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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 »
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 »
vic.nospam: Why does this Google app stop working when I get a phone call? The iPhone map apps can be used during a phone call which is very important when I am i... more »
kimchibrown: "Google: If you're going to knock everyone else off the mountain, at least give us an app worthy of a king." This is probably the stupidest thing I'v... more »
forum_admin001: Let me get this straight: Google Nav (beta) has 'awesome' voice search, 'impressive' free text-to-speech, live traffic (also, of course, free) as well... more »
joule79: I sometimes feel like I'm out of touch, but actually, that is how I'd describe ALL google services: good for free but far from perfect (even the searc... more »
dagamer34: Is the app really still in beta, or is it just a perpetual Google beta? #googlenavigator more »
Fractal the Meek: Nice review, Wilson. You didn't mention it, so can we assume that the volume and clarity of the voice were good enough to overtake road noise? Perha... more »
BingoTC: Google does have a POI browser Android app called Places Directory that they released earlier this summer. I would not be surprised if this gets integ... more »

#gps

Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
Sometime next year, Garmin nuvi GPS devices will have the option of displaying information on your car's inner workings using EcoRoutes ESP—a module that taps into your car's onboard diagnostics (OBD-II) port. More »
#roundup

Week In Review—The Second Coming of Android
Think of this week's round of announcements as Android's débutante ball. She's gone from a lovable ragamuffin to a mature OS that's ready for the spotlight. With Android 2.0, Motorola Droid and Google Maps Navigation, she stole our hearts. More »
#review

Google Navigator for Android Review: Good For Free But Far From Perfect
As you know, Google's freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what's great—and what's surprisingly bad—about it. More »
#remainders

Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
Esquire Sells the Space Beneath Downey's Iron Nuts...No Joy for TomTom's $120 iPhone Car Dock...Amtrak Gets "Free" Wi-Fi, But You Still Have to Pay for the Subsidy, Er Ticket...Voulez Vouz QOOQez Avec Moi? More »
#gps

Microsoft Pulling The Plug On MSN Direct In 2012
While it's probably not the first casualty of the Google GPS navigation bombshell, the fact remains—Microsoft is pulling the plug on their MSN Direct service on January 1st, 2012. More »
#stocks

It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer
Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget]
#garmin

Amazon Chops Garmin Nuvifone G60 Price By Two Thirds In the First Month
Our recommended price for the Nuvifone G60 was death, payable by the handset, not the prospective buyer. Until that can be arranged, though, Amazon's plunging $200 discount (on a $300 phone!) will have to do. More »
#gps

TomTom iPhone Car Kit Hits Apple Store But Misses October Ship Date
The good news: for those of you who want it, the TomTom iPhone Car Kit can be ordered for $120 at the Apple Store. The bad news: while TomTom originally promised the device for October, it's still not shipping for "2-3 weeks." [Apple via SlashGear via CrunchGear]
#gps

Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
The Insignia Little Buddy is a $100 child-tracking GPS system. You simply duct tape the Little Buddy to your kid, and you'll never lose the little bugger again (involuntarily). More »
#art

Al Gore GPS Backpack Looks Like a C4 Bomb
Designed by artist Ted Noten, this backpack consists of a Tom Tom GPS unit embedded inside an acrylic slab. He intends to place it inside a slowly melting glacier in Switzerland—hence the title "Al Gore." More »
#gps

GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
This box is a GPS puzzle build as a wedding gift by Mikal Hart. It only opens when it's in a specific location, and the puzzle involves discovering just where that location is. More »
#wifi

Wi-Fi Bracelet Tracks Grandma or That Cheating Whore of a Husband
Ekahau's T301W Wi-Fi Bracelet can pinpoint the exact location of anyone wearing it, without the use of GPS. But there's a catch. More »
#bookexcerpt

Four Old Gadgets We Love (and Four We Hate)
Anna Jane Grossman is the author of Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By. She has compiled a special short list for Gizmodo: Four old gadgets we love and we'll really miss, and four we're glad are gone: More »
#iphoneapps

MotionX GPS Drive Review: Hands Down the Best Value In GPS Apps
People bitching about TomTom's $100 iPhone navigation app can either a) bitch louder or b) download MotionX GPS Drive by Fullpower. It's $3 per month or $25 per year, and it works just fine. More »
#iphoneapps

Gokivo Drops Monthly Rate to $5/Month
Possibly in response to the amazingly low price of Fullpower's MotionX GPS (stay tuned for full review), Networks In Motion has reduced the monthly rate of its Gokivo iPhone app to $4.99. [iTunes Link]
#smartphones

Garmin Nuvifone G60 Is Finally Happening: On AT&T Oct. 4 for $299
Took long enough: The near-vaporware Garmin nuvifone G60 GPS-cum-fone is actually coming out, and it's gonna be on AT&T come Oct. 4 for $300, with an extra $5/month for navigation services. I'm sure it will fail miserably. [Yahoo]
#iphone

TomTom iPhone Car Kit Priced at $120, Available October
You've wondered how much the TomTom iPhone Car Kit will cost in October? $120. Of course, the software itself runs another $100, so the total TomTom iPhone GPS system requires a $220 investment. Just like a "real" GPS! [GPSTracklog] More »
#gps

Free Waze App Turns GPS Navigation Into a Social Cellphone Game
The problem with most turn-by-turn navigation apps for cellphones is that they are outrageously expensive. Not so with Waze. In fact, the app is totally free—and it even turns the driving experience into a fun little game. More »
#iphone

ARider Turns The iPhone Into a Heads-Up GPS Display For Cyclists
Japan's Ubiquitous Entertainment have developed a prototype device called ARider that allows cyclists to navigate via their iPhone 3GS using a heads up display. Of course, the whole setup seems a bit precarious for you and your precious phone. More »
#battlemodo

iPhone Navigation App Battlemodo, Part II: The Best Cheap GPS App
When I published the turn-by-turn navigation app battlemodo, many readers asked me to evaluate some other popular choices. Because everything I do, I do for you, here are CoPilot, GoKivo and Sygic, a.k.a. the best of the rest: More »
#confluxfestival

Conflux Festival's Augmented Reality Games, Gizmos Descend On NYC
Augmented reality golf game, played on New York City streets? Check. Fish-finding buoys that flash when the East River denizens swim near? Ditto. A 64-block chess game played with humans? Why yes, the Conflux Festival has that too. More »
#gps

This Guy's Cellphone Takes Augmented Reality To a Whole New Level
Apps involving augmented reality may be the next big thing, but this guy's crappy cellphone is already light years ahead. [Sheepfilms via b3ta via YBNBY]
#netbooks

Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook Unboxed on Camera
Nokia's Booklet 3G still has no U.S ETA, but it's an interesting 10.1-incher with Windows 7, 3G, and a claimed 16-hour battery life. And though I've no idea what this (Greek?) gentleman is saying, here's what's in the box: More »
#iphoneapps

Navigon Wants an Extra $25 for Real-Time Traffic Data on the iPhone
Fresh off last week's free text-to-speech and iPod control updates, Navigon's back with a new feature announcement for their iPhone app. And hey, this real-time, crowd-sourced traffic data sounds pretty great! But is it $25 great? More »
#concepts

GPS Compass Could Make for the Grandest Treasure Hunt of All Time
Allow me to geek out for a moment. I mean, really geek out—more than dressed up D&D geek out. I mean like, this is the shit you don't share with people for fear of complete social and parental ostracism. More »
#gps

Ancient Man Used Stone "Sat Nav" 5000 Years Ago
New research is suggesting that Stone Age Britons were arranging hilltop monuments in an elaborate grid of isosceles triangles—allowing travelers to navigate the country without maps. Apparently, these markers included famous sites like Stonehenge and The Mount. More »
#gps

TomTom XXL Line Grows Fat, 5-Inch Screens
Until SiRFStarIV takes over the world, bigger screens are pretty much the best upgrade a GPS can get. More »
#chinamodo

The GPS Who Wants To Be an iPhone
I wish there was a quick way to snatch many of these cheap Chinese thingamajigs. Like the MMDD MD-520, a 4.5-inch touchscreen "all-in-one GPS" that really does it all, including cloned iPhone icons and Flash. More »
#gps

APSI C100's Removeable Touchscreen Actually Makes Me Excited about a GPS
Personal navigation device design is usually as boring as late night infomercials, but not APSI's C100. The half GPS half PMP comes with a cradle which you can slide the touchscreen device in and out of. More »
#gps

Screw Twitter, You Can Follow This Politician's GPS Ankle Bracelet
Michael Untermeyer better steer clear of the strip clubs for the next thirty days. The candidate for Philly DA has chosen to wear an electronic monitoring anklet like the thugs get to wear. Why? More »
#tomtom

TomTom's GPS-Enancing Car Kit Delayed Until October
According to the company FAQ, TomTom's much talked about car kit that brings enhanced GPS to both the iPhone and iPod Touch will be available starting in October, and not by the end of the summer as previously believed. [TomTom]
#gps

Garmin nüvi 1690 GPS Gives You Google on the Go (for Two Years)
If you're nuts for wireless data and for some reason don't own a smartphone, the Garmin nüvi 1690 would like to tempt you with two years of data in its purchase price. More »
#nokia

Nokia Booklet 3G and N900 Will Come to America, Absolutely No ETA
In a U.S. press briefing this morning, Nokia said that its Booklet 3G and the N900 will eventually be sold in the US of A. The company would not detail if they would be sold through carriers or simply unlocked (and in Nokia's U.S. based flagship stores). More »
#gps

Garmin Edge 500 Cycling GPS Tracks Speed, Burned Calories and Heart Rate
We are still waiting on the BERU Factor 001 with its built-in computer, but Garmin's new Edge 500 will add GPS and some health monitoring tools to your bicycle in the meantime. More »
#iphone

Find My iPhone Leads Cops to Robbery Suspects
Find My iPhone to the rescue again! Pittsburgh Police nabbed three robbery suspects over the weekend, after the man they allegedly robbed used the MobileMe online service to point police to their location. More »
#gps

GPS With Real-Time Traffic Info Can Save Four Days of Driving a Year
Four days a year and 21% less CO2 emissions. That's what a GPS with real-time traffic information will give to you, and the entire planet. At least, that's what maps maker Navteq says. As you can expect, there's a catch. More »
#gps

Bob Dylan May Guide You to Highway 61 Using Your GPS
According to the BBC, Bob Dylan's voice may arrive to your GPS one of these days. How does it feel? How does it feel to be on your own? With no direction home, a complete unknown, like a rolling stone? More »
#gps

Magellan RoadMate 1700: 7-inch Screen, For When Size Matters
My, what a big touchscreen you have RoadMate 1700. Yet we hardly know each other. The super-size nav-unit is being listed by several retailers, including Best Buy, and though everything else looks standard (including AAA TourBook), look at that display! More »
#cars

I Would Like an HTC Think+ In My Car—If My Car Wasn't the Subway
The HTC Think+—which is integrated in the new Luxgen 7 MPV car—may look simple in its interface, but it has so many features built-in that it will make you feel like you are driving the Batmobile. More »
#battlemodo

The Best iPhone Navigation App: TeleNav vs. Navigon vs. TomTom
I'm happy to report that the leading car navigation apps for the iPhone work surprisingly well. Not only that, but for the next week, there's a clear choice for best app. More »

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