Waypoints — October 31st, 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. Garmin It’s not too late to put a Halloween vehicle icon on your Garmin; via GPS Lodge Why you might see 3,000 point tracklog archives on your Garmin handheld [...]
Garmin GTU 10 GPS tracking device
UPDATE: Read my hands on review of the Garmin GTU 10. Well, well, look what showed up on the FCC website this morning. With the GTU 10, Garmin apparently has a GSM/GPRS tracking device up their sleeve. While they’ve offered up commercial fleet tracking solutions in the past, bundled with their navigators, this is the [...]
Phone navigation vs dedicated GPS receivers
Consumer Reports has a navigation faceoff story today, judging the contenders by six different factors. Dedicated navigation units were the clear winner in two, mobile phones in one, with the other three criteria giving results that were a bit muddied. With apps that mimic your TomTom or whatever, and function as an all-in-one device, you’d [...]
TomTom XL 335T
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 335T adds lifetime traffic to the TomTom XL335S feature set, and gives you preloaded maps of the US and Canada, a 4.3” wide-screen and text-to-speech, so you’ll hear “turn right, [...]
Garmin Approach S1 golf wristwatch
UPDATE: Check out my Garmin Approach S1 resource page, with links to hands on reviews and more. Garmin has announced a Forerunner-like sportswatch for golfers, the Approach S1. Listing for $249.99, the S1 will offer golfers an easy to carry device that provides basic stats, rather than full maps of courses. S1 users will be [...]
Garmin gives Asus exclusive on Android handsets
UPDATE: After noticing some very specific language from Garmin in news reports, I asked a contact there for more information on this subject. They said that ASUS will have preloaded Garmin navigation on their Android devices as an exclusive, and that Garmin isn’t working on a stand alone Android app at this time. Bad news [...]
Navigon MobileNavigator for Android comes to US
Wow, how much can the mobile navigation market change in just a couple of days? Following Garmin’s announcement yesterday that they will develop navigation apps for multiple platforms, Navigon reveals that they are bringing MobileNavigator to the US Android marketplace. I thought perhaps that TomTom had decided to take on the free Google Maps Navigation [...]
TOPO Afghanistan
TOPO Afghanistan is being announced today by North Hollywood Cartography, an authorized Garmin MPC developer. This is actually the third-generation of the product; the first was released through GPS File Depot. The next iteration included the entire country. The newest version adds a digital elevation model for 3D viewing in BaseCamp and compatible Garmin receivers. [...]
Garmin apps coming to multiple platforms
UPDATE: Garmin has given Asus an exclusive on their nav app for Android. Garmin and Asus revealed more information today on their future plans re: mobile, but here’s the big news: “Garmin will expand its mobile handset application development and plans to offer navigation and other applications through certain consumer application stores. “
Garmin Edge 800
The Garmin Edge 800 is Garmin’s latest cycling GPS, updating recent models with a touchscreen interface, and the ability to load Garmin custom maps and BirdsEye imagery. Having used both touch screen and traditional devices extensively on my mountain bike though, I’ve come to prefer the ones with buttons. It’s just easier to change screens [...]
