Garmin trotted out its latest line of nüvi navigation devices at CES this morning, including the 3590LMT. This ultra-thin device was on display at Pepcom this evening, sporting sleek curves and a commodious five-inch display. With the 3590LMT, users get access to Garmin’s Digital 3D Traffic feature, giving them access to both real-time traffic updates and historical data. Joining the 3590LMT is Garmin’s dedicated Smartphone Link app for Android, which provides users with the latest fuel prices, allowing them to plot out the most fuel efficient and cost-effective routes. The app is available for free, but the 3590LMT, unfortunately, is not. It’ll hit the market next month, for about 0. For more details, check out our gallery below, and head past the break to peep our hands-on video.

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In the 1980′s, American govenrment made GPS accessible to public use as a way to give individuals with a way to receive directions, routing and maps and locate certain attractions. Gps work in any specific conditions, anywhere in the world, around the clock. There is not a much more important gizmo than the unique consumer Gps navigation systems that utilize that gps system for aiding people with driving, travelling and map-reading. Gps unit appliances are getting to be relatively inexpensive, practical, and are offered in a number of varieties of styles. They are available in automotive, portable, handheld, hiking, golfing and also marine designs. They make an excellent present and they are certainly effective gadgets that most any person would like to get their hands on. The entire gps system is built to direct even the most clueless drivers to their desired destination. Most all products and models feature turn-by-turn voice directions, helpful large screens that demonstrate mapping and routes. A large amount of Gps navigation devices today contain Bluetooth, mp3 players, and a huge selection of additional features which are useful to the driver and also tourist. Almost all folks have found that once they start employing those appliances they no longer have difficulty getting to their particular preferred location on time. For many individuals, this is particularly essential as they may well stay away from traffic jams on the way to work due to the fact a good number of these gps systems provide you with traffic alerts and then provide detours, gps navigation devices also deliver landmark location, dining establishments, gasoline, hospitals, or almost every other kind of place you need when touring an unfamiliar area. Gather more information with gps unit reviews.

Prior to you buying, you should think about the typical functions for which the unit will likely be used, choosing a portable system will provide you with a great deal more flexibility compared with a unit that is purely restricted to motor vehicle use only. Garmin GPS can be purchased in a number of versions which can be used both as a hand held Gps system as well as a vehicle product. Remember that you’ll be making use of this while on the highway more often than not and you’ll need a Gps navigation machine that is easy to make use of while driving. The gps gadgets that come with voice turn-by-turn driving directions are the best to not distract you during driving. Portable gps instruments are also good alternatives instead of the varieties that are installed on an automobile dashboard. With portable you will find the opportunity of taking the GPS apparatus along with you anywhere you might go to. Furthermore, low cost gps navigation units are easy to find via the internet at a far lower price compared with retail price. You’ll want to examine user ratings as well as get a device which includes the actual attributes which you will want and never pay too much for a model with attributes you do not require. You should definitely obtain a warrantee to ensure that if anything at all fails it can get fixed.

Navigation devices are the most recent trend in mobile electronics, but they’re so much more than only a hip accessory. Helping you attain your destination without the tension and worry, in-car GPS techniques make navigating and driving less complicated and safer!

In-car navigation techniques are among the most preferred vehicle electronics in the marketplace today, but they are greater than only a cool accessory for the dash!

This may possibly seem strange to some men and women that aren’t accustomed to riding in a cab. The typical assumption is that you must just have the ability to get from the vehicle and tell the driver wherever you have to go and that he or she will require you there with no problems or interruptions along the way. However, the actuality of riding inside a taxi is usually somewhat different from this, and is why you need to usually be prepared with all the guidelines for your location prior to obtaining within the car.

This applied to be some thing that was annoying and frustrating for people, but laptops and smart phones with GPS capability need to have all but eliminated any difficulties in getting the guidelines ready for the driver. Using a web page like MapQuest or Google maps or the constructed in GPS functionality of the phone, it must be no issue at all to speedily course guidelines from your location in your holiday location to have handy in case you want to provide your driver directions.

Simplicity

This is as a lot a measure of protecting yourself as anything else. Some cab drivers are constantly out to extend the amount of profit that they can make by taking you along a winding course to your destination if you don’t know the best way to get there. By having instructions beforehand you are able to seem like that you are accustomed to the region and basically inform the driver you wish to go, though they might make recommendations based on traffic which you may do very well to listen to. Don’t be overly concerned about not having the guidelines although in case you can’t get them, it will not be the end of the world. Most cabs now have GPS units which can help them to quickly uncover your destination.

