Geomate.jr review
The Geomate.jr is designed solely for geocaching, but more than that, its designed to make geocaching drop-dead easy. The Geomate.jr is pre-loaded with 250,000 caches, covering the entire U.S.
Garmin Dakota 10 and 20
UPDATE: Read my hands on Garmin Dakota 20 review. I also have a dedicated Garmin Dakota 10 page. Rumors have been showing up online for awhile now about a new handheld series, and today it’s official – the touch-screen Garmin Dakota 10 and Dakota 20 have been announced. The Dakota series seems to be filling [...]
Garmin nuvi 1200 and 1300 series now available
UPDATE: Read my hands on Garmin nuvi 1200 review. I’ve also posted pages for the Garmin nuvi 1250, nuvi 1300, nuvi 1350, nuvi 1350T, nuvi 1370T and nuvi 1390T. As often happens, one of our favorite vendors, GPS Now, has beaten many retailers to the punch, with an early offering of the Garmin nuvi 1200 [...]
NJ legislator: Don’t touch that GPS
Looks like those hands-free cell phone laws and bans on texting while driving may soon apply to GPS if one New Jersey legislator gets his way. L. Harvey Smith, a Democratic Assemblyman, has introduced a bill that would make it illegal to program a non-voice command GPS while driving.
Video of changes to Garmin nuvi interface
This is included in my Garmin nuvi 1490T review, but I thought it was worth posting it separately too. It shows the changes coming to the interface with the 1200, 1300 and 1400 series nuvis. One correction… I said you can flick the screen to move between menus. I should have said to move between [...]
Garmin nuvi 1490T review
Hands on review of the Garmin nuvi 1490T The Garmin nüvi 1490T offers a 5” wide screen and multi-destination routing, features not found on any of the nuvi 12xx or 13xx models. UPDATE: Now available bundled with lifetime map updates as the Garmin nuvi 1490LMT
Garmin Foretrex 301 and 401
UPDATE: I’ve posted a Garmin Foretrex 401 resource page with links to hands on reviews Apparently there is still money to be made in the entry-level handheld GPS market – the Garmin Foretrex 301 and 401 are being announced this morning. These two wrist-mounted units update the Foretrex 201, adding a high-sensitivity receiver and USB [...]
TomTom comes to the iPhone
UPDATE: Here’s the link to the TomTom iPhone page A TomTom iPhone application and accessory kit was just announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Both Engadget and Gizmodo are covering the event live today, along with many others, and we’ve grabbed a few screenshots from the former to share. I’ll post more info once we [...]
Magellan RoadMate 1475T with lifetime traffic
Magellan has announced the RoadMate 1475T, their first product with lifetime traffic. The 1475T is identical to the RoadMate 1470 I recently (and favorably) reviewed, with the addition of the traffic receiver. It carries a suggested retail price of $299 and will be available immediately. Read on for the news release:
Garmin nuvifone launch imminent?
Garmin reported in their shareholders meeting today that… …the nuvifone will be released on the open market in Asia this month or early July and said it is “getting very close” to a carrier launch of some models in the U.S. The delays have been endless, but I hope they are really that close. One [...]
