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Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS [GPS]

Sometime next year, Garmin nuvi GPS devices will have the option of displaying information on your car's inner workings using EcoRoutes ESP—a module that taps into your car's onboard diagnostics (OBD-II) port. Awesome? Yeah, sure. Will it save Garmin from destruction at the hands of a po...

The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt [Rant]

Sure, one could argue that it chooses to do one thing and to do it well, with simplicity and affordability. You could compare it to the Flip, for example, which makes shooting video easy and cheap. But the Flip does far more, for the money, and decent video isn't something you find on most smart...

Motorola Droid Review [Review]

Battery Life With moderate to heavy usage—browsing, some navigation, push Gmail, moderate app usage, with the occasional app running in the background—I managed to make it through a full 8-12 hour day, everyday for a week. Your mileage will vary, depending on how many apps you've got run...

Watch the XPERIA X10's Rachael Interface in Action [Android]

• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP) • PlayNow™ • TrackID™ Web • Web feeds Messaging • Email Design • 3D games • YouTube™ Organiser • Calendar • A-GPS • Google Maps™ • Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation* (free trial version) • Bluetooth™ technology • Wi-Fi™ • Gmail™ • Google Maps™ with Street View

Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition [IPhone Apps]

MotionX GPS Drive: At $3 a month without any kind of long-term commitment, this is currently the cheapest decent turn-by-turn app in the App Store. And it works, pretty well! Until Google Navigation for Maps hits the iPhone, this'll be the cheapest, least-risky turn-by-turn option out t...

Google Navigator for Android Review: Good For Free But Far From Perfect [Review]

On Android 2.0, on the Verizon Wireless Motorola Droid I've been testing, Google navigation is part of the Car Home suite, an easy-to-read, easy-to-reach set of apps including map, turn-by-turn navigation, voice search, text search and contacts. However, as you can probably guess from...

Microsoft Pulling The Plug On MSN Direct In 2012 [GPS]

Fortunately, that is plenty of time for subscribers to the GPS information service to jump ship. You don't even have to wait for your subscription to terminate—just shut down your service anytime before the end date and receive a refund for the unused portion of your service. Check out the M...

Google and the Deadly Power of Data [Comment]

Garmin might have a long-standing relationship with Navteq, but they don't own any maps. How can they compete with a free Google app when they still have to pay? (Worse, Garmin is still stuck in the hardware business, where profits are extra thin.) TomTom owns the maps, but charges $100 for t...

It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer [Stocks]

Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget]

Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Is the Mil Spec Multitouch Tablet for Judge Dredd Wannabes [Tablets]

The Latitude XT2 XFR adds to Dell's Rugged Mobility Solution offering that includes the fully rugged Latitude E6400 XFR and the semi-rugged Latitude E6400 ATG laptops. It also joins purpose-engineered products like the Latitude Z, Latitude 2100 netbook for education and Dell Precisi...

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Personal Portables and Peripherals: • TomTom ONE 140 Portable GPS for $79.99 plus free shipping (normally $129). • Kodak EasyShare M1033 10MP Digital Camera for $99.99 plus free shipping (normally $135). • Avera 8GB Audio / Video Player for $54.99 plus free shipping (normally $99).

TomTom iPhone Car Kit Hits Apple Store But Misses October Ship Date [GPS]

The good news: for those of you who want it, the TomTom iPhone Car Kit can be ordered for $120 at the Apple Store. The bad news: while TomTom originally promised the device for October, it's still not shipping for "2-3 weeks." [Apple via SlashGear via CrunchGear]

Else Intuition: The Surprisingly Not-Sad Fate of Palm OS [Cellphones]

The Else Intuition, aside from being one of the first phones to use Access' Linux Platform v3.0 OS, is a 3.47-inch 480x854 slab of handset, with an OMAP 3430 processor, 16GB of internal memory, a five-megapixel camera, A-GPS, and 3.5mm headphone jack. It's capable hardware to start with, and...

The App Store Effect: Are iPhone Apps Headed for Oblivion? [IPhone Apps]

The promise that sales volume will make up for the rock-bottom prices you need to charge just to be seen in your app category seems increasingly hollow, and to put it bluntly, if developers don't have a chance in hell of recouping their fees, they'll stop trying. And I'm not talking about 99-...

Acer Lets Slip the Liquid's Custom Android Interface, White-Hot Specs [Acer]

All's well on Acer's on of things, so now it's just a waiting game. Acer doesn't exactly have a long history of making smartphones, much less a history with major US carriers, meaning Our Sweet Liquid may have some trouble immigrating. It goes without saying, this would be tragic. HDBlog.it vi...

Whistler Red Light Camera Detector Also Spots Reckless Drivers [Automotive]

You're stuck at a stoplight in the middle of the night. No one is around for miles. But...can you run it? What if there's one of those cameras that will snag your plate? You need a Red Light Camera Detector! Plus, even though the system is technically using GPS, it doesn't look like the detector dou...

