Category: Satellite Navigation systems
Garmin launches 'budget' nuvi 260 GPS in the US
Garmin has announced what it describes as an entry level GPS navigation system in the US – the nuvi 260.
AA launches Smart TravelGuides: interactive guides and maps for 3G mobiles
AA Publishing has announced a new set of AA Smart TravelGuides, that turns any 3G mobile or smartphone into an interactive travel guide and map.
The maps, provided by the Ordnance Survey, will cover a variety of areas, with the first in the series covering London.
The product comes as a memory card which is loaded into the phone and then allows you to search for points of interest, including sights, things to do, and AA-rated restaurants and hotels.
Pogo Alert – avoid speed cameras and accident blackspots
The Pogo Alert is being marketed as ‘a state-of-the-art Driver Safety and Information System’. But its real purpose is probably to keep you on the road.
Mio's A501 GPS PDA phone
Mio is covering all bases with its newly-launched A501, offering a mobile phone, GPS and a PDA powered by Windows Mobile 5.0.
X-OOM offers movies for TomTom sat nav devices
Fancy watching movies on your sat nav box? Well, you can with X-OOM Movies, which turns on Tom-Tom GPS devices into portable video players.
LocatioNet launches amaAze – free mapping and navigation for your mobile handset
LocatioNet has today launched amAze – a mapping and navigation application that is free to download for Java-enabled mobile phones, as long as you are not averse to the odd ad.
Black Eagle MD3000 – GPS meets black box recorder
Korean firm Mercury has launched the Black Eagle MD3000, which offers sat nav functionality as well as doubling up as a black box recorder.
Trimble's fugly Nomad PDA comes with optional GPS
Okay, so it’s a bit harsh to cast a slur on the Trimble Nomad’s looks, seeing as it’s designed for industries like engineering, construction and land surveying. In other words, it’s not meant to win beauty contests.
Buddi GPS locator – track your family
The most common use of GPS is to find your way from A to B. But the Buddi GPS locator offers a different spin – locating people.
Nokia N95 gets A-GPS to improve location-based features
Nokia’s N95 was one of the most hotly-anticipated mobile phones this year (sorry, multimedia computers), but it has faced criticism on two main fronts – its battery life, and its GPS feature.
