RDS-TMC GPS Gadgets and Navigation Articles

Updated July 10th, 2009 Garmin's new nuvi 1xxx entry level GPS systems with a difference, courtesy of the downloadable cityXplorer maps with transit system data, are now available, just in time for the summer trips. Check out the firs user reports like Don's in the nuvi 12xx/13xx/1490 - User Review...

Posted July 6th, 2009 It's been nearly 5 years since the breakthrough SiRFstarIII GPS chipset was first shown inside the Leadtek 9553 Bluetooth GPS at ION GNSS 2004 and now the first AIOs based on the new SiRFAtlasIV platform are available, the Takara GP30/53/54 or Navigon 3300/4300 in Europe and t...

Posted July 6th, 2009 It's been nearly 5 years since the breakthrough SiRFstarIII GPS chipset was first shown inside the Leadtek 9553 Bluetooth GPS at ION GNSS 2004 and now the first AIOs based on the new SiRFAtlasIV platform are available, the Takara GP30/53/54 or Navigon 3300/4300 in Europe and t...

Updated June 29th, 2009 Ever since the iPhone 3G with a built-in Globallocate Hammerhead II chipset came out a year ago, we'd been waiting for a full GPS Assisted Navigation solution for the iPhone. With its bright and wide screen and graphics performance, it seemed like an ideal platform. While To...

Updated June 24th- 3:00 PM PST Garmin have just made the v3.60 software available via the WebUpdater to fix this "dead GPS" problem. This will only help those who can still power on their 7x5 GPS, others will have to send it in to Garmin with a quoted 15 day turnaround. As a side note some revived ...

Updated June 23rd, 2009 Late last night we started getting reports in the forums that Garmin nuvi 765 systems were failing (and now 755s too). The scenario being : a pop-up saying a GPS update was being rolled out and then the nuvi powering off and refusing to power on again ! It is not known at...

Updated May 20th, 2009 In an unusual move, Garmin have been regularly releasing new beta software versions for the Oregon series, and very interesting features have been added along the way : "Sight'N'Go", Intelligent Averaging and "Man Overboard". The latest v2.98b came with a new v3.40 GPS fimwar...

Updated May 22nd, 2009 While Navigon's exit from the North American market is now confirmed, they are still supporting existing customers with the release today of the Navigon Fresh Q2/2009 map update via the Navigon Fresh software. As in the past there is a delay compared with Navteq's own dates, ...

Updated May 25th, 2009 The nuvi 1xxx (12xx, 13xx, 1490) series was announced at the CeBIT tradeshow in Hannover in March and should be available starting in June. I had the opportunity to visit the new Garmin France offices in Nanterre just outside Paris and was given a presentation of these new nu...

Updated May 29th, 2009 Very much out of the blue, TomTom have just announced the availability of TomTom Navigator 7 for Windows Mobile smartphones. This new version comes almost 3 years after TTN6...and a year after TTN7 was first seen on the HTC Diamond Smartphone as a bundle only. TomTom seemed t...