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    GPS mobile apps that can help you reach the final destination

    Sunday, August 8th, 2010

    Garmin’s smart phone and Magellan and TomTom apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch get a test drive. My mom wanted to know if the GPS gadget I was testing could find my father.

    GPS Yoda: Need Directions You Do

    Friday, July 16th, 2010

    Jedi master Yoda is the latest character whose voice can be downloaded into car navigation devices made by TomTom. New voices are being added by TomTom and its rival Garmin to attract consumers. More drivers are now downloading navigation software for their smartphones instead of buying stand alone devices.

    Force is with new GPS units

    Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

    Its arguably the coolest-looking GPS navigation device to date. But analysts who cover the two biggest navigation device companies, Garmin and TomTom, arent sure thats enough. Within a few years, they contend, the GPS device will be overtaken by GPS apps in smartphones.

    China-based GPS vendor UniStrong outsources PND production to Foxconn and Foxlink, say sources

    Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

    Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology, the largest vendor of GPS products in China, has begun outsourcing the production of its own-brand PND products to the Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group and Foxlink, according to industry sources. The China-based vendor previously sold Garmin’s PND products on sales agent commission basis.

    Hands-On with the Garmin-Asus Nuvifone A50 and M10 (PC Magazine)

    Monday, February 15th, 2010

    On Sunday, Garmin-Asus showed me the company’s two new GPS-phones, and the great news is, they’re much, much better than AT&T’s failed G60. One of them, the Android-powered A50, actually seems pretty great.

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