But with an in-dash navigation method installed inside your car or truck or truck, obtaining exactly where you happen to be going just got easier! Simply enter the address of your destination into the GPS system, and it will do the rest! The majority of today’s navigation techniques also include searchable databases of local companies and attractions as well as point-of-interest mapping identifying region restaurants, gas stations, and more, so you do not even must know a street deal with in your GPS to supply guidance!

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TomTom Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates Now Available in North America

~ Lifetime Features Deliver the Most Up-To-Date Maps; Help Drivers Steer Clear of Traffic ~

Concord, MA – March 29, 2010 – TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, today announces the availability of a wide range of TomTom devices offering Lifetime Map Updates and Lifetime Traffic Updates. These new features empower users with the accuracy of TomTom’s most up-to-date maps, as well as real-time traffic information that helps them avoid traffic delays and other hassles on the road. At no extra cost, customers will receive these updates for the useful life of the device.

“The nation’s roads are changing every day, so TomTom is proud to offer Lifetime Map Updates on our portable navigation devices,” said Tom Murray, vice president of market development for TomTom Inc. “This feature, in conjunction with TomTom’s Lifetime Traffic Updates, offers our customers the assurance that they will always have the industry’s most accurate maps and the real-time traffic information they need for hassle-free navigation.”

Lifetime Map Updates
TomTom’s Lifetime Map Updates feature allows users to keep their maps fresh by downloading, every few months, the industry’s most accurate and up-to-date maps. The maps include one million more miles than competing maps and, in certified tests, rate highest in terms of quality and reliability. The road network changes on average 18 percent annually, so they are continually refreshed to include improvements across the entire road network and updates to Points of Interest.

Lifetime Traffic Updates
TomTom’s Lifetime Traffic Updates feature offers real-time insight into traffic events to help drivers avoid delays. The TomTom device receives the latest traffic information every three minutes, recalculates total drive time and suggests more efficient alternate routes if they are available.

All TomTom products featuring Lifetime Updates also include TomTom’s proprietary IQ Routes™ Technology and TomTom Map Share™. IQ Routes offers the most efficient routing for any time of day or day of week. This feature, combined with the real-time traffic information via Lifetime Traffic Updates, ensures the very best routing possible. Map Share allows users to make map improvements on their device and share these improvements with the TomTom community.

Availability and Price
Select TomTom devices across the TomTom XL and TomTom XXL product lines are now available with Lifetime Map Updates, Lifetime Traffic Updates or a combination of these features. Pricing starts at $199.95 MSRP and varies by model.

For more information, please visit: www.tomtom.com

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* TomTom devices featuring Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates are only available in North America.

Originally posted at Volume Up

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

For now they’re only available for the city of London, or at least its downtown core, but these paper maps are a great update to traditional maps, particularly since we’ve all grown accustomed to being able to zoom-in with Google Maps and GPS navigation devices. The map is broken into 4 quadrants which can be individually zoomed/unfolded to give an enlarged and more detailed view of that part of the city, and thanks to its clever design, when the map is folded to its minimum size you still have the ability to zoom in on any two sections for quick access. It comes printed on tear-resistant paper and includes a clear PVC wallet to keep it protected, and is available from TheZoomableMap.com for about $13. (£8.00)

Thanks Meg!

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Originally posted at 2010 CES

Originally posted at Deep Tech

Remember CableCARDs? You probably don’t because most of us have never seen one. They were supposed to be a way to inject the magic of premium cable into OEM devices like PCs and DVRs. Instead they were hard to acquire, hard to use, and generally a bad idea. I would estimate that CableCARDs single-handedly led to current slow demise of TiVo.

The FCC agrees and is calling them a total failure. Here’s what they said in a recent report:

“The Commission’s CableCARD rules have resulted in limited success in developing a retail market for navigation devices. Certification for plug-and-play devices is costly and complex.”

So that said, where do we go from here? Tru2way. The new system will offload “navigation” (basically channel changing) to the device in question and only dedicate the cable signal acquisition to the card itself. What really needs to happen? Smartcard integration with Cable boxes, the same kind you see in satellite systems and Euro cable systems. This lets you take you card, put it into a box, and watch TV.

The problem is this: the cable companies like a nice monopoly. They don’t want their content reaching the Internet (*ahem*). Their short-sighted antics hurt innovation. There’s no way around it.