May serves as a good transition to the summer driving season as manufacturers ready their new models for the stores and some news trickles out ahead of people buying their navigation system of choice. This spring brought a few curve balls including the news that Navigon was going to leave the US market after a 2+ year run. The new TomTom GO 740 LIVE is on sale, and the new Garmin Nuvi’s are due to ship next week. Looks like a good summer for keeping up on GPS News – sign up for our newsletter and get emailed all of our articles every Monday morning.

GPS News

• Geovative – JFK Tour of Boston
• MLB Gets Geolocation Patent
• Study: GPS Saves Miles and Gas

Garmin GPS News

• Garmin Joins Up with VW – Click and Ride
• My Garmin Gets an Upgrade
• Garmin Maps Available for Download
• Garmin Oregon 550 & 550T – Handheld GPS with 3.2 MP Camera

TomTom GPS News

• TomTom XL LIVE for Europe
• TomTom “Secrets” Website gets Webby Award
• TomTom GO 740 LIVE – $337 at Amazon

Mio GPS News

• Mio S401 and S501 GPS – Big Screens and Slim Look

Navigon GPS

• Navigon to Shutter US GPS Operations

Mobile Phone GPS

• AT&T Navigator (TeleNav) Gets Frost and Sullivan Award
• Waze – Driver Generated Mapping Program

Geocaching

• Apisphere Geomate Jr – 250,000 Preloaded Geocaches

Mapping News

• Waze – Driver Generated Mapping Program
• Study: GPS Saves Miles and Gas

GPS Rebates and Sales

• GPS Steals and Deals – 5/31
• Buy a Garmin Forerunner 405/405CX get $50 Rebate + a Free Forerunner 50
• GPS Steals and Deals – 5/17
• Garmin Forerunner 405 – $299 after $50 Rebate
• (Mother’s Day) GPS Sales, Steals and Deals