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 [...]
Motorola to unveil connected PND this fall?
UPDATE: Read my hands on Motorola MOTONAV TN765t review.
Motorola is planning to update their GPS line this fall, and they are dropping hints that they may venture into the manufacturing connected PNDs. According to Blake Bullock, who heads up their navigation products operations:
"We’re absolutely making a bigger play," said navigation product line manager Blake [...]
Insignia NS-CNV10 review
The Insignia NS-CNV10 is a connected GPS navigator available exclusively from BestBuy. It includes a one year subscription for connectivity which gives you access to Google Local search, live traffic, and gas prices. The CNV10 is a 3.5” model with text-to-speech, so you’ll hear “in one mile, make a left turn on Main Street,” rather than [...]
Dash gives up on hardware to become application service provider
Dash Navigation has pulled the plug on the Dash Express, ceding the hardware market to others. Instead, they will focus on licensing all that real time traffic data and the great deal of knowledge they’ve gained developing their network.
While this is bound to sting for existing Dash Express owners (and how much continued support [...]
Insignia GPS first impressions
UPDATE: Read my full Insignia NS-CNV10 review.
I've been spending the past few days getting to know the Best Buy Insignia NS-CNV10 GPS. This 3.5" model, like its bigger brother, sports text-to-speech, a cellular connection, Google Local search and no connection fees for the first year. The 4.3" model is pictured above, but except for the [...]
More on Best Buy Insignia GPS
There isn’t a lot of information to be had yet about the forthcoming connected GPS units from Best Buy, but I do have a couple of things for you, including the promo photo above. It shows multiple route options, ala the Dash Express. There’s no indication that they’ll use crowd-sourced, anonymized cell phone data for [...]
Best Buy to produce connected GPS with Google local search
UPDATE: Read my full Insignia NS-CNV10 review.
Best Buy will launch their first house label GPS units on October 19, under their Insignia brand. But the big news is that these devices will sport a cellular connection and local Google search, as well as real-time traffic.
Priced at $499 for the 4.3" Insignia NS-CNV20 and $399 for [...]
Voice commands for Dash via cell phone
The Dash Express is getting a couple of voice applications this morning — free services provided by Tellme and Dial Directions. The only configuration required with either is to register your mobile phone numbers with Dash Navigation at my.dash.net.
Dash Express becomes the first GPS to learn your shortcuts
Dash Express users will be getting a major software update today, delivered wirelessly of course. There are lots of changes, so we’ll delve right in and start with the most important.
MyRoutes automatically learns your preferred routes
How long have we pined for a GPS smart enough to learn our favorite shortcuts? Well wait no longer boys [...]
New Internet content for Dash Express
Dash Navigation is announcing today that they are opening their API to third party developers. Bringing Internet-based content to your car, the first five “DashApps” are:
