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The Garmin Forerunner line of GPS-enabled watches just took a giant leap in techno-goodness. If you’re a runner or walker, you're going to like the way this new Forerunner 405 ($300) measures and records your speed, distance, elevation and...
POSTED Thursday, April 24, 2008
Tracking your mail is pretty easy if you use FedEx, UPS, or the postal service's priority mail. But what if you want to track your mail with more accuracy and send it however you want? Uh, OK. I guess there...
POSTED Wednesday, April 23, 2008
If you were a city planner, what would you do about traffic congestion? Skymeter has an idea that might not be too popular with a lot of drivers: Charge people for the amount their cars pollute the environment. Using a...
POSTED Wednesday, April 23, 2008
This slick little number is the Lenovo Ideapad U8 MID, based around Intel's brand-spanking-new Atom processor. It's got a sizable 4.8-inch touchscreen display and a "bullseye" optical mouse for one-handed web surfing operation over either EDGE or 3G data networks....
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
The Mio Moov won't blow your mind or anything. What it will do is act as your trusty guide, and for a price that'll still leave you enough for gas. Mio's redesigned its interface for the unit, and it looks...
POSTED Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A woman found herself in a bit of a bad spot when she followed her GPS unit's directions to drive her $190,000 Mercedes SL500 into a river. Oopsies. Despite clear markings on the road warning that heavy rain had made...
POSTED Friday, March 21, 2008
The AIR, or the Area's Immediate Reading, is designed by Preemptive Media and is on display at Eyebeam's exhibition space in New York City. It's a GPS-equipped handheld device that'll let you know everything you didn't want to about where...
POSTED Friday, March 21, 2008
Are you one of the lucky 6.7 million Americans who got a GPS personal navigation device at the end of last year? A whopping 47% of those units were made by Garmin, the U.S. market leader (TomTom is in...
POSTED Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The UberTracker is an accessible way for just about anybody to add a GPS tracking system to whatever they want. It'll send GPS tracking updates to an email address or web server by way of a cellular antenna. You'll need...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sony has updated their GPS-CS1 with the new GPS-CS1KSP model that comes in essentially the same form factor with just a little more sexy added to the device's housing. The original model was meant to perform as a geo-tagging unit...
POSTED Tuesday, February 26, 2008
We've seen fancy GPS systems that get real time traffic info from a permanent network of sensors like XM Traffic or MSN Direct. While that's all fine and dandy, XM or MSN service doesn't come cheap, and the data...
POSTED Monday, February 11, 2008
Recently, two hikers were rescued off of Mt. Hood. They didn't have a GPS or personal locator, yet GPS technology saved their lives. Unable to figure out where they were in blizzard conditions, they built a snow cave to...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
The iPhone may have Google Maps, but it doesn't rely on real GPS— it approximates your location using cell phone towers. And while there are smartphones with GPS out there, none contains a fully-featured GPS device. Garmin's newly-announced nüviphone...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
I love the idea of geotagging photos — embedding GPS data into your pictures so you know the exact location where the image was taken. ATP has introduced the Photo Finder to make the process easier without needing to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Gamin’s Nuvi 880 GPS has speech recognition that begs you to talk to it. No training necessary — you can just speak the command/address, and it’s entered into the GPS. Not only is it convenient, but it allows you...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
Have you ever come back from vacation and looked at your pictures and couldn’t remember where you took them? No? OK me neither, but Pharos thinks there's a market for a GPS gadget that will remember exactly where you...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
Mio, the company that brought us the DigiWalker, is showing off a concept phone/navigator here that could finally convince people to carry around GPS navigators. It's a dual sided cell phone and personal navigation system. The cell phone side...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Remember the episode of Seinfeld, when Kramer manages to lose Jerry’s sneakers? By the end of the episodes the pair were on a bus heading to Florida in a vain search to retrieve the shoes. This wouldn’t be necessary...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
Have you ever been driving with your head craned to your shoulder, balancing your cellphone while trying to type something on your in-dash GPS? If you have, then you're a very dangerous individual, and you really need to get...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
All GPS devices currently on the market run on the US-Government-created GPS network of satellites. Not all countries are all that excited about relying on maps and navigation supplied by the US government, as Uncle Sam has the ability to...
