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Nokia 6710 Navigator Zooms To All The Good Things
GPS phones are definitely all the rage these days, but that doesn’t mean they actually make navigating easy. The Nokia 6710 Navigator does, though. And it’s all thanks to the touch-sensitive zoom bar. More »
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12:00PM Angus Kidman | Christmas must be getting closer, as GPS vendors look for new ways to part us from their cash. Last week Navig8r offered “free maps for life”, this week Navman is offering three years of free maps across its MY series, plus a Suna traffic subscription for its MY 30 model (matching the options on other models). More »
Navman Cuts Prices, Offers Maps And Free Traffic
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Christmas must be getting closer, as GPS vendors look for new ways to part us from their cash. Last week Navig8r offered “free maps for life”, this week Navman is offering three years of free maps across its MY series, plus a Suna traffic subscription for its MY 30 model (matching the options on other models). More » Advertisement
Nokia 6710 Navigator: Travellers’ Best Friend
Cumbersome, difficult-to-fold, easy-to-crease maps are the bane of any traveller’s existence. But, that may not be the case for much longer, with the release of Nokia’s 6710 Navigator. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | Paying for map upgrades is one of the more annoying but essential features of using a GPS. Australian GPS developer Navig8r is promoting “free map updates for life”, but it pays to read the fine print. More »
What Qualifies As A Free Map On A GPS?
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Paying for map upgrades is one of the more annoying but essential features of using a GPS. Australian GPS developer Navig8r is promoting “free map updates for life”, but it pays to read the fine print. More »
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | If there’s one thing that can be said about the rules surrounding whether you can use a mobile phone GPS in your car, it’s this: they’re not at all clear. More »
Mobile Phone GPS Rules Still Highly Confusing
8:30AM Angus Kidman | If there’s one thing that can be said about the rules surrounding whether you can use a mobile phone GPS in your car, it’s this: they’re not at all clear. More » Advertisement
Nokia Gets You To The Good Things
We’ve heard that Nokia’s 6710 Navigator helps you drive places without getting revved up. But that doesn’t mean that the navigation help ends when the engine stops. The 6710 Nav also offers walk navigation so you can find your way along laneways, paths or parks when you’re out of the car and on two feet. More » Advertisement
Nokia Gets You There Without Getting Revved Up
Days of the humble paper-based road atlas are well and truly numbered. Well, that’s what the marketing minds at Nokia are claiming, anyway, with the release of their 6710 Navigator. The new mobile is designed to help you find your way by car or on foot around a maze of city streets and locate points of interest (POIs). More »
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9:06AM Angus Kidman | Google Maps has incorporated traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, meaning that as well as planning your journey you can make an educated guess at how many snags you’ll run into on the way. More »
Google Maps Adds Australian Traffic Information
9:06AM Angus Kidman | Google Maps has incorporated traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, meaning that as well as planning your journey you can make an educated guess at how many snags you’ll run into on the way. More »
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | Common sense suggests you shouldn’t use any GPS in a car without it being mounted — but even if it is, the law could see you getting busted if that GPS is attached to a phone. More »
GPS On Your Mobile Phone Illegal In Cars
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Common sense suggests you shouldn’t use any GPS in a car without it being mounted — but even if it is, the law could see you getting busted if that GPS is attached to a phone. More »
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1:46PM Angus Kidman | The promise that the Suna traffic information service would go virtually national in June was clearly a little ambitious, but it has finally happened. A press release from Suna claims that with Canberra now officially launched, 95% of the population have access to the service. Suna isn’t planning much further expansion, so the big thing to watch now will be improved coverage within existing areas of high traffic.
Suna Finally Arrives In Canberra
1:46PM Angus Kidman | The promise that the Suna traffic information service would go virtually national in June was clearly a little ambitious, but it has finally happened. A press release from Suna claims that with Canberra now officially launched, 95% of the population have access to the service. Suna isn’t planning much further expansion, so the big thing to watch now will be improved coverage within existing areas of high traffic. 