Global Positioning System

By Wilson Rothman • 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...

By Wilson Rothman 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.

By Wilson Rothman 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.

By JG Mason Section: Communications, Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation, Web, Web Apps, Features, Originals, Columns, Who's On Crack With GPS, we’ve got drivers going straight into rivers, fields, and buildings.  What would the lemmings drive into without GPS?  Oh, the horror!

By Robert Nelson Section: Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation, Reviews I prefer a GPS for what it is—a GPS.  I do not really need the extra features, nor do I want to pay 10 bucks a month for them.  I would most likely opt for a lower priced GPS. Product [TomTom Go 740 Live]

By Robert Nelson Setup: The setup does take a few minutes, it is not hard by any means, but due to the GPS Locator it does require a little more effort than just sticking it on your windshield and plugging it in.  Of course, you could simply use the radar detector by itself, but the GPS Locator is what really make...

By JG Mason The offering comes in two models, a 200 series unit that lacks the GPS and the 210 that gains it.  The difference is in the pinpoint accuracy of your location.  The non GPS model puts your location inside a 28 sq mile circle while the GPS equipped model puts you in a much smaller 0.03 sq mile radius....

 OH Nitty Gritty: I’ll get this out of the way before going any further - I don’t have a GPS unit for my car. Having said that, TeleNav GPS Navigator gives me everything I was expecting it to be, plus more. There’sa lot of hype around a coming Garmin/Asus ... Review: TeleNav GPS for Android Geek.com

PC World Canada  FL - GPS units are not as much of a novelty anymore since many companies make them and prices have become affordable. The TOMTOM GO 930 does what most people ... Review: TomTom GO 930 GPS PC World Canada TomTom Go 930 is one well-featured Sat Nav device! IntoMobile

PC World Canada  - TomTom (TOM2.AS) President Jocelyn Vigreux expects pricing for personal navigation devices to stabilize in 2009 after falling about 30% in 2008. ... Review: TomTom GO 930 GPS PC World Canada TomTom Go 930 is one well-featured Sat Nav device! IntoMobile all 3 news articles

By edit@zdnet.com.au (Andrew Lim) Audio quality during calls was loud and clear, as was the loudspeaker, but we recommend using a Bluetooth headset (the N85 supports A2DP stereo) for hands-free calls. Battery life is quoted at 6.9 hours talk time using GSM and 4.5 hours using 3G. Standby time is 363 hours using GSM or 3G. In real l...

By Wilson Rothman 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...

By Jason Chen 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.

The possibilities for how these units can help with outdoor sports is endless. Hikers no longer need a trail. Campers can find awesome campsites. The GPS makes navigation so easy. While the GPS is a great plus in the outdoors, it is not invincible.

By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) Detailed review of automotive and hiking GPS navigation devices. For more information on portable GPS navigation systems, see our Ratings and buying advice and watch our video guide. Discuss GPS devices in the forums. Navigon 7200TPremium automotive GPS impresses with features Garmin...

By Steven Sande If you're not familiar with the hobby/sport/addiction that is geocaching, the concept is very simple -- people go out and hide caches in the great outdoors, use a GPS receiver to find the coordinates of the hide, then post the cache on the Geocaching.com Web site. Cachers go to the Web site, s...

By Vincent Nguyen Today Tele Atlas and TeleNav, Inc., announced Tele Atlas maps and content will power TeleNav Shotgun™, the company’s first two-way, Internet-connected GPS personal navigation device (PND).  Designed to help users navigate with ease in unfamiliar environments, TeleNav Shotgun is pr...

By Chris Davies Bluetooth performance was strong, with PC connections possible even when the phone is in a bag or coat pocket across the room.  We tested with several Bluetooth headsets, including both cheap entry-level models and more expensive versions, and experienced no noticeable difference in...

By Mark This is just a quick review to refresh your memory, yes it is the Nokia 500 4.3 Touch Screen Auto Navigation GPS system that is already on the market. We are about phones and the reason we are mentioning this GPS system is because it has Bluetooth, which means you can sync mobile phones to it. [...]

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By Natesh Sood Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Gadgets / Other, GPS/Navigation, Transportation, Originals, Web, Websites, Features Before the modern GPS was born Routes via the web GPS in a car GPS on a phone Standalone GPS What to consider when purchasing a GPS

By Chris Davies Unlike many GPS navigation devices, the GPS receiver Blackline use is capable of working even when in the trunk or buried under shopping. For longer-term tracking, Blackline recommend hard-wiring the GPS Snitch or at least using the optional power cable. Not only will you be free of batte...

By Peter Arts TeleNav will give you those voice directions, warn you of upcoming delays & detours; and anything else that a TomTom or factory-installed GPS kit will do. What makes TeleNav unique is that its maps and data are being delivered to your phone in real time from their servers. This means a mu...

By Elaine Chow 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...

