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Engadget: Tired of looking at your lame, barely defined, primary-color GPS renderings, wherein the difference between your exit and a POI is merely a few hues on the RGB-wheel? Well, a company called Blusens wants to help you out… for a price, of course. The company has just introduced two... More...

MarketWatch: Navigation device company TomTom NV?will have to increase the price it is willing to pay for Tele Atlas NV, the Belgian-Dutch producer of digital roadmaps, following Nokia Corp’s?bid for Navteq Corp?earlier this week, according to analysts. “The current share price ... More...

Reuters: Shares of Garmin Ltd, the world’s largest maker of navigation devices, fell more than 10 percent on Monday after Nokia?offered to buy digital map supplier Navteq? Analysts had speculated that Garmin, whose devices are enabled by global positioning system (GPS) technology, might bu... More...

Mobile Magazine: The GlobalTrack G200P personal tracker by Cybergraphy Technology looks like a rugged pager from the early 90s, but this palm-sized device packs more functionality than you would initially imagine. Inside the GlobalTrack G200P is a ~160dBM high-sensitivity GPS receiver that will tra... More...

NaviGadget: Garmin just announced Garmin Mobile XT, maps and software packed into a microSD card, that turns select smartphones with GPS?into Garmin navigators. What is different about Mobile XT is that in addition to static preloaded maps it also provides access to dynamic content like real-time tr... More...

Camera Core: Samsung has officially announced its GPS integrated Samsung i550 phone, although no details are yet available about a UK?release date. The i550 is Samsung’s first navigational phone running on the S60 platform - 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 with Flash Lite 2.0 support. The phone feature... More...

Venues: Tourism agency VisitBritain has signed a new partnership with TomTom, to put points of interest (POIs), such as quality assessed accommodation, attractions and tourist information centres, onto TomTom’s satellite navigation systems. The fruit of the collaboration is a unique download servic... More...

TWICE: JVC and Kenwood said Monday they have set up a joint venture to develop car electronics technologies as well as home and portable audio products. The 50-50 joint venture will have 130 employees, the companies said. In a joint statement announcing the move, JVC and Kenwood said they plan to ... More...

GPSMagazine: GPS devices are now the number one item being stolen from motor vehicles. Think storing your spanking new GPS in the glove compartment keeps you safe from smash-and-grab thieves? Think again: according to a recent study, GPS theft is on the rise, and crooks have learned that a suction-c... More...

NaviGadget: European sat nav device maker Medion today announced the arrival of GoPal P4425, a GPS navigation system with 4.3″ touch screen and fingerprint recognition for extra security.Come to think of it this extra feature may come in very handy in case a serial killer steals your vehicle. You do... More...

NaviGadget: Acer launched a new range of GPS navigation systems called P700. These will supplement the current models Acer P600 and the Acer V200.The new P700 will have the largest screen of all of the above measuring at 4.3 inches. New on the P700 series is the new version 7 of ALK CoPilot navigati... More...

Hemscott: The launch of the second test satellite for the Galileo navigation project — envisioned to be a competitor to the NAVSTAR GPS positioning system — has been delayed to March 2008 from its originally-planned launch at the end of this year. ‘The launch that was ... More...

NaviGadget: IO Data of Japan recently introduced a simple USB GPS device for laptops called NaviClip. The device will probably appeal to those who don’t want to buy a stand alone GPS navigation system for their vehicle but use their PC’s as a navigator. The manufacturer was also nice enough to throw... More...

eMarketer: US and European mobile subscribers who use maps and other navigation aids on their handsets will total more than 43 million in 2012, according to Berg Insight.That is up from four million users in 2007 and represents a 60.8% compound annual growth rate. “Record shipments of per... More...

TWICE: Sharp and Pioneer have agreed to form capital and business ties, with plans to join forces on the development of next-generation consumer electronics products. Pioneer said it will issue 30 million new shares to Sharp for $357.3 million on Dec. 20. The private placement will make Sharp the t... More...

GPS Tracklog: Reuters is reporting that a pink nuvi is on the way, at least in Europe, where they say it will be available before year’s end.? There had been a rumor before that Garmin was getting ready to launch a nuvi aimed at women; now another source is citing it,?it might be?true. F... More...

NaviGadget: According to some sources GPS capable iPhone will be ready in the first quarter of 2008. The new iPhone will also feature 3G connectivity - possibly speeding up downloading of maps and POIs.The reason behind this rumor is the fact that Apple has been in touch with Broadcom’s Global Locat... More...

NaviGadget: Korean brand LG is adding a new high-end GPS navigation device to its LN family - a successor to LN700?which we talked about here at Navigadget before. The new GPS navigation system will simply be called LN800 (and LN800T).LG LN-800 has a 4″ screen with a 320×240 resolution which is unus... More...

NaviGadget: VDO Dayton’s new PN 4000 and PN 6000 navigation systems includes digital TV reception as well. Presented at the IAA International Motor Show Cars, in Frankfurt, these portable navigation devices, will come with a DVB-T receiver as a standard feature - a feature that still is of no use in... More...

Mobile Magazine: As if cruising through the streets of Paris was sexy enough, the HP iPAQ 312 Travel Companion portable GPS unit comes with maps that feature 3D representations of all the landmarks. We’ve seen three-dimensional maps before, but they’re usually just showing you wh... More...