GPS

Navman today announced its world picture-sharing community NavPix with the addition of North America in which people from around the world can share pictures and associated GPS coordinates of places they’ve been. Be it New Yorks Empire State Building or San Francisco’s Golden Gate Brige or the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, one [...]

For Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphone users and GPS enthusiasts, Palm Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced the Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition, featuring new TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 software. Drivers using the new GPS Navigator with their Treo smartphones can rely on voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions to easily find their destinations as well as millions of points of interest, including [...]

One of the biggest drags of GPS units is the time consuming task of entering in the address. Many manufacturers have lightened up the load by allowing for ZIP code entry (sparing us state and city,) but it doesn’t get you, excuse the pun, zipping just the same. Navman thinks it has that [...]

One thing time does to CES is allows the solid contenders to be separated from the hype. That’s pretty much what has happened in the two months since I attended CES and I now can look back at what I saw. Sure, there was some mighty sweet stuff there, but in the end, [...]

SvenOnTech has reported previously about tracking devices that help parents know where their precious cargo, their children, are at all time. A new more advanced technology called iKids is now helping parents have up-to-the-second information of where their children.
Equipped with GPS and SMS technology, the iKids device, which looks more like a Motorola walkie-talkie [...]

Worry not about that silly patent infringement lawsuit by Garmin, TomTom is moving on with better things like the release of an updated version of the Go.
The all-in-one GPS includes a new best-in-class 4 inch screen that contains all the electronics and maps that mounts right to your dash or window. Fashioning [...]

Those who aren’t blessed with a GPS unit can use an online mapping service such as Google Maps. Well Volkswagen figured why not take the best of the Web mapping features, 3D maps, and slap ‘em into their cars? That’s what the German People Car will be doing with help from Google and nVidia. Putting [...]

Hey, I’m like any other red blooded American and I love a good car chase. OJ’s was pathetic but most of the others I’ve seen live from L.A. always seem to electrify the TV set when on. But truth is, people and property are damaged and the LAPD needs to figure out another way [...]

There’s nothing more I like than when you can merge new technologies together that started off for completely different purposes. 3dTracking is one such example.
Taking GPS hardware and Internet connectivity and coupling it with Google Maps, you can now track where you or someone else are, live. All trips are even recorded for later [...]

GuardianLion is device that uses GPS to locate your lost child. The service also gives the child one of three buttons to press in times of extreme need. The child can either press a button to notify the police, fire department, or paramedics. The service gives the location of the child using built-in [...]

Incredibly powerful yet easy to use GPS navigation for the new Windows Mobile 5.0 Palm Treo 700w smartphone. Includes the latest street maps, advanced customizable routing, and route-specific real-time information.
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 4, 2006 -Today at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), ALK Technologies announced its latest mobility solution for the corporate enterprise [...]