By Joseph L. Flatley Sure, we've been totally into Mio's Knight Rider GPS, but how does it really stack up? PC Magazine took it out for a test drive and found that the device is essentially a Moov 300, which they say has solid route calculation times and a straightforward menu system. The Knight Rider version com...

By Paul Biba On the GPS end, the inclusion of the SiRF III chipset means that the phone can keep up with the best of them.  I've still got to do some testing, but it seems to work as well as my TomTom or Navigon PND units.  I've been running iGuidance on the phone and it works just fine.  There is plenty of CPU powe...

By Adrian Covert 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...

By rss@youtube.com (Edmundsvideo) http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/audio/articles/126895/article.html You've got a busy summer ahead. Before setting out on that road trip out West or back East, you'll have to find time to download some travel music. (We recommend new releases from Common, My Morning Jacket and Weezer....

By Matt Hickey Navigon made waves not long ago by introducing GPS units with free map upgrades for a one-time fee, unique among entry-level GPS units. The 2100 Max is an inexpensive in-car GPS add-on with many high-end features, including text to speech, comprehensive POI database, and upgradable map...

By Wilson Rothman 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...

By Jason Chen • 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...

By Wilson Rothman 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...

By undisclosed@thoughtsmedia.com (Paul Martin) One of the primary reasons I have carried a PDAPhone for several years was that I liked the idea of being able to access mapping and navigation software without carrying a separate GPS device. Up until now, that has only been a partial reality because I have always carted around a Bluetooth G...

Location-based GPS services (content/view/1879/63/). For Linux users, the U727 is the first device to ship from Sprint with support for Linux (however, the Franklin CDU-680 does offer Linux Support too). Its not a GUI connection manager, and there are no GPS functions, but at least Linu...

By Coding4Fun Do have a GPS receiver laying around?  Do you travel?  Do you blog?  If you answered yes to these questions, you might be interested in this Windows Live Writer plugin.  People who travel and like to blog about it can just click a button to insert their current coordinates along with a Virtua...

By Evan Blass Filed under: GPS, TransportationWhenever a manufacturer is rumored to be upgrading its top-of-the-line device, we wanna know about it, so GPS Review certainly had us intrigued with word of a successor to TomTom's popular, hard drive-equipped (and once-infected) GO 910 in-car navig...

By Donald Melanson Filed under: GPS It looks like TomTom's managed to hit all the right marks with its new GO 720 GPS unit, at least according to the first few reviews that have turned up, which all seem to have found plenty to like about the device. Among the first to get their hands on the device was GPS Review, wh...

By Carlo Longino The GPS navigation unit market is one that's largely commoditized, with little apparent differentiation to many consumers among products. It's also a highly competitive market, particularly for makers of standalone systems, who must compete against car manufacturers' built-in of...

By Donald Sensing KnoxViews carries a user review of the Garmin Nuvi 650 GPS, a fairly high-end unit for driving. I use the Mio c310x GPS. The Mio went on sale a few months ago for $199, about $150 off the list. So I pounced. As I researched GPS units before buying, I concluded two things:

By Donald Melanson As they are wont to do, the folks at GPS Lodge have gotten their hands on yet another GPS device for a looksee, with TomTom's new ONE XL getting the review treatment this time 'round. The device itself is a follow-up to TomTom's previous ONE GPS unit, boasting a 4.3-inch widescreen display amo...

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.

By By info@associatedcontent.com (Jeff Gedgaud) The Garmin eTrex Legend Cx is a pretty good and easy to use handheld GPS unit

By Paul Lester One of the most feature packed mid-range GPS systems around We've been pretty impressed by Garmin's latest range of in-car GPS systems. The top-end Nuvi 660 scored highly for its straightforward interface, clear mapping and range of well integrated features....

By Tim Grahl Blue Collar received a Garmin Edge 205 GPS unit today for a review. The Edge series from Garmin is made specifically for cycling and comes in two flavors. The 205, which I’m reviewing, has all the specs listed below while the 305 has the added features of heart rate and cadence monitors.

By chris@aximsite.com The Pharos GPS Phone 600e isn't a horrible smart phone, but the lack of navigation software and subpar call quality detracts from its overall appeal. Plus, you can get more for your money with other GPS-enabled smart phones." Read the complete Pharos GPS Phone 600e Review.

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...

By undisclosed@thoughtsmedia.com (Darius Wey) The Pharos GPS Phone 600e isn't a horrible smart phone, but the lack of navigation software and subpar call quality detracts from its overall appeal. Plus, you can get more for your money with other GPS-enabled smart phones." Good, but not good enough: that's essentially CNET's review of t...

By Al W The AA Navigator Vive! isn't going to win style awards but what it lacks up for in aesthetics it does make up for in a reliable, straightforward interface. It doesn't quite reach the high standards set by the likes of Garmin or TomTom, but given that you can pick up a Vive! for less than £150, it...

By Brian Lam 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...

By johnb 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...