UPDATE: This article is dated! There is now Magellan GPS Software for the iPhone and it actually looks pretty good! Finally something good from Magellan, but it’s not GPS hardware. There’s been a lot of rumors going around that “turn by turn” navigational software will become available for the iPhone very soon – but so [...]

It looks like Amazon.com has had a shipment of the new Garmin Oregon GPS devices because they’ve updated their delivery time from 1-2 months to 1-2 days! This is excellent news for all of us that want a heavy-duty buttonless GPS that’s waterproof and has a special sunlight-readable touchscreen. Here’s our original article on the [...]

If you waited on the iPhone because you knew that Garmin was coming out with a new device that would offer some real competition to it you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer. Garmin had originally scheduled the buttonless, touchscreen nüvifone to come out about this time but has delayed the release [...]

*** UPDATE!!! – The Garmin Oregon Models are available and in stock on Amazon.com NOW! Garmin has really done it this time with their Oregon series of GPS devices targeted to those who really like the outdoors. I’ve always found that the elements take their toll on electronic equipment and that includes GPS devices. These [...]

Ever since GPS technology has become mainstream people have been wondering how they can use it to track things in real time and a few companies have invented some novel devices that allow you to do it. For clarity we’re going to break the electronics down into two parts. We have the BEACON which is [...]

Sometimes even really big companies make small mistakes that allow you to get their stuff for free and Garmin isn’t above doing that. We’re not sure on how long Garmin will leave the door open on getting their MapSource for free with no cracks or hacks so you’ll want to do this as soon as [...]