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Engineer LIVE: Consumers’ appetite for car navigation and Global Position Systems (GPSs) has become voracious, causing worldwide shipments of automotive navigation systems to more than triple from 2006 to 2012, iSuppli Corp predicts. Since 2001, the automotive navigation market has transformed from... More...

NaviGadget: Buddi of UK is getting ready to release a new personal GPS locator that is miniaturized in size to make it easier to carry around with you. The specs are not released at this point but it probably is a GPS GSM tracking device that notifies a network at a pre-determined time interval.You ... More...

CrunchGear: Getting home, to a hotel or to a friend’s house in the wee hours may get easier thanks to Samsung’s new patented technology covering a means for transmitting directions from where you are to a desired destination location using your cell phone at the push of a button. Many cell phones h... More...

Time: GPS is a handy technology, but in Europe it’s become a political football. That explains why a new poll found that while only 20 percent of Europeans use satellite navigation devices, 80 percent want the EU to set up an independent service to rival the U.S.-run Global Positioning Sys... More...

T3: The X980T stuffs a 4.3-inch screen, 2.5million POIs, 51,000 Michelin Guide hotels and restaurants, Bluetooth and free traffic alerts into its corpulent frame. After an initial struggle locking onto GPS satellites, route calculation takes around seven seconds. Re-routing isn’t as quick as compet... More...

CNet News: Nokia last week launched a service that it said will cut the time a GPS-enabled cell phone takes to pinpoint its whereabouts, opening new opportunities for location-based online services. Nokia hopes the service, available for people who own its flagship N95 smart phones, will cut the st... More...

Engadget: Delphi, a familiar face when it comes to GPS navigation systems, is readying a followup to last year’s touchscreen based NAV200, aptly named the NAV300. The specs don’t deviate wildly from the older model, keeping the 400MHz processor, SiRFstar III GPS receiver and SD m... More...

Navigadget: Back at CES2007 Navigon was also promoting a new GPS navigation system called P9611, a colloboration between Navigon and Porsche. This system uses Navigon’s MobileNavigator Premium software which in our opinion looks better than any of the Garmin interfaces. The hardware on the P9611 is... More...

NaviGadget: In addition to the NAV700, V7 has also prepared the NAV720, which is similar to 700 but it adds bluetooth hands free calling and is Traffic Messaging Channel (TMC) ready.NAV720 features a really sharp 4″ touch screen at 480 x 272 resolution which you can use to watch your MPEG4 videos as... More...

NaviGadget:? Apparently the next generation iPhone which will probably be announced in spring 2008 at Macworld will incorporate a SiRF Star III chip or something along those lines.?Unnamed sources are quoted as saying:? Apple is certain to use a chipset using Assisted GPS technology, which cuts down... More...

Gizmodo: It’s confirmed: iPhone will be released in the US on 29th June, retailing for approximately $600 (around €450).? Apple has aired 3 new TV ads,? which all show lots of gorgeous video of the iPhone in use. Watch them here: ? ? advert Apple iPhone More...

Hexus: Cased in stainless steel and packing the latest technology, the ASUS A696 perfectly marries the two worlds of consumer electronics and extreme luxury. Standing distinct from most of the PDAs on the market, the ASUS A696 is not only ultra-slim at only 1.57cm, it incorporates full GPS functio... More...

NetworkWorld:? Companies like TomTom, Garmin and Magellan may face future trouble from newer navigation applications on mobile smart phones.Research firm In-Stat thinks so. “Mobile phone operators now have the ability to market a downloadable navigation application that is just as good as,... More...

Veteran comic actor John Cleese, he of Monty Python fame and more, is the latest star signed up as voice guidance to TomTom’s sat nav devices. Listen to John here. He joins a growing number of stars - and stereotypes? - in TomTom’s voice guidance range.?? You can be guided by ... More...

GPS Tracklog: Early this year, GPS Tracklog?posted about the GolfLogix GPS, based on the Garmin eTrex platform.? It turns out that Magellan is into golf too, as evidenced by the SkyCaddie SG3 and SkyCaddie SG4, which are based on the Magellan eXplorist line. The SG4 is showing up in a couple of dif... More...

Engadget: In yet another case of a British individual nearly losing their life thanks to a complete and utter lack of common sense, a 20-year old Birmingham lass was following GPS directions, only to have her vehicle destroyed by a speeding train while she watched. Oddly enough, the dame followed t... More...

Electronista: Garmin ramped up its nuvi line with the 200W mapping units. The two models set for launch, the 200W and 250W, each use the same high-sensitivity antenna that slims down their profile compared to other GPS receivers, but adds a 4.3-inch wide touchscreen that helps readability and contr... More...

Gizmodo: Tele Atlas, that company that creates mapping databases for many GPS devices, has teamed up with software startup Inrix, and the result is new trafficking software that uses billions of pieces of historical traffic data to predict how congested roads will be throughout the day. You&#8... More...

The Register: What more do you want from a GPS unit than the ability to get you from A to B when you haven’t got a clue where you are or which way to go? Well, Harman Kardon is hoping that multimedia features will also feature highly on your shopping list as its new Guide+Play GPS-500 also... More...

NaviGadget: Somewhere at a trade show in Europe Garmin unveiled a wider version of the entry level Nuvi 200 series. It looks like 200W will be the regional model and 250W the continental version which will contain maps of North America or Europe. It is not clear whether the nuvi 270 will get a W a... More...