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522 cool apps are launching today for the iPhone 3G, but TeleNav unfortunately is not one of them. However, it will be soon and will provide full colour 3D moving maps along with turn-by-turn voice guidance for the iPhone. This is great news and a fairly large hole that will be filled by this service. It’s exactly what users want with their new GPS enabled 3G iPhone.

The other good news is that it will be available through the App Store meaning that network providers have nothing to do with the pricing of the software and therefore, cannot add any premiums to it.

Source - Gizmodo

I was taking a quick read through of InformationWeek’s “How iPhone 3G Apps to Watch” article and found a section on TomTom for the iPhone. Last month, Reuters reported that TomTom already have a version of it’s navigation software that works on the iPhone. With the iPhone 3G’s GPS capabilities it will make a great platform to run this software on.

Although TomTom have created a version for the iPhone, it is still unclear if they are actually going to sell this software…

“it looks good and works very well. We will have to look more closely to Apple’s strategy before we can say more about what kind of opportunities this will bring us.”

Lets hope that the opportunities TomTom refer to are good enough to see their software launched on the new iPhone 3G platform.

Source - InformationWeek

The S50 3D is the latest Satnav to be launched by Navman. Navman have stepped up a little with this launch in making the 3D mapping features actually 3D by displaying nice graphics of buildings on the screen. Continue reading →

I can certainly relate to the GPark idea as I once lost a rental car in Paris (I eventually found it at 2am in the pouring rain). Had GPark existed back in 1999 I would have simply parked the car, hit the Park Me! button on my iPhone which takes a GPS reading. I would then have gone walking around Paris like I did, completely forgetting where my car was. However, with GPark it wouldn’t be a problem because I would simply whip out my iPhone and hit the “Where Did I Park?” button which will then load up Google Maps and quickly direct me back to my car. Cool!

There is a downside to this application though. Although it does exactly what it says on the tin… ie, bookmark where your car is. How many people actually loose their cars on a regular basis? I know I don’t (ok, maybe once in a huge unfamiliar city).

Via: etre

Researchers are working on a new sat nav device that will use a mixture of artificial intelligence (AI) and connectivity between different navigation devices. The system is named “Congestion Avoidance Dynamic Routing Engine” which luckily has a shorter name of CADRE. Each vehicle using the system will be fitted with a special GPS unit which will share details among other users with the system. Should a traffic jam occur then the other devices on that same route will be notified and a new route with the AI, planned accordingly. If successful, the system will be able to notify motorists about 5 to 10 miles before the situation so steps can be recommended to avoid it. Continue reading →

The Garmin 860 nüvi is quite possibly the first full menu speech controlled satnav device. However, if your a man then would you want to “ask for directions” even though it is a computer Continue reading →

Do you believe that SatNav devices can make the roads safer to drive on? Having an extra distraction in the car might make you think not, but according to a study done by TomTom they believe the opposite to be the case. After reading the results I can actually see where they are coming from on this one. Continue reading →

About 6 months ago I was trying to find a local post depot to pick up a package. I had never been to this particular company depot before and it was in an unfamiliar part of town. Not a problem, I would just fire up the Satnav and be guided there by TomTom. Normally that’s all good, but this time I was listed as being in Portugal with a few thousand miles to my destination… TomTom was clearly going crazy. Continue reading →

The Latest Mio Moov numbered the 380 is a GPS device which will be available very soon. The latest 380 model is very minimalist on the design side of things but has some nice features packed in. The feature that separates this apart from the rest is the integrated SIM card support. This allows you to plug in your SIM card and use GPRS services to download search data (like POI/Traffic etc..) and use the Moov 380 as a mobile device for making hands free calls. Continue reading →

Europe have launched their second satellite named Giove-B which will demonstrate Europe’s Galileo sat nav system. The satellite was launched from Kazakhstan on a Soyuz rocket. The satellite was launched to allow for tests to be done on the key technology that will power the Galileo sat nav system which will eventually consists of 30 satellites in 2013. Equipment to be tested will be the atomic clocks which provide timing to with in 1 billionth of a second per 24 hours as well as other equipment.

The new Galileo system will allow for more a accurate fix on position (with in 1 meter anywhere around the globe) and also should achieve quicker first fix times.

Via: Pocket-Lint