Motorola Cliq Review [Review]

Other build quirks The wobbliness of the slider means that you need to grip only the bottom (keyboard) part of the phone when you're taking a photo, or else the screen will slide open and you'll probably drop your phone. Also, Motorola decided to make the power switch flush with the right sid...

Acer Liquid Finally Gives Android the Snapdragon It Deserves [Android]

An optimized camera with geo-tagging, ISO, self-timer options and accelerated auto-focus performance; Exclusive Spinlets™ application providing free streaming of worldwide music and video, that can be shared with friends and family through web-posting or e-mail;

Nikon D3s DSLR Has Night Vision With 102,400 ISO (Yes, You Read That Right) [Digital Cameras]

The D3S is fully compatible with Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS) affording photographers a mobile lighting solution that is easy to manage. D3S is also compatible with Nikon's GP-1 GPS receiver to gather information such as latitude, longitude, altitude and (satellite) date o...

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

• Sennheiser HD555 Headphones for $85.99 plus free shipping (normally $99 - use coupon code: SUPERSTEAL15). • Canon PIXMA MP560 Wireless Photo Printer for $84.99 plus free shipping (normally $110). • TomTom ONE 140-S Portable GPS Navigator for $132.57 plus free shipping (normally $209).

This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps [IPhone Apps]

I am not going to tell you this is the best turn-by-turn road navigation app in the world. The designers made some funny UI choices, there's no multi-destination or point-on-map routing, it doesn't have text-to-speech, and it only runs in portrait mode, taking up awkward space on my dashb...

Now Available [Now Available]

Archos 5 tablet models starts trickling out, Garmin's latest GPS is shipping, and best Buy rewards Zone members can get an HTC Hero on Sprint two days early. • A quick note to Best Buy Rewards Zone members: you can grab an HTC Hero on Sprint two days before the wide launch. (Thanks Charles!)

MapQuest Stumbles Back Into the App Store With Budget Turn-by-Turn [IPhone Apps]

MapQuest Navigator is network-based, like the similarly-position MotionX GPS Drive, which brings a distinct set of advantages and disadvantages: The lack of a large local cache frees up space on your iPhone, and since it's stored on MapQuest's servers, the map and POI data your seeing...

Sony Vaio X: World's Lightest Laptop $1300 (Actually Affordable, For a Vaio) [Sony]

The unit's touchpad features a multi-touch functionality commonly associated with touch-enabled smartphones. This means that you can zoom in and out, flip through pictures, rotate items clockwise and counterclockwise, and scroll vertically and horizontally without ever touchin...

This is "The Moment" For a Samsung Android OLED QWERTY Slider on Sprint [Smartphones]

The Sprint 3G Network is faster in more places than AT&T's 3G network4, and Sprint has more than 20 times the coverage of T-Mobile's current 3G network5, based on square miles. Since 2006, Sprint has invested almost $17 billion in capital to continue improving and expanding network p...

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Personal Portables and Peripherals: • Garmin nuvi 765T GPS Navigation for $279 plus free shipping (normally $449). • Altec Lansing UHP336 Snugfit In-ear Earphone for $39.95 plus free shipping (normally $69.99).

Garmin Nuvifone G60 GPS Phone Review: Do Not Buy [Review]

• The battery ran down completely during my first day of testing, after a few phone calls and some modest GPS navigation, and the battery indicator drops fast when it's just on standby. In fairness, you shouldn't use this phone or any other phone without a car charger, if you intend to use it f...

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Personal Portables and Peripherals: • Nextar 43LT GPS for $79.99 plus free shipping (normally $139). • Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T900 12MP Camera for $197.97 (normally $323). • Kodak Zi8 1080p Pocket Video Camera for $130.02 (normally $179 - use coupon code KODAKGOLF09).

MotionX GPS Drive Review: Hands Down the Best Value In GPS Apps [IPhone Apps]

Fully functional spoken turn-by-turn navigation app with text-to-speech Navigation screen could show more relevant data, or be more customizable For more on iPhone GPS app, check out our iPhone Navigation Battlemodo Part 1 and Part 2.

HTC Tilt 2 and HTC Pure WinMo 6.5 Phones Arrive on AT&T [Cellphones]

Pantech Reveal: Arrives on October 18, and has a candy-bar style slide-down QWERTY keypad underneath a dedicated number pad. The Reveal is also 3G and GPS-equipped (with AT&T Navigator). No pricing/availability yet. Pictured far-right.

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

• Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9 9MP Camcorder for $140 plus free shipping (normally $225 - use coupon code: CAM9282). • Garmin Forerunner 305 Personal Trainer GPS / Heart Rate Monitor for $150 plus free shipping (normally $177).

