Tag Archives: sat-nav

TomTom’s new sat nav: perfect for your van down by the river

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If you’re prone to hitting the road in a trailer or camper, you probably know that the road isn’t exactly made to accommodate to your less-than-dainty vehicle. In a bid to express its deepest sympathies (and, you know, make money), TomTom is unveilin…


Google offers Floor Plan Marker app to businesses so they can improve indoor mapping

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Are folks still getting lost in the faux marble expanse of your airport or shopping mall, even after you’ve uploaded the floor plan to Google Maps? Then maybe it’s time you went the extra mile and improved indoor mapping using the official Floor Plan…


HTC Locations update for Windows Phone brings offline navigation

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Nokia’s Windows Phones have given us offline navigation for a while courtesy of the Drive app, and HTC’s old Locations app has had some downloadable maps too — but only for a few select Android users. That’s just changed, however, with Titan owners r…


Garmin shows the way with new nüvi 3500 series, Smartphone Link and Approach G6 (video)

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The shrink wrap may be barely off the last nüvi refresh, but Garmin clearly wanted to keep a little something back for CES, and here it is: the new 3500 series, the Approach G6 golfing GPS and an Android app.

The new 3500s have the ultra-thin …


Nokia Car Mode for Symbian Belle now ready for download

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Nokia loves motorists and is showering them with gifts over at the Nokia Store to prove it. Well, one gift at least: the free-of-charge Car Mode app, which helps to transform your Symbian Belle smartphone into a turn-by-turn sat nav, with all the power…


Switched On: A road trip with Siri

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

When considering the great technology advances of the past few decades, GPS tends to get short shrift compared to such culture-rocking innovations as the internet and …


EU to launch first two Galileo satellites today, as sat-nav system lurches forward

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The EU’s Galileo satellite navigation system has been beset by delays and budget overruns in recent months, but its future is looking slightly brighter, now that its first two satellites are primed for launch. The European Space Agency is expected…