(Credit: Joyity)Wednesday marks the release of the HTC Dream T-Mobile G1 featuring Google Android. If you’re planning to pick one up, you’re probably going to want to do something other than make calls and send texts. I mean it is a phone, for crying out loud.
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Touch screen devices finally arrive for the masses with the Garmin Oregon series. The 400t comes loaded with Topo maps covering the USA (in 1:100,000 scale) and features an interface similar to the innovative Colorado series. The touch screen makes entering data and configuring the GPS a breeze. But take note, the quality of the screen isn’t quite as good as other Garmin models, but that is a sacrifice you might be willing to make to get a touch screen. The screen sensitivity is great, even when covered with water and mud and with gloves on, however it is often difficult to read unless lighting conditions are perfect or it is relatively dark. Still, if you think using a GPS is as fun as the activity you are using it for, you will have fun tapping and scrolling along with the Oregon 400t.
Since the update to TomTom HOME version 2, the user interface has changed a bit. The new layout looks more like a TomTom device itself with six large buttons per page, three to a row. (I personally really dislike the new layout as the old layout more clearly showed everything at a glance.) Something a [...]
This is one of those answers we give frequently, so we’ll document it here for future use. People often ask about installing additional voices on their Garmin devices, or where the firmware updates for traffic receivers are found. The answer lies within the ‘Additional Updates’ section of Garmin’s WebUpdater program. Part of the confusion stems [...]
Of all the new capabilities being introduced on portable navigation devices (PNDs) and GPS-enabled cell phones, real-time traffic is probably one of the most-wanted and hottest features today. It makes sense. After all, traffic plays a huge role during your travels, whether you’re just making your everyday commute to work or heading off on a holiday.
All that said, just how useful are the traffic capabilities on GPS devices? Are there limitations? Where does the data come from? To help you (and me) better understand the technology and types of services, I talked with Nick Kiernan, Vice President of Business Development for TrafficCast, a traffic service provider. Check out our conversation below to learn more about the company, traffic data in PNDs and cell phones, and the future of GPS.
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Originally posted at Miss Direction
