The good: The Garmin Nuvi 255W has a large 4.3-inch touch screen and a clean and easy to use interface. The operating system, trip routing/rerouting is faster than most competitor products we have tested. The “where am I?” feature is handy for emergencies. Text-to-speech reads street and points of interest names for you so [...]
Just thinking about the Samsung Reclaim M560 cell phone makes me hungry… I love corn! The Samsung Reclaim will be available on the Sprint network (yuck) and is made from bio-plastic materials which are actually corn based. The phone has a 2.0-megapixel camera, 2.3-inch QVGA screen, and GPS. Expect to see the phone around [...]
We know you all have been eagerly awaiting the good word on that new Magellan GPS ever since it came to our attention (via some cat’s diligent FCC carousing) at the end of May. According to an announcement dropped this morning, the Maestro 4700 should be making the scene on July 15 for an [...]
The iPhone maps and GPS are great… but they aren’t good for driving directions or turn-by-turn help. If you want to make your iPhone a “real” GPS, check out the Navigon application for the 3G and 3G S phones. Should be in full swing by the end of the month.
Earlier this year at CES, Eclipse showed us the DREC20000, an in-car video recorder that saves its last 20 seconds of footage if it senses a car accident. Unfortunately, the Eclipse device is only available in Japan. But if you want that kind of device in the U.S., KCI Communications offers the Smart Black [...]
For the Simpsons fans, TomTom has come out with a Homer Simpson voice skin for their GPS units. The Homer Voice will cost about $13 and should make missing turns a bit more bearable… doh!
He’ll give you colorful directions like "take the third right. We might find an ice cream truck! Mmm…ice cream."
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“I’ve never felt the need to spend thousands of dollars on a car stereo. Some folks can’t imagine having a stock audio system in their car and for these types of people there are a huge amount of aftermarket systems available to choose from.
Pioneer has announced a new high-end in-dash navigation system called the [...]
This is a glowing review of the TomTom GO 740 Live from cnet reviews.
The good: The TomTom GO 740 Live is the manufacturer’s first connected-GPS device, offering up-to-the-minute traffic data, weather forecasts, fuel prices, and Local Search powered by Google. Map Share and IQ Routes technologies allow map data to be updated more frequently. [...]
“Are you the type who’s constantly misplacing their car in a large parking lot? Or maybe your friends are always having to call in the national guard to find you when you’ve gone camping? Whatever the situation, this GPS Location Finder available from Chinavasion ensures you’ll always be able to find your way back [...]
The folks at Orion Technology of Taiwan have come out with a solar powered GPS tracker called the Suntrac.
Not only does it enjoy itself most while basking under the sun, it is also fully waterproof and can work worldwide thanks to its tri-band GSM/GPRS modules (850/1800/1900 and 900/1800/1900 ) support. The Suntrac features integrated [...]