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The G’zOne, a joint venture of telecom company Verizon and digital equipment maker Casio, is geared to appeal to cell phone users who spend a lot of time outdoors, according to the company’s website.Verizon says that the G’zO (Read More)
NaviGadget:
TomTom just started a new trade-in program – kind of similar to the cash for clunkers deal we had here in the U.S. What you need to do is to purchase a new GPS navigation system from TomTom.com, estimate the value of your tra (Read More)
The Boy Genius Report:
It might not be fancy or scream “look at me”, but Verizon’s now-available BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a smartphone that gets the job done. Kitted out with a 2.5″ display, 2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS and 256MB of flash memory, (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
TomTom wants you to buy a new PND (personal navigation device) this holiday season. So much so, that they will buy your old device from you via a mail in rebate.How does it work? Well, you buy a TomTom PND, then go to this we (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Yesterday, Twitter changed its organizing question from “What Are You Doing?” to “What’s Happening?” But if you want to know what’s really happening now, check out Hot Potato, a startup launching right now at our Realtime Cr (Read More)
Gizmodo:
The Camangi WebStation has been floating around for a few months now in little more than proof of concept form. Now, it's on the cusp of being a real product, released next month for $400. The system runs Android 1.5 through (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals—a hefty read—includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be (Read More)
Boing Boing:
The Big Money reports that Google has made a "minor shift in its policy that has major implications." Instead of banning scammy ads for bogus teeth whiteners and stomach flatteners, Google will now ban the advertiser itself, (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhoneGee, we were just saying how competitive it is getting in the iPhone nav department, and Navigon has gone and cut prices for holiday travelers.For 10 days only, beginning today (November 20-3 (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Usually there's at least a week of lag time between a photo leak and a spec leak, but BGR seems to have acquired full specs on the just-outed Motorola Motus. * Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE * Tri-band 7.2Mbps HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 (Read More)
The iPhone Blog:
Magellan recently announced they are releasing a GPS car kit of their own and it already has hit the FCC. Like the much anticipated TomTom car kit, the Magellan will give the iPod touch and first generation iPhone GPS capabil (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
Tom Danis of RCP Advisers suggested yesterday that one reason Charlesbank Capital Partners had an oversubscribed fundraise was that the new vehicle’s terms gave 100% of transaction fees to limited partners (rather than a spli (Read More)
Geocaching - Google News:
"Urban geocaching"Bend BulletinGeocaching entails loading the coordinates to a hidden item into a handheld GPS receiver, then tracking that item with the help of the GPS. ... (Read More)
Gizmodo:
I still don't know why the Omnia II's 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen is resistive, but the WinMo 6.5 phone will go head-to-head with Verizon's own Moto Droid. Leaked docs suggest it'll be $200 on contract after $100 mail-in reba (Read More)
Phones Review:
Apparently Motorola has been secured by Nav N Go for the Motorola turn by turn navigation solution which is on the Motorola Milestone smartphone that is launching in Europe reports an article over on gps business news.The Mot (Read More)
SlashGear:
We learned back in October that the Pantech Impact was coming to the AT&T network in time for the holiday season. What we didn’t hear back in October was exactly when the device would be offered. The Impact handset is now ava (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Dan Akst reflects on the ways in which modern technology like GPS systems would have prevented that venerable plot device—the long, lost loved one. (Read More)
TmoNews:
Ah yes its that time again. The rumor mill is churning! Above you will see what is rumored to be T-Mobile’s second Motorola Android device with MOTOBLUR. NOTHING has been confirmed so please take this as a very small grain of (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from John, who'd like to get his paws around a multifaceted (Read More)
GISDevelopment News:
A distance-driven tax service, with the distance calculated by onboard GPS receivers, to replace the annual road tax on cars has been initiated by the Dutch government. (Read More)