Nokia Booklet 3G Will Be a Best Buy Exclusive in the U.S. [NetBooks]

Nokia has had trouble getting some phones subsidized by U.S. carriers in the past, so I'm a little concerned here. Because ridiculous price aside, the Booklet 3G has some kick-ass specs: Windows 7, 1280 by 720 (720p) screen, built-in accelerometer, SIM card slot and integrated OVi maps, cl...

Garmin Nuvifone G60 Is Finally Happening: On AT&T Oct. 4 for $299 [Smartphones]

Took long enough: The near-vaporware Garmin nuvifone G60 GPS-cum-fone is actually coming out, and it's gonna be on AT&T come Oct. 4 for $300, with an extra $5/month for navigation services. I'm sure it will fail miserably. [Yahoo]

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

• Olympus X-915 12MP Digital Camera for $130 plus free shipping (normally $179). • Palm Pre for $80 plus free shipping (normally $100). • Garmin nüvi 850 4.3" GPS for $200.51 plus free shipping (normally $264.87). • Samsung WEP301 Bluetooth Headset for $11.99 plus free shipping (normally $22).

Samsung SCH-W880: The Digital Camera that Can Call [Digital Cameras]

You don't fool us, Samsung. With its camera mode dial and dedicated shutter button, your 12 megapixel Samsung SCH-W880 with HD video recording, and 3x optical zoom looks a lot more like a real compact camera than a phone. • Wi-Fi • GPS • Bluetooth • Slot for microSD cards. • HD video at 30fps

The Week In iPhone Apps: Happy MMS Day, Everyone [IPhone Apps]

I wish you weren't three dollars. Love Sincerely, John xoxo This Week's App News on Giz: • TomTom iPhone Car Kit Priced at $120, Available October • iPhone Navigation App Battlemodo, Part II: The Best Cheap GPS App • At Gizmodo Gallery '09: Ghostly Discovery Listening Station

TomTom iPhone Car Kit Priced at $120, Available October [IPhone]

You've wondered how much the TomTom iPhone Car Kit will cost in October? $120. Of course, the software itself runs another $100, so the total TomTom iPhone GPS system requires a $220 investment. Just like a "real" GPS! [GPSTracklog]

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post [Remainders]

The iPhone car dock we've all been waiting for—TomTom's roughly-hundred-dollar no-app-included dock with GPS and audio enhancements, which may or may not make the iPod Touch a GPS-capable machine—got a confirmed price today of £100. And €100. But no mention of US American Dollars. And no...

Free Waze App Turns GPS Navigation Into a Social Cellphone Game [GPS]

The video explains the service in detail but, in a nutshell, Waze maps are entirely user generated. Users can also relay a heads up to others about accidents and other hazardous driving conditions. It even plays a Pac-Man type of game with drivers who are exploring uncharted territory. As yo...

Opinion: iPhone Navigation App Battlemodo, Part II: The Best Cheap GPS App [Battlemodo]

GoKivo GPS Navigator by Networks In Motion Like I said, my experience with previous Networks In Motion products has not been pleasant. Compared to TeleNav's Sprint Navigator and AT&T Navigator, NIM's VZNavigator was atrocious. So imagine my surprise when I actually enjoyed GoKivo.

Sprint Clubs the Instinct HD Over the Head With a $250 Price [Cellphones]

The first rule of dumbphones: They shouldn't cost more than smartphones. This shall not be broken. The second rule of dumbphones, or really all phones: An announcement should be accompanied by useful information about the product. So, Sprint—what the hell?

Leaked Release List Details AT&T Windows Mobile Phones [Windows Mobile]

HP Obsidian: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100MHz) Bluetooth 2.0 Wi-Fi b,g QWERTY keyboard microSD slot GPS 3.5mm headset jack Windows Mobile 6.5 LG Monaco: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100MHz) Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Wi-Fi b,g Slide-out full QWERTY keyboard GPS

GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time [Concepts]

With this concept called the EMIL Experience Outdoors, you can plot your own points on a map and its integrated GPS, instead of providing lame turn-by-turn directions, gives you north, south east and west variants of the way there.

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Personal Portables and Peripherals: • Magellan Maestro 3100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator for $69.99 plus free shipping (normally $95). • AT&T Option GT Ultra ExpressCard Unlocked for $29.99 plus free shipping (normally $39).

Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash? [Hands On]

Multimedia is the Archos 5 Internet Tablet's bread and butter. Its Texas Instruments ARM Cortex A8 plays back 720p video smoothly and you can buy a dock to output it to a larger display. It is a sweet device for storing video, photos and music. Archos has always been able to do that really well. It...

Ancient Man Used Stone "Sat Nav" 5000 Years Ago [GPS]

Basically, these stone markers were a like a primitive GPS—and the accuracy was quite astounding. Researcher Tom Brooks explains: Yes, "external guidance." Egyptians, Mayans, Stone Age Britons—it's got to be aliens. Either that, or Google has invented time travel conquer ancient land...

