TomTom to develop own app store
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal let it be known that TomTom was going to open up an API for third-party developers. Yesterday, Pocket-Lint gave us more details, including the news that TomTom would develop its own app store, possibly by years end. This is all made possible by the WebKit-based operating system powering [...]
Motorola MOTONAV TN765t review
Hands on with the Motorola MOTONAV TN765t The Motorola Motonav TN765t has a whopping 5.1” display, voice recognition, Bluetooth, lifetime traffic, text-to-speech, lane guidance, and pre-loaded maps of the US and Canada. I’ll get into the details of many aspects of this feature-laden unit shortly, but first let’s look at how the TN765t differs from [...]
Coming to the US (eventually)
There were a couple of major announcements made yesterday by TomTom and Garmin-Asus; unfortunately they didn’t involve products for the US, at least not yet. I do expect that all will be making it to our shores eventually. The Garmin-Asus team will need to romance a carrier first, while TomTom just seems to have a [...]
TomTom XL 340M
UPDATE: This model has been discontinued. For a list of current TomTom models and their features, please see our TomTom comparison chart. The TomTom XL 340M adds lifetime map updates to the TomTom XL 340-S feature set, and gives you preloaded maps of the US, Canada and Mexico, a 4.3” wide-screen and text-to-speech, so you’ll [...]
Waypoints — April 24th, 2010
Waypoints is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends. To get many of these stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. GPS in the news One of Two WAAS Satellites Fails Outdated GPS cited in fatal crash Have we gone overboard with lifetime GPS monitoring? Highway superintendent seeks legislative remedy [...]
Garmin GPSMAP 78, 78s and 78sc marine handhelds
UPDATE 2: I’ve now posted my hands on review of the Garmin GPSMAP 78s. UPDATE – I’m now doing hands on testing of the GPSMAP 78 series, which seems to be the same platform as the forthcoming 62 series. Garmin has announced three new color marine handhelds this morning, the GPSMAP 78, 78s and 78sc. [...]
Garmin nuvi 3700 series gallery
UPDATE: Read my hands on reviews of the Garmin nuvi 3750 and 3790T I’ve come across a number of nuvi 3700 series images over the last couple of days, including a lot that most of you probably haven’t seen, so I thought I’d compile them here. The European shots, including the one above, come from [...]
Garminfone coming to T-Mobile
UPDATE: Read my hands on review of the T-Mobile Garminfone. Garmin and T-Mobile have announced the Android-powered Garminfone, which will be exclusive to T-Mobile. This seems to be a US version of the nuvifone A50, previously announced for some Asian and European markets. That model got quite a few positive reviews, unlike the original nuvifone [...]
Garmin Connect now rocks
Okay, I’ve got to admit that I was a bigger fan of MotionBased than its successor, Garmin Connect. I used the former to search for .gpx track files or trails I wanted to ride or hike. I never had much luck with Garmin Connect for some reason. But a blog post from them yesterday caught [...]
Lowrance Endura Out&Back review
This review was written by Troy Bryan, AKA StarBrand on geocaching.com’s Groundspeak forums. My initial review of the Lowrance Endura Sierra wasn’t exactly glowing, so after seeing positive reports about recent firmware updates, I asked Troy if he’d post a review of his Out&Back. I got my Lowrance Endura Out&Back just 1 day before my [...]
