Tag: Navigation
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Nokia Ace, Sea Ray and Sabre Windows Phone 7 smartphone specs leaked
There has been no end to the rumours as to what is going on at Nokia HQ, with not a month going by when something has gone wrong or the company have taken another “New Direction”, but still not changing its handsets. What we are expecting from Nokia is in the coming months to be…
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Nokia Maps’ next destination is Windows Phone – Appears on ‘Sea Ray’ with Voice Navigation
Nokia Maps is set to arrive on the Finn’s contributions to the Windows Phone 7.5 range, including the Nokia Sea Ray and a brand new handset dubbed the Sabre. The Maps app is set to come with Voice Navigation to rival the recent Google Maps upgrade which now allows users audio description to compliment the…
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Google Maps updated to 5.10.1 for Android – Includes Beta for Navigation
Google has begun its update of the Google Maps application to version 5.10.1, which will see the introduction of Navigation with improved location accuracy on the Android mobile software. The new Navigation feature is in Beta form, but will work just like a Sat Nav (or GPS) with a voice guide directing to locations in…
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TomTom Places app gets limited European launch for iPhone – UK next destination?
Dutch Sat Nav co. TomTom has launched a very helpful app for the iPhone called TomTom Places, but at the moment it’s only got a very limited European distribution. Using advanced an advanced places-of-interest database TomTom Places bring the familiar GPS style, bringing iPhone owners an easy to use interface for searching and navigating…
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Google Maps 5.7 for Android now features public transport navigation
Arguably one of the best free apps available for Android (well that’s certainly my opinion anyway), is getting yet another very useful feature and a whole bunch of other improvements. The big new feature of this latest version of Google Maps is something Google are calling Transit Navigation, which pretty much does what it says…
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TomTom planning on making its own Street View service?
So it looks like TomTom are going to step-up to the likes of Google and Microsoft and offer another alternative to the street-view experience that has proven to be a very popular over the last couple of years. The news comes as an interesting picture appeared on Tumblr showing what appears to be a TomTom…
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TomTom release new Start 20 and the Start 25 budget GPS units
TomTom has announced a new range of budget friendly satellite navigation devices for the more price conscious drivers, named the TomTom Start 20 and the Start 25. The two devices are entry level models with features such as advanced lane guidance with 3D representations, IQ routes, parking assistance, spoken street names, frequent destinations option and…
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Google Maps for Android passes the 50 Million downloads mark
I’m sure the folk over at Google will be celebrating today as Google Maps for Android has set a new record to become the first Android application to pass the 50 million downloads mark. Google Maps for Android made its first appearance back in 2008 just as Android 1.6 was being introduced. Over time the…
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TomTom brings Live Traffic to your PC’s browser
TomTom has introduced their popular HD Traffic service as a browser-based service for PC and Mac users today. The service, which has been implemented into TomTom’s satnav units for some time now, will give people in 18 countries access to up-to-the-minute traffic info for their town or city. “You won’t find a more accurate or…
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Google revamps Street View within Google Maps
Today Google has launched a revamped version of Street View which will now allow users to see loads of new locations that were previously inaccessible to Google’s famous mapping car. If you’re not familiar with Street View, it happens to be an excellent tool which will allow you to view street-level images in various towns…
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Update to Google Maps Navigation app for Android set to over-take!
Google have today released an update to their maps Navigation app for Android bringing real-time traffic information and re-routing features to rival sat-nav products from leaders TomTom and Garmin. The best part is it’s all free! The downloadable update to the app (which runs exactly like a stand alone sat-nav, only on your phone) is…