It’s no secret that theft of in-car sat nav devices has risen as fast as their popularity, but some of the manufacturers have stepped in with GPS insurance plans to protect you and your navigation systems. Blackspot, the maker of speed camera locator Road Angel, has launched a new insurance plan to cover your […]

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The Science Museum in London is currently holding a free exhibition which showcases the latest technology for the mobile phone industry…biodegradable phone components (I kid you not). The exhibition is sponsored by waste management company SITA through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme, with additional funding from Defra.
Ranging from a biodegradable battery […]

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Ten years ago, the first Palm Pilot was born. Until the success of the first Palm, the Pilot 1000, it was software such as the Graffiti handwriting-recognition program that was keeping Palm afloat. That is, until designer Jeff Hawkins went home one day and whittled his vision of the device out of plywood! […]

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Hundreds of devices that were showcased in CeBit this month have now been released, including this tiny GPS receiver from Trimble. The Copernicus surface-mount receiver is smaller than a postage stamp – as the picture proves, and claims to be the ideal, low-power module for any personal navigators, computers, PDAs and security products. […]

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Kids in Pittsburgh USA have received Palm PDAs to use in the classroom, not to organise their busy social lives, but to help them with their normal school work. First and second-graders at Paynter Elementary School received a “Hands-On Learning” grant of $10,000 to help integrate the computers into classroom life. The 75 […]

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To go with TomTom’s latest product range, the mobile navigation gurus have also unveiled a range of services to help users get the most out of their sat nav devices. This includes “TomTom Buddies”, a service that lets you track your other TomTom-using-mates, and in turn be tracked by them…so go on, sell it […]

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Maybe not one of my typical pieces of news, but still relevant (depending on how I word it!). So the PSP has taken the world by storm. Considering that a Gameboy, the size of a small breeze block was once the height of portable entertainment with its non-colour cartridge games, it’s hard to […]

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Mio showcased their C510E GPS along with several other new devices at CeBit last weekend. Styled as light, compact and powerful, it looks like Mio are aiming for a new, more fashionable breed of GPS. It features a 400MHz processor, and a SiRFstarIII receiver, so allows faster acquisition times, improved reception and greater […]

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Garmin have launched a Mobile Phone GPS navigation system at CeBit last weekend – the Garmin Mobile 20. Designed for in-car use, the Mobile 20 offers vocal turn-by-turn directions through a Bluetooth cradle. It is made to work on Nokia, Windows Mobile and the Treo 650, so covers all the major smartphones.

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Transport minister Dr. Stephen Ladyman admitted in the Commons last week that he uses a GPS speed camera warning system. When asked about the legality of the systems he replied that the devices which use satellite technology (i.e. GPS systems) “will continue to be perfectly legal.” under the newRoad Safety Bill. Other speed camera […]

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