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Navigadget: We have a better picture of GlobalSat GH-615 GPS watch we talked about last month. Still no price is available but we know it’ll be available in France very soon.GlobalSat GH-615 is designed as a personal assistant. It is conceived for professional athletes, lap runners, hikers, parachu... More...

AV zombie: Mobile TV and GPS are expected to dominate water-cooler conversations at this year’s 3GSM Congress, the mobile trade fest running in Barcelona February 12-15. The event, which has seen attendance explode from just over 20,000 five years ago to an anticipated 60,000 this week, is the numbe... More...

Computing: China has launched a new type of navigation satellite to set up a network that will rival America’s Global Positioning System and Europe’s Galileo. The Long March carrier rocket launched successfully on Friday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, according to Chine... More...

Navigadget: The Acer P630 we announced back in September 2006 are finally showing up at online stores in Europe prices ranging from €290 to €375.The P630 comes from the P600 series which contains slim and portable navigation devices that integrate a bright 4-inch display, which is great for navigat... More...

Auto Express: Sat-nav owners are less likely to have a crash. That’s the UK’s RAC view, in spite of Government research that said the kit could be a distraction. The motoring group’s insurer claims it’s the only provider to offer premium discounts for motoris... More...

Crave: By the end of this year, Apple could be planning to shift all of its iPods over to flash memory storage, according to an analyst report. The report, from Prudential Equity Group analyst Jesse Tortora, was spotted by AppleInsider. Tortora believes that by late 2007 Apple could shift the video... More...

Phonemag: u-blox AG will unveil u-blox 5, a GPS and Galileo-ready chip featuring an acquisition performance of less than one second, at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.The new technology boasts an acquisition and tracking sensitivity of -160 dBm that enables indoor coverage, a 50-channel engine... 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...

T3: Satnav specialist Garmin has unveiled a pair of nuvis GPS devices, both of which come jam packed with maps: you get the lowdown on 30 European countries, plus the USA, Canada and, er, Puerto Rico. The nuvi 670 has a crisp 4.3-inch touchscreen and the aforementioned maps. It also has 1.25GB fl... More...

Mobile Tech Digest: Online social networks such as Bebo, Myspace and Facebook, have traditionally allowed users with access to a PC and an internet connection to socialise online. Until now, sharing videos, photos, news, and messages with friends has been commonplace, however now users can use GPS ... More...

Silicon.Com: This is one of the vans used by mapping company Tele Atlas to gather images and data that eventually ends up on numerous navigation devices. The Dutch company is one of two major European mapping organisations - the other being Navteq - that provide maps to sat-nav manufacturers. Cu... More...

NaviGadget: A new service called TakeItWithMe now lets you transfer Google My Maps and Google Earth KML content directly to Garmin handheld GPS devices using the recently announced Garmin Communicator API. Or alternatively you can use this tool to convert Google My Maps to GPX format.It is pretty st... More...

TWICE: JVC has exited the personal navigation device (PND) business as competition in that segment heats up. JVC said it is no longer manufacturing its eAvinu KV-PX9 and will focus instead on the auto in-dash navigation market. JVC mobile entertainment VP Bill Turner stated, “Primarily because the... More...

Telegraph.co.uk: A drive around England’s Cornish coast could prove an eventful experience over the next couple of days, as the country’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) tests new ways of jamming GPS signals. Even in normal conditions, satellite navigation systems seem entirely capabl... More...

Engadget: It looks like Acer has yet another GPS device destined for parts other than North America, with its new budget-priced V200 model apparently exclusive to France for the time being. This one boasts a decent enough 3.5-inch QVGA display, along with the ever-present SiRF Star III GPS receive... More...

GPSWorld: Wireless location-based services supplier TeleNav is jumping into the social networking game with today’s launch of its latest version of TeleNav GPS Navigator, its navigation software for mobile phones. GPS Navigator subscribers with version 5.2 can now send their current loca... More...

NaviGadget: Mio is preparing two new PDA’s with GPS support; the P360 and P560. We have very few details right now but it is expected that these two models will be replacing the P350 and P550 of last year. Both P360 and P560 will run Windows Mobile 6. The new models feature Wi-Fi connectivity, Blue... More...

GPS World: European personal navigation device (PND) giant TomTom and wireless carrier Vodafone U.K.?yesterday said that they will jointly develop a new traffic information system for the United Kingdom. TomTom further said that it wants to extend similar systems to at least half of its European in... More...

DigiTimes: Netherlands-based TomTom plans to start marketing its GPS-enabled PND (portable navigation device) products in the China market by the end of 2007, according to Charles Huang, vice president for marketing, Asia Pacific, at TomTom. The number of privately-held cars in China totaled 16 mil... More...

I4U News: GPS Lodge got their hands on the new TomTom GO 720 at the TomTom offices. The TomTom Go 720 will ship in a couple of weeks from Amazon. Quote from the preview: “On my recent trip to TomTom, I was able to play with the new TomTom GO 720 and wanted to give you my first impressions... More...