POSTED Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Sure, you can be happy with the standard robotic woman's voice that came loaded on your GPS navigation device, but in the age of infinite customization, what's the fun in that? There's no fun in it, that's where. That's why...
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
The Zoombak GPS locator is now officially available, giving you an easy way to immediately locate kids, family, car, or dogs with the help of a palm-sized GPS transmitter. Attach it to your dog's collar, hide it in your...
POSTED Thursday, December 20, 2007
There are your standard GPS navigation units, and then there's the Dash. The Dash takes navigation to the next level, as it communicates two ways: back and forth from your car. That means you can search for stuff from...
POSTED Monday, December 17, 2007
You know how you will see movies like Minority Report and always wonder when and if the technology used will be really available? Yeah, O'Neill has kind of done that, but backwards with the recently announced Navjacket. This jacket...
POSTED Thursday, December 13, 2007
If you're not too tech savvy or fluent in the mysterious operation of paper maps, Kenwood's got your back. At the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, Kenwood showcased a GPS unit that also comes with a pen-shaped scanner. All the...
POSTED Monday, November 5, 2007
The NVX3000PC — or the "Anyware" mobile PC, as parent company Audiovox is calling it — is a portable computer launching under the Jensen brand that isn't quite a handheld GPS, nor a full laptop. Instead, the Anyware incorporates...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Australian GPS Sports offers teams the ability to wire their players up and get the lowdown on their performance. The SPI Elite, pictured above, can be worn either affixed to a vest or strapped to an athlete's back. Coupling...
POSTED Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Few things can be as terrifying for a parent as losing track of your child. Fortunately, technology has a solution that will let you know your kid's location by computer, cell phone, or BlackBerry. We've wondered about privacy implications of...
POSTED Friday, October 26, 2007
Busybody parents can now go far beyond just planting a GPS device in their teenagers' cars; now they can mount a security camera on a car's windshield just behind the rearview mirror, watching their kids' every move. It's part...
POSTED Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Mio DigiWalker C720t is a touchscreen handheld GPS that will show you a map of where you are on its respectable 4.3 inch widescreen — providing you're somewhere in North America. It does everything a good GPS should,...
POSTED Saturday, September 29, 2007
Magellan's new rugged Triton line of handheld GPS navigators, ranging in price from $130 to $500, is designed for Daniel Boone types. All six models (the Triton 1500 is shown above) are compatible with National Geographic's TOPO! software packages...
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
GPS handhelds are improving almost as fast as wandering souls are snapping them up — market-research firm IDC projects 6.5 million personal navigation devices will be sold this year in the U.S., three times as many as last year....
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
Cell phones are everywhere these days — even kids and robots are running around with them. I guess it was only a matter of time before someone thought to attach them to pets as well. The PetsCell seems at...
POSTED Monday, September 10, 2007
News flash: you aren't interesting enough to be spied on. I know you like getting up in arms about your privacy and how technology makes it too easy for people to track you using technologies like RFID and GPS,...
POSTED Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The days of a GPS system's monotonous robotic voice giving you directions may be numbered, because these vibrating rings can now quietly indicate which way to go. Designer Gail Knight of the Royal College of Art in the UK...
POSTED Monday, July 23, 2007
My head is spinning with all the new GPS products hitting the market. GPS systems have been very popular all over the world and now they're catching on in the U.S.A. Why? In other countries, (Asia, Europe) the way...
POSTED Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Want to know where you are at all times? You need a portable GPS. Want to show off your geek chic while doing it? Then you need iriver's NV, a GPS that moonlights as a portable media player, and...
POSTED Monday, June 18, 2007
Today, TomTom announced the new GO 720 GPS. It features a map-improvement technology that lets you change and improve the GPS maps. Crazy! Let's say there is construction slated to start next Monday on your normal route to work....
