How often do you use the GPS navigator on your phone?  Perhaps you use devices made specifically for driving, like a TomTom.  Either way, have you ever noticed how it is just off?  Roads not quite on, shown as a two way instead of a one way, or shown open ... Continue Reading

Magellan (MiTAC Digital Corporation) has announced the latest addition to their GPS product lineup with its eXplorist Pro 10. This feature packed GIS (Geographic Information System) device runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and is powered by an impressive 533MHz Samsung S3C2450 processor, 128MB RAM with 4GB onboard flash storage and is expandible thanks ... Continue Reading

Anaheim Union School District and Family Justice Center police officials have collaborated to trial a diversionary program to counter rising truancy rates amongst its student population. Grades 7 and 8 students with four or more unexcused absences, with parental consent, are assigned a handheld GPS device. Required to check-in five ... Continue Reading

Industry standard Twitter application Twidroyd has teamed up with world leading Skyhook to integrate its location positioning technology. The popular feature allows users of the cross-platform Twidroyd to geotag tweets and photos allowing users to "more closely connect and share with one another." Skyhook's technology in Twidroyd has now replaced ... Continue Reading

Garmin have recently released StreetPilot which is the newest addition to its mobile GPS Apps. Advertised as having up to date map support for US and Canada, all maps and directions are pulled from Garmin's servers so the App itself only takes up around 7MB of space on your device. Here ... Continue Reading

Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, 16 November 2010 -- Australian consumer electronics designer, manufacturer and retailer Kogan began operations in the UK overnight. Kogan has bucked the trend in a difficult global financial climate to begin selling LED TVs and GPS units direct to UK customers through www.kogan.co.uk. Kogan has received an astounding number of requests ... Continue Reading

Archos swore that this one was set to ship in "mid-October," which means that the pre-order link at Amazon should switch over in a matter of nanoseconds, minutes or hours. For those in need of a refresher, the Archos 43 is an Android-based portable media player with ... Continue Reading

Runners love to tell you about their post-workout highs, but they rarely mention the mid-workout delirium that comes when muscles deprive your brain of blood, leading to doubts about how long you've been running, what your target heart rate should be, and indeed how to get home ... Continue Reading

Apple, perhaps worried about competition from the Android camp, may be looking to develop a new version of iPad, this one with a 7-inch screen. It would bring such a device to market some time in 2011, according to a research note put out by Rodman & Renshaw ... Continue Reading

Early reports indicate Europe will pay a pretty penny for Samsung's Galaxy Tab, but the 7-inch tablet may cost a good bit less when it comes to US shores -- the Wall Street Journal paraphrases a Samsung executive who claims it could run between $200 and $300 depending on the ... Continue Reading