Apple iPad, A-GPS, and ambiguity
UPDATE: The WiFi model can determine your approximate location via Skyhook WiFi positioning, but does not have a GPS chip. The WiFi + 3G model has true GPS.
The Apple iPad was announced today, and Apple’s specs led to some confusion over whether or not this thing has GPS. For the record, here are the “location” [...]
What to do with your new GPS
Last year I posted some tips for folks receiving new GPS units over the holidays. Rather than repeat myself, I’m just going to link to those. Hopefully, they’ll help you get off to a good start with your new navigator:
Nine things to do with that new auto GPS
You got a handheld GPS — [...]
Consumer Reports chats up GPS
Consumer Reports held a chat session on their blog the other day, taking questions on GPS. For the most part, their answers were pretty good. I’ve embedded the chat box below. If you’re interested, it only takes a few minutes to read through the entire thing.
Routine GPS backcountry prep
I often go through a fairly involved process when I’m prepping my GPS for a backcountry trip, and I thought I’d share what that looks like. I’ll start off with a few caveats…
I like to explore remote areas, and my process will be overkill if you’re just getting ready for a quick hike [...]
Saturday’s DARPA red balloon challenge
DARPA (you know, the guys who really invented the Internet), has set up a little geo-challenge contest tomorrow.
At 10 a.m. ET, 10 red weather balloons will be put on display, moored to the ground, at locations around the continental US. They will stay in place until 4 p.m. local time. The first team [...]
Last chance for great GPS deals?
In past years, we’ve seen the best deals of the holiday season during the Thanksgiving / Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend. We have no reason to believe that this year will be any different; in fact, we expect it to be even more so. Fair warning; here are the bargains we’ve posted at [...]
Black Friday GPS buyers guide
Tomorrow is the big day! Here are some tips and resources to help you get the best deal…
First of all, keep an eye on our GPS Deals site. Better yet, follow it on Twitter. Quite a few of tomorrow’s deals are likely to be fleeting.
We have our winners!
Our contest has now wrapped up and the three winners should be getting set up with their TeleNav GPS Navigator apps, even as I write this. Congratulations go out to @MyBellaMia, @mazzmn and @madamerkf. And a great big thank you to the folks at @TeleNav and to all of our new followers too.
Here are the [...]
Win a copy of TeleNav GPS Navigator
UPDATE: Contest now closed. Thanks for your entries; we’ll be contacting and announcing the winners shortly.
Thanks to the folks at TeleNav, we’re giving away three one-year subscriptions to GPS Navigator via a Twitter contest. To win, simply do both of the following steps:
Follow @gpstracklog on Twitter (if you’re already following me, proceed to step [...]
The end of GPS Tracklog?
A labor of love for four years, GPS Tracklog may be going away. What began as a spare time hobby morphed into something much larger. It takes a huge amount of time and, up till now, it’s been worthwhile thanks to sales from Amazon and other advertisers. We’re not exactly living large, but at [...]
