Archive for the ‘Sat Navs & GPS’ Category

Hands on with the MotoNav TN700

Posted by Jonathan
February 25, 2010

Since the MotoNav TN500 and the TN700 were announced at the CES Las Vegas show in January, we have been pretty excited to get our hands on some of the features and to see how it works. Well, we had our wish fulfilled whilst at MWC in Barcelona last week as we were able to [...]

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The Powermat: The future of charging?

Posted by Jonathan
February 24, 2010

At the Mobile World Congress 2010 Event the GadgetHelpline and DemoDone.com team were able to stop by the Powermat stand to get a good look at their ingenious new charging system.
See the video below for a view of some of the features.

The Powermats have been available since September in the US but over here in [...]

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Nokia Ovi maps now completely free

Posted by Jonathan
January 22, 2010

Nokia is now providing its Nokia Ovi maps navigation software is now free to Nokia users on 10 of the latest phones. This change is with immediate effect and Nokia re classing it as a ‘freemium’ which is sure to be a new buzzword for Nokia over the coming years.
The Ovi maps software will be [...]

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Airnergy: THE futuristic charging solution

Posted by Edward
January 12, 2010

Some of the stars of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas have reportedly been the range of wireless charging solutions that have come to light within the past few months. Here in the UK, it is a product named Power Mat that has become the most recognised of these solutions, however some consumers [...]

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Google Offer Turn-by-Turn Navigation For Free

Posted by Gary
October 29, 2009

One of the great consumer revolutions of recent years is the turn-by-turn in-car GPS navigation system which we often call “satnav”. When mobile phones started including integrated GPS chips in them then a whole new area of satnav applications opened up. If you remember earlier this year TomTom started selling their navigation software for the iPhone. Now Google is doing an incredible thing, it is giving away turn-by-turn GPS navigation, with voice guidance, for free in its Google Maps for mobiles software.

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Say hello to the TomTom Start

Posted by Jonathan
October 8, 2009

TomTom have released information on the latest  line of  their Satellite navigation systems the TomTom Start. The Start is a simplified version of the TomTom system designed to be affordable and easy to just pickup and use for new and casual SatNav users.
The new entry level unit boasts a simpler menu system and a super [...]

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SatNavs – What to look for when buying

Posted by Jonathan
September 29, 2009

When discussing SatNav equipment many people think of TomTom, which is one of the most popular brands in Europe. However they are not the last and defining word in this technology. So many quality offerings are overlooked including Garmin (who really pioneered the street level technology),  Blaupunkt, Navman, Kenwood and Binatone. All have been making decent [...]

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