TomTom XXL Line Grows Fat, 5-Inch Screens [GPS]

CONCORD, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—TomTom, the world's leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, today announces the latest models in its award-winning portable navigation product offering – the TomTom XXL 530S and TomTom XXL 540S. Drivers can now enjoy TomTom's premi...

The GPS Who Wants To Be an iPhone [Chinamodo]

In fact, it's probably the only thing resembling an iPhone ever getting Flash. It comes with a 16:9 4.5-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth, FM transmitter, eBook reader, and playback support for WMA, MP3, WAV, WMV, MP4, ASF, and AVI, plus a note taking app, a... law app? Pill app? Painting ap...

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

• Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ10K 10MP Digital Camera for $99.99 plus free shipping (normally $199). • Garmin nuvi 205 Portable GPS for $100.79 plus free shipping (normally $129 - use coupon code 31SG1XQDWBMT4S). • TomTom ONE 140 GPS for $109.15 plus free shipping (normally $122.99).

Motorola Cliq Android Smartphone: Everything You Need to Know [Android]

At last, Motorola got a top class operating system for its smartphones: Their new Motorola Cliq uses Google's Android, packing 3G, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, 5 megapixel camera, and a new social networking-oriended user interface/service called Motoblur.

HTC Touch Pro2 Gets Its First Reasonable Price Tag, Courtesy of Verizon [Smartphones]

· Bluetooth® 2.1 with EDR and A2DP stereo · Linked contact view delivers e-mail, text message, call history, and even Flickr images and Facebook® updates to a single location · 3.5 mm audio jack and stereo Bluetooth support to enjoy multimedia content through a variety of audio equipment

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (aka Onyx): T-Mobile's First 3G BlackBerry [Cell Phones]

T-Mobile also confirmed that it will have TeleNav GPS Navigator and Amazon MP3 store pre-installed. The Bold 9700 still hasn't been made official by RIM, and T-Mobile didn't preview much more info. However, the assumed specs of the much-leaked device are listed below. [CIO]

Palm Pixi Hands On: The Smaller Pre With A Better Keyboard and No Wi-Fi [Hands On]

The Details The important bits: It still runs webOS, still has a keyboard, still only for Sprint (for now) and can pretty much do everything the bigger Pre can do. There's no Wi-Fi, but GPS and the accelerometer are still there. The Pixi is slightly lighter than the Pre, losing a lot of weight f...

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Personal Portables and Peripherals: • Creative Labs Vado 2GB Pocket Video Camcorder for $39.99 plus free shipping (normally $99). • LG HBS-250 Bluetooth Stereo Headset for $29.99 plus free shipping (normally $42). • Magellan Maestro 4040 GPS for $109.99 (normally $266).

APSI C100's Removeable Touchscreen Actually Makes Me Excited about a GPS [GPS]

I wish I could say it was headed to the U.S. but it looks like the device is only meant for the Korean market at the moment. That doesn't mean I don't think it is an awesome idea that I want to be in car dashboards NOW. [Slashgear via PMP Inside]

TomTom's GPS-Enancing Car Kit Delayed Until October [TomTom]

According to the company FAQ, TomTom's much talked about car kit that brings enhanced GPS to both the iPhone and iPod Touch will be available starting in October, and not by the end of the summer as previously believed. [TomTom]

GPS With Real-Time Traffic Info Can Save Four Days of Driving a Year [GPS]

So what's the catch: Those percentages are compared to drivers "without navigation." Their press release fail to provide information on GPS without real-time traffic information systems. Highly suspicious, if you ask me. [Autoblog]

Nokia N900 Maemo Is a Phone, Makes the N97 Look Silly [Nokia]

Beyond that Maemo Linux OS we've been begging Nokia to bring to phones for the better part of a year, the N900 is, as Nokia handsets tend to be nowadays, a healthy piece of hardware. It's got a 3.5-inch resistive WVGA screen, ARM Cortex 8 processor, and 1GB of RAM, and is crammed with 32GB of inte...

Magellan RoadMate 1700: 7-inch Screen, For When Size Matters [GPS]

More of that standard fare I touched upon includes preloaded maps of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, text-to-speech and turn-by-turn voice prompts, mini USB 2.0, a MicroSD card slot, and 6 million points of interest. It's up for pre-order ($300) at: [Best Buy and Tiger GPS via GPSReview]

The Best iPhone Navigation App: TeleNav vs. Navigon vs. TomTom [Battlemodo]

I'm happy to report that the leading car navigation apps for the iPhone work surprisingly well. Not only that, but for the next week, there's a clear choice for best app. AT&T Navigator by TeleNav Product page; iTunes link Tips for Using All GPS Apps

Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook Packs GPS, 3G, HDMI and...Windows [Laptops]

The mini-laptop also comes with an HDMI port for HD video out, a front facing camera for video calling, integrated Bluetooth and an easily accessible SD card reader. Other premium features include the 10-inch glass HD ready display and integrated A-GPS which, working with the Ovi Maps ga...

Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review [Review]

A Symbian-injected followup to the so-so Windows Mobile Omnia, the HD i8910 is a specced-out slab of phone from Samsung, with a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 8MP camera, HD video recording and a definite thing for multimedia. Powerful HD video playback, wide default codec compatibility

Garmin's WinMo Nuvifone M20 Finally Launches In Taiwan [Garmin]

Despite repeated delays, Garmin / Asus have managed to get their Windows Mobile-powered Nuvifone M20 out on the Taiwanese market. The HSDPA phone features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera and, of course, Garmin GPS navigation.

Garmin Nuvi 1860 Will Come with Browser and Camera [GPS]

It apparently has Wi-Fi, but no word on an EDGE or cellular connections like the nuvi 1690 that is also due out around the same time. The 4.8 inch device also has a 3 megapixel camera which can be used for geotagging. Oh and it does all that navigation stuff too: lane assist, traffic receiver, tex...

Confirmed: TomTom's GPS Car Kit Will Work with iPod Touch, Third Party Apps [Ipod Touch]

Good news: According to Yann Lafargue, PR guy at TomTom, the incoming TomTom GPS Car Kit will work with the iPod touch, enabling full GPS capabilities in Apple's smart multimedia player: It will work with the iPod touch and other competing GPS (iPhone OS) software. I can't comment on avail...

TomTom iPhone Navigation Hits U.S., Canadian App Store For $100 [GPS]

The world at your fingertips: Always be prepared for what's around the corner. The TomTom app comes with an up-to-date, detailed map-and you can add worldwide locations to suit you. You can also make the most of your navigation experience with the TomTom car kit for iPhone. Check it on iphone....

iPhone TomTom GPS Application Appears in New Zealand App Store [GPS]

Earlier this month, UK retailer Handtec let slip that the equally anticipated TomTom for iPhone car kit would sell for about $195. The price included the app itself, a GPS-boosting receiver, windshield mount, car charger and speakers. That news, and the perhaps premature New Zealand lau...

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

• Altec Lansing BackBeat 906 Bluetooth Wireless Stereo Headphones for $70 (normally $85). • Pure Digital Technology U2120B Flip Video UltraHD Camcorder for $171 plus free shipping (normally $187). • Garmin nüvi 855 4.3" GPS for $199.99 (normally $238.99).

Samsung's ST1000 Camera First With WiFi, Bluetooth And GPS Trifecta [Digital Cameras]

Other features include a 5x zoom, HD video recording (1280x720p), ISO 4800 sensitivity and a Smart Gesture UI that allows you to access key functionality with a simple tap or hand gesture. Plus, that UI should be pretty crisp on a 3.5" LCD that packs in an industry-leading 1,152k pixels.

Pre Tracks Your Location and Tells Palm All About It [Creepy]

That's right, part of the data package it delivers to Palm includes your GPS location, according to Joey Hess, on top of ever webOS app you use, and how long you use it: errorCode": 0, "timestamp": 1249855555954.000000, "latitude": 36.594108, "longitude": -82.183260, "horizAccuracy":...

Sony Ericsson Conducts Rigorous Analysis of "Women," Presents Findings In Phone Form [Cellphones]

But before we jump into the marketing spiel, the phone: Despite chunky-looking contours, the Jalou is surprisingly compact, at about 2.7 inches long, closed. Specs are healthy for a flip-phone, with 3G, a 3.2-megapixel camera, video recording, Bluetooth 2.0, A-GPS, a moncrhome external...

Garmin's Tardy Nuvifone G60 Finally Coming in Q4, Possibly to Multiple Carriers [Cellphones]

A lot has been said about how the Nuvifone's allure has been killed by its lateness, and this is no doubt true—it's just not clear to what extent they've been killed. I'm seeing two sides to this: one the one hand, a lot has happened since we saw Garmin "drop a phone in the GPS," including two new...

Gadget Deals Of The Day [Dealzmodo]

Gaming: • Xbox 360 Red Wireless Controller and Play & Charge Kit for $41.25 plus free shipping (normally $49). • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (360) for $44.90 (normally $48.99). • Microsoft Wireless Networking Adapter (360) for $59.99 (normally $86.21).

Would You Pay $200 For TomTom's iPhone Car Kit? [GPS]

The listed price is a little higher than a basic stand alone device costs, but includes the iPhone app itself, along with the GPS-boosting car accessory—complete with windscreen mount, in-car charger, speakers, and hands-free rig. And as we've mentioned in the past, it's not inconceiv...

Samsung Reclaim QWERTY Ecophone Is Ostentatiously Green, $50 On Sprint [Cellphones]

Five Simple Steps from Discovery Channel provides five simple changes you can make to be more eco-friendly, from how you commute to what you eat for dinner; Green Glossary from Discovery Channel provides words and explanations about the Earth and Climate Change; and

Gadget Deals Of The Day [Dealzmodo]

• 3 SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III SDHC Cards for $28.97 plus free shipping (normally $105 - use coupon code LOYALTY10 and this rebate form). • 3M MPro110 LCOS Pico Projector for $199.99 plus free shipping (normally $329.99). • 4.3" TomTom GO Portable GPS Navigator for $249.99 (normally $499.99).

