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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

1690 3D Render

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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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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Five great GPS gadgets

by GPSDaily, posted Monday 21 December 2009

TMC
TMC Receiver
Price: Varies between manufacturers
Website: www.expansys.com
You can buy TMC receivers for most modern GPS devices, though the introduction of HD Live traffic services from the likes of TomTom are slowly eating away at the latter’s popularity. Still adding a TMC antenna is simply enough, with prices …

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Review: NDrive Touch XL Real Navigation

by Andy Betts, posted Monday 19 October 2009

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NDrive’s latest navigation device arrives, possessing the unique mapping technology called Real Navigation which allows you to view your surroundings on the screen in a top down satellite fashion similar to Google Maps. Does this help the device compete with the TomToms and Garmins that dominate the market?

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