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Photos: The watches with tech appeal
Photo For those who prefer the outdoor life, sat-nav maker Garmin has its own range of GPS-connected watches aimed at athletic types, including this one: the Forerunner 405. Using its... [01 May 2009]
Inbox: iPhone, the Facebook generation and the IT skills shortage
Comment Notably the GPS problem and 3G connection problems have been addressed in previous updates. I was travelling down to London with no sat-nav so I set up the route on the iPhone. A comment... [17 Sep 2008]
Sat-navs driving motorists to distraction
News More than a third (36 per cent) of sat-nav users also said GPS has caused them to be uncertain or confused; and almost a third (26 per cent) said the tech tried to make them go through a... [22 Jul 2008]
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.... [15 May 2008]
Galileo phones home
News Galileo is a joint project between the EU and European Space Agency (ESA) to provide a comprehensive European sat-nav system, which will eventually replace the US military GPS network.... [09 May 2008]
GPS-chip boom as mobiles enter the frame
News The popularity of consumer sat-nav devices is fuelling the market for GPS receiver chips, with one billion chips now forecast to ship annually by 2013, says analyst house ABI Research.... [20 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Galileo
Cheat Sheet The EU feels European sat-nav users need an alternative to the US GPS or Russia's Glonass military satellite networks for navigating around the continent. So what's wrong with... [28 Jan 2008]
Sat-nav tackles congested HGV 'rat runs'
News G is for GPS 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... [21 Dec 2007]
Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas
Photo It packs wi-fi, HSDPA and GPS - the latter meaning it will support mapping software, effectively turning it into a sat-nav. Garmin nuvi 660 sat-nav... [03 Dec 2007]
Road-pricing satellites get European thumbs up
News Until now, sat-nav users have relied on the US GPS and the Russian Glonass satellite networks. The European Commission's Eurobaromometer survey found Europeans are "highly positive"... [06 Jun 2007]
Photos: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo It uses GPS information to show the location of the van geographically and the route it needs to take to fully map an area. Pictured are a selection of car navigation systems from GPS tech manufacturer,... [21 May 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. Or the ambulance whose GPS antics took it - and I'm assuming a geographically... [24 Apr 2007]
Sat-nav start-up turns to Yahoo!
News A GPS start-up plans to include Yahoo! Other GPS navigators also have built-in business directories but Dash Navigation will be the first to integrate Yahoo! s local-search data in its navigation device... [04 Jan 2007]
Mobile countdown to sat-nav shake-up
News The GPS market as we know it is set for a shake-up with pay-as-you-go mobile offerings and high-end services gearing up to put the squeeze on traditional big names such as Garmin and TomTom. According to a recent report... [02 Jan 2007]
Photos: Get your Bluetooth into 007's style
Photo If you're in need of some map assistance while out walking, you can turn your mobile into a sat-nav device with the help of Bluetooth and a pocket-sized GPS receiver, such as this... [20 Nov 2006]
