Sunday, July 6, 2008

GPS

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New Landings Save Airplane Fuel

Airlines try "continuous descent" to save on fuel costs. more >>

Study Says GPS Makes for Safer Drivers

Commissioned by TomTom, study says drivers are more relaxed and alert with automated routing. more >>

A New, Happier Place for Your Portable GPS

Shifting it to the left corner of the windshield seems more comfortable and efficient. more >>

Location-Based Service Set to Explode

Cellphones with GPS chips are enabling navigation and tracking services. more >>

Garmin Ventures Into Making GPS Cellphones

Nüvifone is an effort to capture a share of the cell navigation market. more >>

Cellphones Won't Soon Replace Today's GPS Devices

Bigger screens, better software, and a one-time fee will keep dedicated navigators in our hands. more >>

All Talk

Telematics products keep you safely up to speed while driving. more >>

GPS Services for Cellphones

Five options that can help you find your way. more >>

Turning Your Cellphone Into a GPS Navigator

Find your way for $10 per month. more >>

A Driving Sense of Direction

GPS navigation devices are doing more while costing less more >>

Garmin Receiver Brings GPS to Smart Phones

Small device offers a way around handsets without--or with crippled--mapping. more >>

AT&T's New BlackBerry Unlocks GPS

New BlackBerry 8820 includes WiFi and user-friendly GPS mapping. more >>

Verizon Quietly Disables BlackBerry GPS

A mapping program doesn't work, Verizon says nothing, and this customer is peeved. more >>

Verizon's Wireless GPS on the Cheap

Stick-at-home slugs might dismiss navigation devices as a luxury, even at today's low prices. Then again, they might fork over $3 to get directions on those rare times they get lost. more >>

GPS for Under $200

Getting lost seems so quaint now, with the friendly voices of GPS ready to calmly recalculate our routes—and for less than $200. That's a breakthrough price for navigation devices that are good enough for daily use in a car, including a new model from Mio that I've been testing. more >>

A hiker's watch with GPS

I'm not one to wear those big sports watches. But Suunto has packed a striking mix of functions into its X9i model ($500, suunto. more >>

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