A great GPS deal today and more to come
Amazon has the voice command Garmin nuvi 850 for $164.99 today (Wednesday, September 30) only! It’s their deal of the day. This is an amazing price, $25 lower than I’ve ever seen before. This seems as good of an occasion as any to announce that my GPS Deals site now has its own Twitter account. [...]
Nuvifone due next week? Will parse addresses from websites
UPDATE: Garmin has confirmed an October 4 availability date. Engadget is reporting that the long-awaited Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 will be available at AT&T stores next week. They’ve included an FAQ for sales staff, but as I was prepping this post, I came across a flash demo on the Garmin-Asus website that showcases some interesting capabilities.
TomTom XL 325 and 325-S – Black Friday specials?
UPDATE: I’ve now posted TomTom XL 325 and XL 325-S pages, complete with links to reviews In addition to today’s announcement of the TomTom XL 340S LIVE, there are a couple of new lower-end models that have shown up on TomTom’s website, the TomTom XL 325 and XL 325-S. Well, they aren’t really new; it [...]
TomTom XL 340S LIVE
UPDATE: Read my hands on TomTom XL 340-S LIVE review TomTom has unveiled a new, mid-range connected GPS navigator, the TomTom XL 340S LIVE . This looks like a slightly stripped-down version of the GO 740 LIVE, minus Bluetooth and voice commands.
TomTom iPhone car kit pricing
After a day in which we saw the TomTom iPhone car kit go up for pre-sale on the iTunes app store in Europe, and then get pulled down, TomTom decided that the best way to fight the rumor mill on pricing was to put out a news release saying how much it would cost. Here [...]
Transferring features from a PDF map to your GPS
I learned the other day about a new 10,000 acre tract of public lands near me. There are no trail maps of the area and I am dying to explore it (once all this rain stops). I’ll probably do another post on prepping my GPS for exploring there, but this one aspect warrants its own [...]
Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 pricing
Boy Genius is reporting that the Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 will go for $299.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate (with two-year contract), with a non-contract price of $549.99. They also said that they expect to see them “before the end of October based upon the fact that this is when these prices are effective until.”
PC Magazine survey on GPS manufacturers
PC Magazine has posted a great survey on GPS device service and reliability. Garmin comes in first with TomTom a close second. No big surprise there, but it’s a good read anyway. There was this little tidbit – 45% of people looking to upgrade want a bigger screen. My advice? Don’t go over 5 inches [...]
Mio Moov M300 and M400 – Black Friday specials?
UPDATE: Okay commenters, you’re right, it’s not the iGO interface, but it does appear to be the Navman interface, and not the Spirit. I stand by my Black Friday prediction though! Mio just can’t seem to make up their mind. When we last heard from them they were touting the Spirit interface on their S-series [...]
Seven inch Magellan RoadMate 1700 announced
UPDATE: I’ve posted a Magellan RoadMate 1700 page with links to hands-on reviews Magellan made it official today – they are introducing a seven inch model, the RoadMate 1700. There’s really not a whole lot else new here, other than a video-in jack. All the major auto GPS manufacturers are moving towards big-screen units, typically [...]
