http://findermentalism.com GPS Sat-Nav news and reviews Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:47:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Garmin have announced the new Garmin nüvifone, a new GPS phone that's been designed as a GPS device first and a mobile phoen second. The nüvifone is Garmin's response to the increasing encroachment of their territory by the mobile phone companies such as Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, each ... http://findermentalism.com/2008/02/05/garmin-nuvifone-takes-fight-to-nokia/ Later than I'd have liked (I've been moving house), here's the first of several dozen reports from CES 2008, where GPS devices were being shown off in their droves. First up is the new top-end Garmin Nuvi 880, which features a lush 4.3" screen, real time traffic updates, Bluetooth, ... http://findermentalism.com/2008/01/22/garmin-nuvi-880-at-ces-2008/ A new service by Nudar.com (Note: NSFW!) has been launched that adds a whole new set of Points of Interest to your GPS device. current GPS devices consider such things as ATMs, museums, airports and golf courses as POIs worthy enough of inclusion. Not so Nudar - for them, ... http://findermentalism.com/2008/01/21/nudar-shows-what-a-real-point-of-interest-looks-like/ Nav N Go launched their 3D navigation software, the Nav N Go iGO8 at CES 2008, showing off an incredibly detailed navigation service that doesn't just show roads, it also shows a 3D version of the terrain over which you're travelling. It doesn't stop with terrain, either - the ... http://findermentalism.com/2008/01/21/nav-n-go-3d-navigation-software-coming-to-the-psp/ Google caused a stir a few weeks back with the announcement of its new mobile phone platform, Android. Of particular note was the control it gave developers over the features of mobile phones - features such as built-in GPS and Wi-Fi receivers. However, all we were given was ... http://findermentalism.com/2007/12/18/gps-augmented-reality-games-on-their-way-via-google-android/ Medion have decided to add possibly the most useful of all features to their new Medion GoPal P4425 GPS device - a foolproof anti-theft system. It's foolproof simply because Medion have added a finger print scanner to it, so the only way you can use it is if it ... http://findermentalism.com/2007/12/09/medion-gopal-p4425-the-thief-proof-sat-nav/ Google and Tom Tom have announced a new partnership that will see Google maps integrate tightly with Tom Tom GPS devices (see video above). The new service will enable users of Google maps to send addresses directly to their Tom Tom Sat Nav unit via a "Send To GPS" ... http://findermentalism.com/2007/12/09/google-and-tom-tom-team-up/ GPS devices are great for navigating your way around unfamiliar places, and even try to route you around traffic hotspots. However, they've been notoriously unreliable at spotting traffic jams, as they either discover them too late (i.e. when the traffic around you has just stopped), or still think there's ... http://findermentalism.com/2007/11/19/tom-tom-and-vodafone-hook-up-to-beat-the-jams/ TeleAtlas is one of the big mapping companies, and is currently being taken over by Tom Tom. It has a huge database of locations and points of interest, and provides the key data that Tom Tom and others use to present your location and route on your GPS device. However, ... http://findermentalism.com/2007/10/25/3d-gps-maps-on-their-way-courtesy-of-teleatlas/ I've waffled on a bit recently about Nokia, Garmin, Microsoft and Google all battling it out between them for a share in the lucrative location-based services market. For those who've not read my earlier posts on location-based services, they're seen as advertising nirvana - ads that don't just advertise ... http://findermentalism.com/2007/10/25/adnav-boomerang-heralds-super-cheap-gps-devices/