TeleNav Turn-By-Turn Navigation Lands on the MyTouch 3G [Navigation]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – August 4, 2009 – TeleNav announced today that TeleNav GPS Navigator will be one of the first turn-by-turn GPS navigation services available to run on the T-Mobile® myTouch™ 3G with Google. TeleNav GPS Navigator will be available for a free 30-day trial beginning tomor...

Upcoming Garmin Nuvi 1690 Supports GSM, GPRS, EDGE [GPS]

The problem, of course, is that monthly fees will most likely be part of the deal—monthly fees that many GPS users are probably not willing to pay. Still, the nuvi 1690 appears to be on its way, for better or worse—although pricing and a release date have yet to be announced. [Electronista]

Garmin Nuvi 1350T Lightning Review [GPS]

I hope you recognize that's not a complaint: Forget all those frilly features like voice command and Bluetooth, stuff that you love for a short while but (I fully admit) never use later on in the product's life. It's the basics that count, and the 1350T has basics, plus a slightly tweaked int...

Gadget Deals Of The Day [Dealzmodo]

• 16" Toshiba Satellite L505 2.1GHz Core2Duo Laptop for $599 plus free shipping (normally $699). • 13" MacBook Pro 2.26Ghz Core2Duo for $1,049 (normally $1199 - use this form). • 26" Asus VW266H 1080p LCD Monitor for $270 plus free shipping (normally $298 - use this form).

SiRFStarIV Will Give Cellphones and Cameras GPS For Real [GPS]

1. It's much lower in power than its predecessor, while being twice as efficient as getting a GPS lock. What this will do is finally bring GPS up to speed on phones, since now it's compromised: accuracy vs. battery life, not to mention the lagginess inherent in the old architecture.

Garmin Neverfone Nuvifone G60 Ships Next Week To Someone, Somewhere [Garmin]

It was January of 2008 when we first caught wind of Garmin's widening ambitions, and grabbed our first joyful glimpse of the navigation-centric handset, followed by an (also joyful!) hands-on. But that was in February, nearly a year after the announcement. And also, again, that was Febru...

Navigon MobileNavigator for North America Hits the App Store, $70 For Now [IPhone Apps]

Hamburg/Germany, JULY 22, 2009 - NAVIGON AG, the leading innovator in the navigation market, today announced the availability of a North American version of its on-board navigation software in the iPhone App Store. The MobileNavigator transforms any iPhone 3G, equipped with the new A...

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Garmin vs HTC on the Roads of France [Bicyles]

Handset maker HTC and GPS giant Garmin have found themselves in the middle of an ugly war. This time the fight it isn't in courts over patents or trademarks—instead the battle is on the roads of the Tour de France. Quotes from Lance and former USPS/Discovery and current Team Astana Director J...

Living With the Pre: 23 Things Palm Could Improve By Software [Smartphones]

Do any smartphone power users leave their GPS on all the time? I'm guessing no. That's why Palm needs to make it quicker and easier to turn GPS on/off. Having to go into Launcher, then over to Location Services utility, then toggling it off requires way more thought/navigation than necessar...

The Week In iPhone Apps: Augmented Everything [IPhone Apps]

Cyclops: Barcode scanning apps are a no-brainer for modern smartphones: just snap a picture of a product's label, and they'll pull down a plethora of information. That's exactly what Cyclops does. It's not the first, but it's the first designed around the iPhone 3GS's new camera, which ha...

Samsung Omnia's GPS Un-Gimped by Verizon Update [Verizon]

Well, how nice of Verizon: A software update for the Samsung Omnia will actually let third-party apps access the phone's GPS, which was restricted to using Verizon's navigation software only. Verizon: the open cell carrier. [Mobileburn]

TomTom's GPS-Enhancing Car Adapter Should Work With The iPod Touch [IPhone]

iPhone owners will be able to purchase and use the TomTom software and maps without the Car Kit hardware accessory; however, the Car Kit for iPhone was designed to enhance the software by addressing several of the limitations mentioned above. For starters, the Car Kit includes a separate...

Pegasus Open 50 Log: Rainbows...and We've Lost Power [Sun Powered Fun]

July 11, 11:10 PM PST MotionX-GPS Waypoint: Night falling, batteries not charging Hello, Location: Latitude: 23º 16' 58" N Longitude: 151º 48' 20" W Altitude: 0 ft Click on this link to display the waypoint in Google Maps. This link will be valid until Aug 10, 2009 11:25 PM PDT.

