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TeleNav has become a well known solution which utilizes GPS-enabled mobile phones to provide navigation services in the U.S. Previously, the TeleNav service was only available as software. Now it seems that TeleNav is getting into the hardware business with its release of the TeleNav Shotgun.
The TeleNav...
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Safety when you drive a car is becoming a bigger issue, mainly due to the increasing amount of distractions there are; be it text messaging, phone calls, or changing the track on your MP3 player. Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is taking car safety one step further and will be trialling a new GPS-based...
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Sprint and Samsung have announced the long awaited upgrade of Windows Mobile 6.1 for the Samsung ACE. The new upgrade features Windows Mobile 6.1, Office Mobile 6.1, GPS, and the ability to install unsigned applications.
We reviewed the ACE back in June and at the time thought it was a great phone that...
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Kenya seems to be allowing elephants in the region to help themselves by allowing them to text local authorities when they get too close to the human population or property. It sounds like a joke, but the text messages are really saving the lives of elephants in Kenya according to an Associated Press...
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I read this news item with a bit of amusement since I will be in California for a few days next week:
GPS on your windshield re-legalized in California
While it has been legal to attach a GPS to a car’s dashboard, the windshield is not the place to put a GPS until a new law goes [...]
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Is the GPS network vulnerable to hackers? A Cornell University research team has demonstrated that it is, and that it is not that difficult to do. The Cornell team’s apparent ease at fooling a GPS receiver, a process termed “spoofing”, was presented in a paper at a meeting of the Institute of Navigation...
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If you have an older - non GPS enabled - phone, Google Maps Mobile has a handy alternative in the form of My Location.
My Location uses cellphone radio mast positions to triangulate and work out your rough location. Until now it has only been able to give a rough (within just under a mile) approximation...
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If Garmin can’t sell you one of their GPS devices, they could still try to sell you the service that’s supposed to come with it. That is, the navigation service that’s really the core of their business. This comes in the sweet, sweet form of a $99.99 one-time-purchase plan that gives...
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Having stuffed yourself silly on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, what better way to pass the time until drinking yourself silly on New Year’s Eve than downloading a new application for your mobile phone? Answers on a postcard please, but in the meantime, check out our pick of five top Java apps…...
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LaptopGPSWorld.com conducted an interview with Sygic's Veronika Tomankova about their upcoming GPS maps for the U.S.. Their GPS software works for PDA's, Vista and XP Tablet PC / laptops, and Linux based computer. Checkout the interview , and learn more about Sygic and their GPS solutions. Technorati...
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Maps are great if you know exactly where you’re currently located, but what good are they when you’re completely lost? Navizon is a great solution to help locate your approximate position based on cell-tower signal triangulation (we’ve been using on our iPhones with great results for...
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Have any of you Sprint Mogul owners out there wished for GPS and EVDO Rev. A in your HTC-sourced handset? You know, the features that your Sprint Mogul handset already has built into it, but were disabled for some crazy reason? Well, it looks like Sprint and HTC are working on a new ROM update that will...
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