Garmin's nüviphone brings the smartphone to GPS
NuviphoneThe iPhone may have Google Maps, but it doesn't rely on real GPS— it approximates your location using cell phone towers. And while there are smartphones with GPS out there, none contains a fully-featured GPS device. Garmin's newly-announced nüviphone may be the first phone we've seen that we'd want instead of an iPhone: it's a touch screen device that is at once a 3.5G smartphone and full-on GPS unit for driving and walking.Garmin's known for its GPS devices but seems to be...
Article added: 2008-02-01 16:08:52 Article Views Rating: 761
What to Know When Buying a GPS
Why are GPS units showing up everywhere? You might find one in your rental car, on your wristwatch or even built into your wireless phone. Anti-theft systems use one, heavy construction equipment might use one and having one on your boat now seems to be a requirement. Anytime we want to know our exact location on the face of the Earth, the GPS becomes indispensable. Like many other technologies, feature rich GPS units are now affordable for the average person. So how do you know which one to purchase?...
Article added: 2007-10-03 14:57:30 Article Views Rating: 662
Garmin 250
The Garmin Fishfinder 250 is Garmin's latest addition to their family of marine chartplotters, handheld GPS, fish finders and GPS sounders and its already gaining a great reputation amongst the angling community.We met up with Johnathan W Ross, a surgeon and keen fisherman to find out his views on the new Garmin 250.FFR - How long have you had the Garmin 250?JWR - I purchased the 250 fish finder as a replacement for my obselete Garmin 160 fish finder. I have had the 250 for six months and I'm more than...
Article added: 2007-10-03 14:46:15 Article Views Rating: 813
|