The Week In iPhone Apps: Navigation, Inebriation, Multiplication [IPhone Apps]

Navigon Lite: Hark! Dedicated navigation units are dead, for the iPhone hath slain them! Except no, not at all, because navigation apps are still fresh, imperfect, and too expensive to "just try." Navigon's Lite version, then, is a great idea: It lets users test the app's routing power, n...

Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS Navigator Prettier Than Most But Does It Stand Out? [GPS]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire/ — Magellan, one of the leading GPS brands, introduces the Magellan Maestro 4700 GPS device. The ultra-slim device features a wide 4.7-inch color touch screen and includes many premium features to deliver a robust navigation experience for users. I...

Navigon GPS Navi iPhone App: Europe-Only Maps, $95 "Special Introduction Price" [IPhone Apps]

Even though it only has European maps, Americans can still buy it in the app store. But you should only buy it if you live in Europe, or are going to spend a while traveling there. Navigon's PNDs were pretty decent (except for their POI search interface), so there's reason to believe the iPhone...

Air Force Twitters on GPS Outage Reports: Calm Down, Civilians [GPS]

We have 30+ satellites on orbit now. We'll launch another in Aug 09, and again early 10. Going below 24 won't happen. Dropping below 24 satellites was the central concern of the initial report, and the subject of all its various probability calculations: when reporters talk about the 90% cha...

Google 'Star Droid' App Will Turn Your Phone Into an Interactive Star Map, You Into a Colossal Nerd (Updated) [Space]

In addition to improvements in performance and a redesigned user-interface, Sky Map, now an official Google app, features a search tool that helps users discover where, relative to their current positions, planets and stars are located in the sky. Searching for 'Polaris' (the North St...

Garmin G60 GPS Smartphone Hands-On [Mwc'09]

I don't know what it really is: A cellphone that is a GPS or a GPS that is a cellphone. Of course, the cellphone has everything you can expect from a such a device these days, including a 3-megapixel camera (with a real shutter button, like it should be) and a music player, everything tied to the...

Garmin-Asus Nuvifone M20: A Surprisingly Cute WinMo 6.1 GPS Phone [Smartphones]

Garmin-Asus Introduces nüvifone™ M20 BARCELONA, Spain/February 12, 2009/Business Wire - Garmin-Asus, a co-branded alliance between Garmin® Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (TAIEX: 2357), today announced the Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20, an all-in-one phone, mobile we...

SiRF, King of GPS Chips, Acquired By Multifunction Chip Maker CSR: Is Standalone GPS Dying? [GPS]

They're doing it to get bigger and badder as a single fabless semiconductor company that designs, but does not make, their chips. But what I'm feeling is a single-chip solution for Bluetooth and GPS, if not Wi-Fi and all the other flavors. One mobile chip to rule them all, possibly. Or at least...

Lowrance Endura Touchscreen GPS Takes Any Map on Land and Sea [GPS]

Magellan, Garmin and plenty of other companies have outdoor GPS, but Lowrance's focus here was building one set of devices that could be used in all kinds of activities including hiking, hunting, off-roading, skiing, and of course boating. The key is map openness: On land, it can use maps...

Garmin Nuvi 880 Voice-Controlled GPS Lightning Review [Lightning Review]

We've said repeatedly that Garmin is the best bet for anyone shopping for GPS, and the 880 demonstrates this to be the case. It doesn't mean it's perfect, it's just by far the least infuriating navigator on the road today. Garmin often adds features later than others, but this only strengthe...

Opinion: XRoad G-Map Is Offline Navigation For the iPhone [GPS]

The app itself is $20, and can give you directions even without Wi-Fi. It's got standard GPS features like point of interest, location searching and 3D view, but according to the reviews, it sucks and the developers should be ashamed of themselves.

Opinion: Samsung Drops GPS, Slider Symbian Smartphones

As a mobile navigator, the I7110 boasts advanced GPS navigation with geo-tagging, pedestrian navigation and driving navigation. The I7110’s AMOLED LCD screen provides sharp and vivid image even in daylight for perfect pedestrian navigation in the palm of your hand. Through its FM tran...

Apple's Next-Gen Running Shoe Has Force Sensors, GPS Support

In addition to the tracking of the actual striding pattern, and the wear and tear of the running show, Apple is also contemplating the idea of incorporating a GPS receiver in the shoes, which will track the running precisely but also provide with context so the iPod can tell to the runner po...

Nikon P6000 Flagship Point-and-Shoot: 13.5MP, Built-In GPS Geotagging and Yes, RAW

MELVILLE, NY (Aug. 7, 2008) - Nikon Inc. today introduced its newest flagship COOLPIX compact camera, the COOLPIX P6000. Featuring 13.5 megapixels, a new, built-in global positioning system (GPS) unit, my Picturetown connectivity and the power of Nikon's exclusive EXPEEDTM image proce...

