Okay, maybe it’s unfair to call out Google Maps Navigation for this error. After all, every GPS can give you faulty directions, no matter what database they are using for road data. But I’ve never seen this type of error on a unit using NAVTEQ or TeleAtlas maps. Fail!
Garmin ANT+ adapter for iPhone clears FCC
October 13, 2011 By 3 Comments
It looks like Garmin is about to announce an ANT+ adapter for the iPhone, if the latest FCC authorization is any indication. This should open the doors to pairing your Garmin heart rate monitor or fitness device to your iPhone, and we might even see Garmin chirp compatibility integrated into their OpenCaching app.
Garmin StreetPilot onDemand for iPhone only 99 cents
August 31, 2011 By 4 Comments
Garmin has announced yet another version of their iPhone app – StreetPilot onDemand. Designed to attract help navigate impulse buyers, the price of admission is only $.99 which gets you 30 days worth of Garmin goodness. The company says that this is also…
…the first iPhone navigation app to include multimodal pedestrian routing, with bus and train transit schedules in many major cities.
Garmin StreetPilot Onboard iPhone app
August 2, 2011 By 6 Comments
Recalculating! Garmin has done a course correction with their iPhone app, rolling out a version with onboard maps, eight months after the release of their original StreetPilot app that used offboard maps. Considering AT&T’s reception problems in many areas, it’s probably a smart move.
Google Maps Navigation to use onboard maps?
June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
According to All About Phones, a Dutch website, Google Maps Navigation will soon have a full-blown offline mode. Late last year, with the introduction of Google Maps 5.0 for Android, GMN moved to vector graphics and improved route caching. But this new capability would allow you to plug in a destination while outside of cell range, which means that some maps and associated data would always be cached on your device.
Bad Elf GPS for iPad, iPod and iPhone
May 25, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Bad Elf GPS Receiver
Preserving cellphone battery life in the backcountry
May 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
I imagine that a lot of our readers are trying out their smartphones in the backcountry, using mapping applications for navigation. One of the problems with this (and there are several), is that few things will drain your battery faster than your phone searching for a signal where there is none, or where reception is marginal.
SPOT Connect review
May 17, 2011 By 33 Comments
Hands on with the SPOT Connect
The SPOT Connect
New iPhone app pays you to help fix TomTom maps
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
That’s right. Why make all those Map Share corrections for free when you can get paid? That’s exactly what the new iPhone app Gigwalk does. It’s not a TomTom product; they’re just the company’s first beta customer. If you’re in one of their initial seven metro areas, you can get $3 for a few minutes of your time, with the possibility of getting some higher level gigs paying up to $90.
SPOT Connect shipping (really, we mean it this time)
April 1, 2011 By 2 Comments
UPDATE: Read my hands on review of the SPOT Connect
My bad, the SPOT Connect didn’t show up a month ago. But it’s finally here – both REI and GPS City have it in stock. And the SPOT Connect app (pictured above) is live in the Android Market and Apple’s App Store. So now you can go out into the wild and still let your spouse know how much to worry, via your smartphone, even without a cell signal. Or tweet about your broken leg or post it to Facebook. How cool is that? Hopefully it will even work below freezing – despite today’s recall announcement on another SPOT product, I still plan to get one. How about you?
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