Tag: GPS
New, Faster TomTom PNDs
TomTom introduced two portable navigation devices (PNDs) with a new high speed routing feature and capacitive touch screens...
Navigon GPS App is Super-Real
Navigon released a new app that not only gives you directions on an Android phone (stored in the...
TomTom Teams with HTC Phones
TomTom is teaming up with HTC to offer navigation on HTC smartphones. TomTom maps will come preloaded on...
Internet for Car Screens: Directus Prodigy One
Directus will unveil at the SEMA show in November a “Prodigy One” telematics device that can put the...
Sony/TomTom U.S. In-Dash Navi Gets Official
Sony and TomTom have teamed up to deliver in-dash navigation units using TomTom GPS and Sony audio and...
Consumer Reports Rates GPS Devices
Update October 1: TomTom said it issued a recent update which returned some of the features that Consumer...
Garmin Buys MetriGear
Garmin’s outdoor/fitness GPS business has been growing. So it is not sitting around waiting for a rebirth of...
Garmin Launches Second 3G-PND
Garmin is pushing deeper into connected portable GPS devices with its second model to use 3G over AT&T....
Garminfone Struggles, PNDs Down 7%
Garmin said smartphones equipped with navigation are finally causing a decline in sales of portable GPS devices and...
Garmin Glitch Gets a Fix Says Consumer Reports
If your Garmin Nuvi portable navigation device (PND) is freezing up, Garmin has a fix for that. The...
Sears Launches GPS Configurator
It can be confusing, buying a portable GPS device, with so many on the market and so many...
Expresso Launches Combo Golf-PND
Expresso Satellite Navigation is offering a $249 combo portable car- and golf-GPS device. It uses Navigon and iGolf...
Magellan Adds Lifetime Traffic to Full Line
GPS maker Magellan is adding free lifetime traffic to its full 2010 line up plus a new GPS...
Garmin Ships 295W Mini Tablet/PND
Garmin is about to ship its first WiFi nuvi portable GPS device. Similar to a mini tablet, the...
TomTom Adds More PNDs with Lifetime Traffic/Map Updates
TomTom is continuing to rollout new portable navigation devices (PNDs) with lifetime traffic and/or map updates. Each feature...
Garmin Bids on Raymarine
Garmin is back to trying to purchase UK-based marine electronics supplier Raymarine, reportedly for 15 pounds ($22.8) per...
Don’t Cry for TomTom
By Amy Gilroy Don’t cry for TomTom, because business at the GPS maker is apparently picking up. In...
Garminfone at T-Mobile this Spring
The “Garminfone” (aka new Android version of the nuvifone) is coming to T-Mobile this spring. It’s the first...
Garmin Moves To Switzerland
Garmin said it will move its place of incorporation from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland, pending approval by...
Navigon iPhone App is $25
Here’s a backdoor way that iPhone navigation just got cheaper (where it’s not already free). Navigon just launched...
