One of the things I like best about the electronics market these days is the real usability of some of the products that are coming out. When I’m talking about usability I’m not referring to the entertainment value of any particular product – I’m referring to the actual use of the electronic device to help [...]

Changing the voice file on a Garmin or TomTom GPS these days has become something you can do in just a few minutes. It takes no longer than the time it takes to load up your iPod or MP3 player with your choice tunes. If you’re going on a road trip with the guys you’ll [...]

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 [...]