It’s official, Google has launched a free turn-by-turn navigation app – Google Maps Navigation. It’s in beta, and is only available for Android 2.0 phones (e.g., Verizon Droid), but I can already say that this is a huge change for the GPS navigation industry.
Google Maps Navigation launches
October 28, 2009 By 7 Comments
Magellan SE4 Best Buy exclusive and Black Friday special?
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UPDATE: The Magellan SE4 product page has now been posted.
A new auto navigator has shown up on BestBuy.com, the Magellan SE4 GPS. I’ve confirmed that this is a BestBuy exclusive, so don’t expect to see it anywhere else, at least not for awhile.
The SE4 comes with pre-loaded maps of the entire U.S.except Alaska, 6 million points of interest, text-to-speech and has a 4.3” touchscreen,
List price is $179.99 and its on sale now for $119.99, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it much lower come Black Friday. Okay, actually I would be surprised if it wasn’t much lower then! And speaking of holiday shopping, I’ll be following plenty of Black Friday specials at my GPS Deals site. There are gonna be some killer buys, tempting all you techie types to help stimulate the economy.
MSN Direct to end January 1, 2012
October 27, 2009 By 8 Comments
MSN Direct has announced that they will cease operations on January 1, 2012. This will effect owners of Garmin nuvi x8x units, although with plenty of lead time, I doubt that it will be a huge issue for them. Garmin however, may have trouble marketing any backlog of these units they have on hand. You can read all the gory details here.
Via gpsreview.net.
Garmin Dakota 20 review
October 27, 2009 By 63 Comments
Hands on with the Garmin Dakota 20
The Garmin Dakota 20
Lowrance Endura Sierra review
October 26, 2009 By 7 Comments
The Lowrance Endura Sierra
Magellan RoadMate 1440
October 25, 2009 By 9 Comments
The Magellan RoadMate 1440
Two new tools for making Garmin custom maps
October 23, 2009 By 13 Comments
I didn’t think this would take long. Some of the more technically adept GPS enthusiasts among us have put together some great tools for creating custom maps for the latest generation of Garmin handhelds. Here are two new ones released in the last day or so. Both allow you to create maps without manually calibrating them in Google Earth.
G-Raster
Created by Lester Pawlowicz of Free Geography Tools, G-Raster allows you to create maps from imagery freely available online. The following formats are supported:
- GeoTIFF
- MrSID
- NOAA BSB (.kap)
- ERDAS (.img)
- USA PhotoMaps Big JPEG
- UTM world file images
- World file images for other coordinate systems
Magellan RoadMate 1220
October 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Magellan RoadMate 1220
Garmin nuvi 1450 stealth introduction
October 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
UPDATE: I’ve posted a Garmin nuvi 1450 page with links to hands-on reviews.
Looks like the pre-holiday GPS releases aren’t over yet. Garmin has “soft-launched” the nuvi 1450, with little fanfare and no news release. It’s basically a little sibling to the 1490T that I reviewed a few months ago, complete with the luxurious 5” screen, but missing the Bluetooth and live traffic features. Expect to see the nuvi 1450 hit store shelves later this month, at an MSRP of $499.99.
Garmin Oregon 200
October 16, 2009 By 8 Comments
UPDATE: The Oregon 200 has been discontinued. For current recommendations, check out our handheld GPS buyers guide or our Garmin handheld GPS comparison chart.
The Garmin Oregon 200
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