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RSS sat navSat-nav: A great deal at half the price...
News Typically costing £1,500 as an option, sat-nav is the must-have in-car tech at the moment. Although 75 per cent of respondents initially stated they would be interested in in-car navigation as an option,... [22 Sep 2006]
Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way
News Drivers in London would be first in line for the technology that pairs sat-nav GPS with a digital map of the capital and its speed limits to tell drivers how fast they should be driving. Tom-Tom... [15 May 2008]
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Comment Sat-nav and stupidity Sat-nav blunders spawn warning signs How does a sat-nav know the dimensions of the particular vehicle being... [07 Sep 2007]
Editor's Blog: Sat-nav driving me crazy
Comment But later that night I was struck by just how important GPS and sat-nav have become. I noticed a steady trickle of them turn into a heavier flow of vehicles, many featuring drivers intently looking at... [24 Apr 2007]
Sat-nav tackles congested HGV 'rat runs'
News Digital road routing information from the Ordnance Survey (OS) is being used by sat-nav mapping company Tele Atlas on its map database to help prevent lorries getting stuck down small roads and villages. [21 Dec 2007]
Photos: The happy robot sat-nav
Photo Aida - the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent - will also bring a human touch to the sat-nav thanks to its virtual face, which will be able to express a range of emotions. In the future drivers will... [11 Nov 2009]
Europe in love with sat-nav
News TomTom remains the top selling sat-nav device maker with just over 30 per cent market share. While most of the market is made up of the type of 'transferable' device typically used by drivers for... [14 Aug 2006]
Tesco.com plans new uses for sat-nav gadget
News Higgins told silicon.com: "They only have one device instead of two which they would have to juggle and they don't have to type in the postcodes [of customers] into the sat-nav. Tesco.com is coming up... [27 Sep 2006]
Mobile countdown to sat-nav shake-up
News The analyst house also predicts sat-nav companies will be forced to dream up new innovative services, faced with approaching penetration of the market for low-cost, basic map-based offerings. The... [02 Jan 2007]
Nokia revved up over sat-nav gadget
News Nokia has once again branched out from its mobile core business with the announcement of its first GPS sat-nav device, the 330 Auto Navigation. The move from mobile phone provider to... [30 Oct 2006]
Green sat-nav pioneered in Sweden
News An eco-friendly sat-nav system offering routes to save fuel and minimise greenhouse gas emissions is being developed by Swedish scientists. Their sat-nav system has... [04 Jan 2007]
Green sat-nav - how it works
News Yesterday silicon.com reported on developments by Swedish academics to build a greener sat-nav system that works out the most fuel-efficient routes. The green sat-nav... [05 Jan 2007]
Sat-nav start-up turns to Yahoo!
News A GPS start-up plans to include Yahoo! s local-search data in its navigation device for cars. Other GPS navigators also have built-in business directories but Dash Navigation will be the first to integrate Yahoo! [04 Jan 2007]
Norwich Union to use car-tracking sat-nav tech
News Norwich Union is using GPS satellite-based navigation technology to track cars as part of a new pay-as-you-drive insurance scheme which could lower premiums for many drivers. The in-car GPS device will store information on every car... [05 Oct 2006]
Nokia launches 'mobile sat-nav' for walkers
News Nokia has launched the second generation of its mobile mapping technology which now includes a 'Walk' application for navigating around cities on foot. The Finnish mobile giant also announced four new handset models - including the... [11 Feb 2008]
