streets…
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…