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
No teenager wants to be on the business end of StreetEagle GPS Tracker, but beware — this technology is here and it's becoming more mainstream. Once the StreetEagle tracker is installed in your vehicle, it can easily be set...
POSTED Wednesday, May 30, 2007
GoPass Technology has suddenly become the worst enemy of car-borrowing teenagers across the world. First they were being tracked by their jackets, then their shoes and now even in the car — with audio! The AVL-900 tracker has two...
POSTED Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Mio's new DigiWalker C520 GPS brings you maps and entertainment on its widescreen display. It gives you a choice between a full- and split-screen map views, and the text-to-speech ability speaks clear voice prompts, calling out street names such...
POSTED Monday, May 21, 2007
Driving, walking or running, the Mio DigiWalker H610 GPS is truly a handheld personal navigation and entertainment device that's committed to getting you there, wherever "there" is. Extremely portable, this small-form GPS weighs just 3.9 ounces. And therein lies...
POSTED Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The GPS systems of the future are on their way, and here's a good example: this little Bushnell ONIX 400 handheld unit packs more gadget-per-square-inch than anything we've seen lately. It's an XM satellite radio to begin with, and...
POSTED Friday, March 30, 2007
If you've longed to have some type of fighter-jet technology in your car you'll be happy to know GlobalTop Technology is showing off the GPS HUD Speed Meter at a trade show this week. What's cool about this gadget...
POSTED Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The Intellinav One portable GPS navigation unit costs just $350 but packs in features that might give even top-rated GPS devices from Garmin a run for their money. In this price range, it's unusual to see text-to-speech capabilities, where...
POSTED Thursday, February 8, 2007
Ricoh just came out with its first GPS-ready digital camera, the 8-megapixel 500SE. Overall, the camera's features match those of last year's 500G, with a 2.5-inch LCD and waterproof/shockproof body. The 500SE comes with a detachable GPS module, but...
POSTED Wednesday, February 7, 2007
GPS devices are easily a dime a dozen (or two or three dozen for that matter) these days. So it's no surprise to see audio-equipment maker Harman Kardon throw its hat into the ring with the $500 Guide + Play...
POSTED Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Music players, digital cameras, video games — these extras we're used to finding in a cell phone. But the Pharos GPS Phone 600 (coming February for about $650) has something not even the Apple iPhone has: full-blown GPS navigation with...
POSTED Friday, January 12, 2007
Okay, we all know about GPS, but here's a new twist: Internet GPS. That's right, all of Dash's GPSes are connected to the Net, so if a car with a Dash GPS 5 miles ahead of you slows down,...
POSTED Thursday, January 11, 2007
It's tough to impress me, but iriver did it with its Unit 2. The company calls this slick stereo minisystem the Unit 2 because it hasn't thought of a name for it yet. The front LCD pops off to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Another portable GPS device. So what? Well, the Mio DigiWalker H610 is different. Smaller than a deck of cards — and tons more fun — the H610 ($499) is not just a portable GPS, it's a personal GPS. This...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Personal tracking gadgets are really gaining footing in the competitive field of devices for creeps and overbearing parents. While some of the earliest devices were shameless in their privacy-invading purposes, newer models give people more socially acceptable and selfless reasons...
POSTED Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Here's at least one gadget that won't burden you with yet another charging cord. Tramsystem's i-Blue 757 solar-powered Bluetooth GPS unit (go ahead and take a sec — that's a lot of gadgetry in one device) charges up its...
POSTED Thursday, December 28, 2006
Would you wear an article of clothing designed explicitly to track your movements and whereabouts? Of course not, you're probably saying. That's crazytalk. Well, what if you were going into the wilderness? On a hike or a ski trip,...
POSTED Wednesday, December 20, 2006
"Look where I've been!" will become your catch phrase once you download a new program called Track Exporter from sports-watch maker Suunto. Made to work with the company's X9 or X9i (above), the free download will take the GPS...
POSTED Thursday, December 14, 2006
GPS is great for lots of things, but my favorite use of the lovable satellite positioning system is having the ability to track your friends, family, and employees without them knowing it. Who wouldn't enjoy the feeling of omniscient power...
