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CamerAlert is a Speed and Red Light Camera warning system based on the world renowned PocketGPSWorld.com Speed Camera Database. It provides both audible and visual warnings as you approach a camera.
This is the first in a series of articles that examines the intricacies of creating and maintaining digital maps by TomTom. This article looks at the Map Geometry, how the roads are discovered and the ...
Bluetooth GPS Receivers are new and first came out in the autumn of 2002. These have their own battery source, so unlike the GPS Sleeves and CF GPS Cards do not drain the Pocket PC or Palm's internal ...
SiRF is something that most people are aware of but don't exactly know what it means. SiRF comes as the main chipset in GPS chips which drives how you receive signals from the satellite. Whether it ...
TomTom's NAV3 devices that use the MyTomTom website to manage their cnotent (e.g. GO 1000, GO 1005, VIA Live etc) are able to use custom splash screens. These can be shown when the device is starting ...
Unless you are the type of person who likes to get a package and just use it you will be looking for ways to increase the potential of your investment. There are lots of utilities out there developed ...
Most of the mounts that we review are specifically for cars. They are not the only mobile GPS users though. Jumping on my bike I have a full array of technology mounted on the handlebars. I even have ...
We were able to show two new Seidio mounts at the Basingstoke event (the G4500 and the G4850), and they drew a lot of interest from the crowd. Our user Paul Driver liked the G4500 so much he was ...
Looking back at 2003, it really has been an exciting year in not only GPS but in the Pocket PC. Great strides have been made in all corners of the globe, and in technology. It only seems like ...
In the previous articles in this series we have seen how TomTom source their data, how the community provides input to improve the maps, how probes have been used to analyse the data, and how traffic ...
Back in December 2008 we reported that Egyptian Telecomm's rulings did not allow for consumer GPS and hence there was no GPS for the Egyptian iPhone (as well as other phones). The ban is now being ...
We first saw the Aventura at CeBIT in March this year. Developed by Spanish company CompeGPS the Aventura is a neat dual purpose On and Off Road navigator aimed at the outdoor user who wants a device ...