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Magellan’s new dash cam PND
Looks like Magellan wants to get into the dash cam act too, albeit with a twist. Rather than a standalone unit like the one announced by Garmin this morning, Magellan has opted to add one to a PND, the RoadMate 6230T-LM PND DashCam. read more
Magellan’s latest RV unit
Magellan has announced the 7″ RoadMate RV9490T-LMB, which offers live weather and gas prices via a Bluetooth connection to a smartphone. Information can also be preloaded via WiFi. read more
This week in GPS is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends, from GPS Tracklog and other places around the Web. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. The image above shows what’s next in my review queue; now if the weather would just cooperate!
TomTom GO 2014 series
UPDATE: I’ve added the above image, plus several screen shots at the end of this post.
The US will finally get the new TomTom GO series, perhaps within a year of when they were announced for Europe. The company still hasn’t released model numbers, saying “more details, pricing and availability will be announced closer to the launch date late Q1 2014.” read more
Magellan has unveiled some coming attractions for it’s Echo sportssmartwatch. For one thing, they will be adding hiking, golf, skiing and other activities to the device which initially focused on the fitness crowd. Also welcome is the announcement that Android support is coming early this year. read more
The Garmin 2595LMT and Oregon 450 topped our best seller list for the past month
It’s time once again to take a look back to see which models our readers bought over the past month.
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Looking back at the biggest GPS stories of the year
How about a GPS retrospective before we jump into the new year? Take a look and see if you missed anything! read more
Fisheries advise: tagged Tiger shark detected at Ocean Reef receiver at 02:16:00 AM on 28-Dec-2013
— Surf Life Saving WA (@SLSWA) December 27, 2013
This week in GPS is a weekly link roundup of (mostly) GPS related odds and ends, from GPS Tracklog and other places around the Web. To get a few of the biggest stories as they break, follow me on Twitter. Instead of a lead image or video, we have a lead tweet this week. You can read more about the project by reading GPS-Tagged Sharks Post Location to Twitter, Alerting Beachgoers.
If you got a new handheld GPS, I’m hoping the weather is nice enough for you to get out and play with it. Here are some tips to help get you off on the right foot:
Some tips for your new auto GPS
Was Santa nice to you? Did you get a new GPS for your car? What? A handheld one? We’ll cover that tomorrow! Back to that auto unit – here are a few tips for using it:
