Maps for Android received an update from Google recently – it’s not just a simple bug fix either – Maps now has a couple of new and useful features. With Maps for Android updated to 5.4 you’ll be able to see your search history, this should save you a little bit of time because you [...]
Finally, a GPS with a built in TV tuner, this one really took us by surprise. It’s not that fact that the two would one day be put together that surprised us, but that it’d be done by a company like Mio first. We seriously thought that it’d be Garmin or TomTom that’d have a [...]
We were watching this video about GPS art on YouTube, it was a nicely shot video with lots of happy people doing some activities and talking about creating art with their GPS. Since we’re interested in everything GPS related, we had to dig our heels in a little further and check out just what’s going [...]
We were a little skeptic when first heard about the Garmin Forerunner 610 GPS watch and its touchscreen feature, for once we thought Garmin was just getting silly with their innovations. Who would ever need a GPS watch. But once we started having a good look at the Forerunner 610 we realized that Garmin put [...]
On 04.11.11, In GPS Articles, by cactii
It looks like Russia’s version of the GPS system called GLONASS is finally growing up and starting to get some international recognition. The Russian system still needs an additional three satellites to be complete but it’s still useable for the most part. A Swedish firm called SWEPOS, who provides realtime and post processing data that [...]
On 02.17.11, In GPS Articles, by cactii
Within a few years the GPS Navigational Devices as we know them today will more or less be thrown to the curbside. Consumers will probably prefer a tablet computer with a built in GPS. A tablet that’s loaded with navigational software and isn’t a single purpose navigational device like the majority that are available today. [...]
