Category: Satellite Navigation systems
TomTom unveils Map Share users-updated maps on latest GPS units
TomTom has been explaining its new user-updateable mapping technology, due to appear in its forthcoming TomTom GO 520 and 720 GPS units.
TomTom GPS to feature live video tips?
A recent patent filed by lost driver saviour TomTom shows the company is planning to include a video camera in its next-gen GPS devices.
The video footage will then be whacked on the satnav device’s screen, with the gadget drawing a digital line over the top of the video feed. Follow the line and you won’t get lost. Simple.
Get touchy with Mio's P360 and P560 GPS PDAs
It’s not just mobile phones where everyone’s getting frothy about touchscreens. Mio is apparently working on two new satnav PDAs entirely controlled via their touchscreens. Well, almost.
Nissan launches nagging sat nav system
If you thought your car was a sanctuary from all the moaning and nagging of the outside world, think again – it’s coming after you.
GPS Navigation For Dummies on the way
The maker of the ‘For Dummies’ series of tech-explaining books are working on GPS Navigation For Dummies – an easy satnav system everyone should be able to use.
Although if you struggle with the concept of pointing at where you want to go on a map, you’ll probably find this just as confusing as all other GPS devices…
Navman and Thomson reveal top 10 Brit holiday destinations
I'm guessing that the vast majority of Navman sat nav units bought in this country never make it out of their hometowns, let alone out of the country. But despite that, the firm has teamed up with travel agents Thomson…
Vodafone and TomTom team up for traffic information system
Location and navigation based services are increasingly important to the mobile operators, particularly as GPS starts making its way into phones like Nokia’s N95. Vodafone knows this, which is why it’s announced a new partnership with satnav firm TomTom to develop a new traffic information service.
ASUS launches A696 GPS PDA
Asus has unveiled the A696, squeezing in both GPS and a fully-featured PDA into a compact stainless steel case with an anti-glare touch screen.
Acer launches Ferrari GPS satnav device
Imagine how fun Formula 1 would be if they made it compulsory to navigate around the track using really rubbish GPS hardware? Half the cars would be going round the track the wrong way following the increasingly stern instructions of a posh woman’s voice, while the other half would be off on a tour of local Points Of Interest.
EB unveils MIMD Ultra Mobile PC with built-in GPS
The idea of a UMPC is pretty sound (or at least, sounder than the Palm Foleo), but they haven’t quite cracked the mass-market yet. By which I mean even gadgety friends still wouldn’t know an Ultra Mobile PC if it slapped them in the face.