POSTED Thursday, December 7, 2006
Kids these days, they've got it easy. When I was a boy, a car trip didn't mean it was time to watch DVDs on a seat-mounted LCD screen — it meant fighting with my brother in the backseat and...
POSTED Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Having your dog run away is a stressful, awful ordeal no one wants to have to go through. We love our pooches, and to think of them getting in harms way is more than a lot of people can bear....
POSTED Thursday, September 7, 2006
You just got home from a two-month backpacking trip across Europe, purportedly to "find yourself" but really to "avoid work," and you've got tons of photos to show off. You can identify the landmarks, like Big Ben and the...
POSTED Wednesday, August 2, 2006
How will people get around in the future? Motorized unicycles? Off-road Segways? Skateboards with treads? Reasonable contenders, all, but much too land-based. No, we're waiting for Rick Herron to finish up his real-deal, so-wild-you-just-have-to-see-it jet pack before we commit...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
If you're not a rich guy with fancy GPS navigation and some built-in computer analyzing traffic in your new Benz, don't worry. Google has just announced yet another feature for its Maps service: GPS traffic information for anyone without GPS,...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
With cell phones becoming more and more ubiquitous on college campuses, the phone jacks in dorm rooms are becoming just another patch of wall covered by empty Keystone Light cans and Bob Marley posters. Since college administrations care about...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
Japanese cell-phone makers have combined GPS, compasses, and cell phones to give people the power to get information about any location simply by pointing their phone at it. Because emergency regulations in Japan require cell phones to have GPS on...
POSTED Wednesday, June 28, 2006
GPS navigation company TomTom wants you to get directions from a voice you'll recognize — specifically, Mr. T, Burt Reynolds, and Dennis Hopper. That's right, soon TomTom will be offering celebrity voices for their GPS navigations systems for a...
POSTED Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Transport for London, a British government organization responsible for, fittingly, transportation in London, is currently investigating a technology that would force drivers to follow local speed limits. Using GPS to tell cars what the speed limit is in the area...
POSTED Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Because we love to tease you, here's another slick-looking phone that's selling over in Asia but will probably never make it to U.S. shores. The Samsung SCH-V890/SCH-V8900 was just announced in Korea; it's a new slim slider phone with...
POSTED Monday, May 1, 2006
If you've ever wanted to take that handy navigation system from your Escalade out on the streets while you're walking around, the upcoming TØRQ N100 from Sound Solutions may be the phone for you. A combined PDA, phone, and GPS...
POSTED Thursday, April 27, 2006
If you want to know if your daughter really just went to the movies on her date, then this USB gadget will give you the lowdown without you having to hide in the trunk. What looks like a USB...
POSTED Friday, April 21, 2006
With GPS navigation devices becoming more and more common in SUVs and luxury cars, motorcyclists have been out of luck if they wanted to get in on the direction-getting action. Until now, that is, with the upcoming release of the...
POSTED Friday, April 7, 2006
SlimTRAK is a covert way to keep valuables under constant surveillance. The 3.6-ounce homing beacon has a GPS transmitter that runs on four AA batteries (should last three months). After you've stuck it on your quarry, just fire up your...
POSTED Monday, March 20, 2006
Blackbox AV is hoping GPS can guide the tour industry. Frontier, intended primarily for train, bus, and boat tours, is the Welsh company's "intelligent guide while you ride." Audio tours are typically designed around estimations of where a tour...
POSTED Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Tee2Green is selling a device designed to perform most duties of a caddy. The sureshotgps acts primarily as a rangefinder, using GPS to determine distances — tee to green, ball to hazard, etc. — around the golf course. It...
POSTED Friday, February 24, 2006
If you've ever wandered away while talking on your cell phone, E-Ten has a gadget that'll make sure you don't get lost. The G500 combines a cell phone with a GPS device. Equipped with Windows Mobile 5.0 and Bluetooth for...
POSTED Monday, January 30, 2006
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) may be a rapidly receding memory, but it usually pays to go back and take a second look after all the dust clears. After all, given the sheer enormity of the show, there's no...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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