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Garmin unveils first Android smartphone

by GPSDaily, posted Thursday 11 February 2010

Garmin’s early attempts at moving into the smartphone market were not wholly successful, but things are looking up thanks to their long rumoured move to the Android OS. The A50 will be officially unveiled next week, and could be surprise contender in an industry where free navigation …

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Review: Garmin nüvi 1490T

by BrettJames, posted Wednesday 10 February 2010

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The Garmin 1490T is certainly stylish considering its size. Weighing fractionally more than a standard 4.3” satnav, its rugged rubberised coating at the back and glossy black finish at the front house a massive 5” touch screen display.

Its design is not perfect: the miniUSB port placement …

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Garmin brings TV to GPS

by Andy Betts, posted Tuesday 26 January 2010

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Garmin has unveiled the nüvi 1490TV satnav system, featuring full pan-European satellite navigation and an integrated digital TV tuner.

Using the DVB-T digital television standard, the nüvi can pick up freeview digital TV and radio content from over 14 countries across Europe.  In the …

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Review: Garmin nüvi 1690

by BrettJames, posted Saturday 16 January 2010

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The 1690 is the first Garmin nüvi GPS device that we have seen that features the new nuLink over the air pan-European services such as traffic, camera updates and Google local search, bringing them into line with the recent high-end live devices …

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GPS technology on Rugby field

by GPSDaily, posted Friday 15 January 2010

English Super League team Bradford is going to utilize GPS technology to keep tabs on their players performance on the field. Whether during a game or at practice the technology will offer detailed information such as their heart rate and their movement around the field.

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Review: Navigon 8410

by GPSDaily, posted Friday 15 January 2010

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The Navigon 8410 is the latest flagship product in the range which brings to the table a selection of core updates and new features such as Real City 3D, wrapped around a large multimedia laden 5” display with optional TV support.

The 8410 incorporates its capacitive screen …

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Review: Telmap Navigator for iPhone

by Andy Betts, posted Wednesday 13 January 2010

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Telmap is the latest navigation provider to bring their existing smartphone application to the iPhone, via O2 in the UK. Unlike the previous packages we’ve seen, from the likes of TomTom and Navigon, Telmap is an offboard solution. This means the maps are stored remotely, rather …

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