Wednesday, November 14. 2007

Top Gift 2007: GPS

The Swedish Retail Institute predicts that GPSs will be the top gift this holiday season. The only downside, says an Institute, is the unsexy name of the item. Is PND any better?

- UPI

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Monday, November 12. 2007

Shhh! It's a TomTom Secret

Ok, I spilled the beans (as TomTom would no doubt like me to do) - visit this site to learn about "how to use iPod control, voice recording, managing your buddy list, using POIs, deleting recent destinations, and audiobooks." It does take while to load (Flash file) but it's pretty clever.

- TotalPDA blog

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NYTimes: No Need for Trip Planning Software

John Quain asks in this Sunday's Times: "IN a world where portable G.P.S. navigation devices cost less than $200 and free mapping software from Google, Microsoft and AOL is available online, is there any reason to buy a trip-planning program for your computer?" His answer is no. He concludes that Microsoft’s Streets & Trips 2008 and DeLorme’s Street Atlas USA 2008 are no longer needed in the face of PNDs from Garmin, TomTom and Magellan. His reason does not have to do with funcationality, but the practical matter of seeing the screen on a dash mounted display vs. an "on seat" laptop.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, Microsoft, GPS, Traffic, MapQuest, GNSS, Satellite Navigation at 06:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Tuesday, November 6. 2007

Why Microsoft Should Enter GPS Space

Seeking Alpha contributor Dean Reese suggests that Microsoft is the only player can bring all the pieces of the geospatial game together and should get right on it.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Microsoft, LBS, GPS, GNSS at 08:54 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0) |

Thursday, October 11. 2007

Mio Block Party Plan

Twice (that's This Week in Consumer Electronics) spills the beans on Mio's plans for a "black Friday block party." The idea is to demo new GPS devices give out coffee and donuts and the like to folks waiting for stores to open the day after Thanksgiving. The big lure this year is likely to be $99 GPSs. Mio is currently the #4 GPS maker.

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Monday, October 8. 2007

Hexagon to Acquire NovaTel

Hexagon, the company that acquired Leica recently has announced it'll buy NovaTel, a company known ofr its GNSS/surveying components. One company to which it supplied such things? Lecia.

- press release

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