• more about #garmin
    chareverie: Audi is integrating #Google services into their next vehicle, the Audi A8. Specifically, Google Earth, which *does* include Google Maps and navigation... more »
    fuchikoma: I love it... not the most useful thing now since my car tells me most of that, but it's right up my alley. If they made it project onto the windshield... more »
    D0rk: I'm not one of those idiots that leaves their GPS mounted in plain view 24/7. If it's out, i'm using it, for the GPS. Though the OBD-II bluetooth d... more »
    met2art: Pretty clever, actually... and it would probably give better routing estimates, having realtime data on your speed, idle, gas mileage, etc. I foresee... more »
    not_a_virus.exe.vbs: I don't see how Google Maps could beat a dedicated GPS unit. I do a lot of research on GPS units and have roadtested several, the dedicated units alwa... more »
    Odin: Google is like a slow lumbering behemoth. You may think you can keep it in your sights but you get this unsettling feeling it's speeding up. You take ... more »
    cattrain: Uhh... If you go to maps.google.com, from the default position, it says "© 2009 Google Map data ©2009 LeadDog Consulting, Google, Tele Atlas, INEGI,... more »
    JoeKhurr: Google has app's to get on the internet with a phone, and yet I'm sitting in the campus library on my laptop. Google makes app's for music players, ye... more »
    Lizard_King: Garmin's products have not advanced much in the last few years. I currently own a 60CSx, a Nuvi (260, I think) and a Edge 705 for my bicycle. The Edge... more »
    circa86: Very good write up. But there is a HUGE difference with this and companies like Microsoft. Google isn't really after the competition, and the only t... more »
    WMyers: Google is probably going to get slapped by the EU over this if they aren't excruciatingly careful. Their "competitors" in the map space are European,... more »
    okeribok: How will google make money from the free maps app? Just by making people use Android, or by some evil scheme, like rerouting your trip through the nea... more »
    krownd: and after all the other companies go out of business, google will be last one standing... world domination! and then they decide to charge all their... more »
    ripfire: "I was always afraid of spiders growing up, not because of the eight legs or the umpteen eyes, but because of the way they kill their prey." You mean... more »
    bustedchain: There is a term for this type of technology that literally means "upsetting the balance of power" and means "paradigm changing".... Google has a rec... more »
    :negated:: Why innovate and stay competitive when you can just get the US and/or EU to investigate Google on grounds of monopolization and get them mired in year... more »
    RW-One: While TomTom likely will feel this as bad as Garmin, as a pilot, Garmin also has aviation GPS systems that I don't think Google will be replacing anyt... more »
    GuyWithDogs: I know this sounds trollish, and I'm not a troll, but ... I wonder what the reaction would have been if Microsoft had announced the free nav app this... more »
    HJTravels: Ok so Google is the new Walmart. Surprise. What did you think was going to happen when people have too much money not to take over the world. #google more »
    Canoehead: In Peter Hamilton's Misspent Youth, we get to see a society in which copyrights have been essentially destroyed by the 'net and unlimited storage. Un... more »
  • We can't find any posts with those tags. Or check your spelling and try again.