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New Landings Save Airplane Fuel
By Alex Kingsbury -
Nation & World
- July 2, 2008
Airlines try "continuous descent" to save on fuel costs.
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Study Says GPS Makes for Safer Drivers
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- June 17, 2008
Commissioned by TomTom, study says drivers are more relaxed and alert with automated routing.
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A New, Happier Place for Your Portable GPS
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- June 6, 2008
Shifting it to the left corner of the windshield seems more comfortable and efficient.
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Location-Based Service Set to Explode
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- April 3, 2008
Cellphones with GPS chips are enabling navigation and tracking services.
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Garmin Ventures Into Making GPS Cellphones
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- January 31, 2008
Nüvifone is an effort to capture a share of the cell navigation market.
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Cellphones Won't Soon Replace Today's GPS Devices
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- December 12, 2007
Bigger screens, better software, and a one-time fee will keep dedicated navigators in our hands.
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All Talk
Money & Business
- December 4, 2007
Telematics products keep you safely up to speed while driving.
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GPS Services for Cellphones
By David LaGesse -
Money & Business
- November 19, 2007
Five options that can help you find your way.
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Turning Your Cellphone Into a GPS Navigator
By David LaGesse -
Money & Business
- November 19, 2007
Find your way for $10 per month.
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A Driving Sense of Direction
By David LaGesse -
Money & Business
- November 16, 2007
GPS navigation devices are doing more while costing less
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Garmin Receiver Brings GPS to Smart Phones
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- October 23, 2007
Small device offers a way around handsets without--or with crippled--mapping.
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AT&T's New BlackBerry Unlocks GPS
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- September 21, 2007
New BlackBerry 8820 includes WiFi and user-friendly GPS mapping.
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Verizon Quietly Disables BlackBerry GPS
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- August 22, 2007
A mapping program doesn't work, Verizon says nothing, and this customer is peeved.
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Verizon's Wireless GPS on the Cheap
Dave's Download
- May 31, 2007
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.
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GPS for Under $200
Dave's Download
- May 29, 2007
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.
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A hiker's watch with GPS
Dave's Download
- June 26, 2006
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.
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