Garmin's New Nuvi 500 GPS Does Driving, Walking, Boating Nav in One Unit

Garmin the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced its first multi-use nüvi portable navigation device (PND) dedicated to walking, cycling, scootering, driving and boating in one rugged easy-to-use unit. The nüvi 500 series comes equipped with the latest technology...

Lightning Review: Palm Treo 800w Smartphone

The Verdict: As far as Windows Mobile phones go, the 800w is a pretty good one. It's no frills as far as smartphones go, but this is almost exclusively for the enterprise crowd. It's not the prettiest, nor is it the smallest, but is powerful enough to run Windows Mobile 6.1 like it should. It moves...

Giz Explains: An Easy Primer on GPS

Let's start with the acronym: GPS stands for global positioning system. Originally a DARPA-funded joint project of the Air Force and Navy, this satellite network tells ya where stuff is, like bombers and cruise missiles in decades past, or you as of mid-2000 when the government made GPS o...

Dash Express GPS Full Drive Review: Total Traffic Terminator

Overall, as a portable navigation device, it was fairly responsive. I'd put its user interface somewhere between a Garmin (on the high side) and a TomTom (slightly lower down)—not counting the extra dimension of a web interface, of course. But while driving around, the Dash would occasio...

Cowon Q5W DivX/GPS PMP Review (Verdict: Fantastic) [Divx Compatible Pmp Review]

• GPS Navigation: Fantastic. Just plug the unit into the dock, plug the dock into the cigarette adapter, and you're ready to go. The dock even has an FM transmitter so you can broadcast GPS sound, music, or movie (audio) over your car's speakers. The actual navigation is great too, with a pleas...

Opinion: Dash Navigator Now Open to 3rd Party Apps

The eagerly anticipated Dash connected GPS navigator just made another extreme promise, offering third parties a chance to develop for the system. The example Dash uses is the real-estate value database Zillow—you can use the tool to check values of homes in the vicinity, as you see in th...

Hands-on With the AT&T Tilt: GPS-Enabled Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone

The Gadget: The AT&T Tilt, a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone that has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS navigation, a 3-megapixel camera, and Push-to-Talk along with a slide-out/fold-up keyboard and a 2.8-inch touchscreen. It's a Windows Mobile phone, yes, but it's also the Windows Mobile pho...

Opinion: Stuck In Traffic: Tele Atlas Software to Make GPS Traffic Data Much More Accurate

You'll be able to use this software algorithm along with your GPS navigation system to receive accurate estimates of traffic flow, without paying for live traffic updates. What if there's an accident? There is one way to make this system even more accurate.

Is Panasonic There Yet? Strada In-Car GPS Debuts But Where's The Portable? [Field Notes]

•Bluetooth is not built in, but supported via add-on dongle •There is no voice command, nor is there any text-to-speech capability (it talks, but it won't call out road names) Panasonic Launches Strada Hard Drive Based Audio/Video Navigation System [Panasonic]

Pharos GPS Phone 600 Hands-On: Rarely Get Lost Again

But once you've played with it for a couple hours and figured out its tricks, you'll know that the actual navigation is quite fine. There's no huge delay between making a turn and having the phone tell you verbally what your next move should be. Although it didn't always give us the best direct...

Opinion: Magellan Maestro 4040 Impressions: AAA Built in, Might Not Suck

Though it's not as amazingly effortless as the Garmin Nuvi 680, the 4040 user interface runs smoother and faster than its predecessors. Best of all, it doesn't have many external buttons, like that button-crazy 6000T. Is this a new dawn for underdog Magellan? That remains to be seen. A nice l...

Gizmodo's Long-Ass Nokia N95 Review: Why it Rocks, Why it Sucks

1.GPS: The GPS is really GPS, not some assisted-GPS that Sprint and Verizon have in their phones. That means you can really navigate with it, like I did, to streets around SF I wasn't too familiar with. (Specifically, the corner of Washington and Cherry, close to where the Zodiac killer blew a...

Dash Express GPS Road Test Sign Up NOW: Free Next Gen Navigator Anyone?

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 9, 2007 - Dash Navigation™, Inc. today announced plans to recruit 2,000 drivers to "road test" the Dash Express™, the first Internet-connected automotive GPS. The company recently completed a successful six-month field trial in the San Francisco Bay Area. No...

Opinion: Grope: Helio Drift GPS Buddy Stalker Vs. Dodgeball

Hey, you know our exclusive on Helio's Frost White, GPS-enabled Drift phone? Well we've had a bit of time with the phone, and basic stats aside, the buddy finding, GPS, and mapping features are outstanding. But I'm not sure if its better than the combination of the already-downloadable Go...

TomTom Mobile 5 Reviewed (Verdict: Very Nice, Better With John Cleese)

The TomTom Mobile 5 is a Bluetooth device that beams tracking info to a compatible Windows Mobile smartphone. TomTom, best known for their excellent standalone GPS devices, is maintaining its comparatively high standards by offering quite a few good features in a box the size of a pack of...

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