http://www.routeplanners.co.uk All the GPS & Satnav product news Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:41:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not one to leave something on the shelf past its best before date, Navman has busted out a trio of new GPS devices to refresh its F-series line. You'll need to look closely to spot the differences between them though, with all three sporting the same design and the same 3.5-inch ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/navman-ships-three-new-f-series-gps-units/ Mio plans to release the A501, a Windows Mobile 5-based Pocket PC that features the highly sensitive SiRF Star III GPS chip. Putting aside the fact that it's not running the surprisingly good looking Windows Mobile 6, the A501 doesn't stray too far from the year-old A701, though that's not ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/mios-new-a501-gps-phone/ Nokia also unveiled their Nokia 6110 navigator, their second after the E90 -- to flaunt both GPS and HSDPA data. The S60-based 6110 combines GPS and AGPS (assisted GPS) with quad-band GSM/EDGE and UMTS 2100 for up to 3.6Mbps of HSDPA data. This beast brings a 2.2-inch QVGA display 16 ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/nokia-6110-gps-smartphone/ Looking for cheaper car insurance? You could log on to internet sites that save money by having very few real-life staff to pay, or you could listen to that soothing sat-nav voice and make the saving yourself. The RAC has begun offering premium discounts for motorists who use satellite navigation equipment ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/sat-nav-saves-you-money/ Finnish cell phone maker, Nokia, announced this week that it is launching a free mobile mapping service for users in over 150 countries worldwide. The Smart2go service will be launched around the globe on February 10, allowing mobile phone users to access local search and route-finding features at no charge. It ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/nokia-announces-free-mobile-mapping-and-navigation-service/ Palm has announced the GPS Navigator 3 available for newer Palm Smartphones, including 650, 680, 700p, 700w, 700wx and 750. The unit ships with "The latest TeleAtlas Maps", which we hope will be the very latest maps that were released to vendors in the last quarter of 2006; these represent ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/palm-gps-navigator-3/ Garmin's already got a couple of satnav systems for motorbikes, the zumo 550 and zumo 550 Deluxe. Now they've been joined by a third, the zumo 400. It's a more affordable version, suitable for touring bikes and sports bikes. It's been designed to be biker-friendly, with left-handed controls and big touchscreen ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/garmin-zumo-400-motorcycle-gps/ The Taiwan handheld maker has just announced that its upcoming ROM update for its HSDPA-enabled D810 PDA-phone will add GPS (Global Positioning System) as well as BlackBerry Connect functionalities to the device. According to Dopod's product manager, the D810 was already shipping with an onboard GPS receiver during its launch in ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/dopod-d810-gets-gps-and-blackberry-upgrade/ You can now take Google Maps with you wherever you and your Windows Mobile phone go. Mobile Google Maps have been released on Windows Mobile 5.0. You'll be able to take advantage of GPS capabilities (assuming that you also have a GPS). If you have a previous version, you'll still ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/google-releases-mobile-gps-maps-for-windows-mobile-50-users/ There's s not a whole elbow room to be found in the GPS biz, but upstart Map-Star is set to try to muscle its way in nonetheless, unveiling its first and (for now at least) only GPS device. From the looks of it, however, they're not going to have an ... http://www.routeplanners.co.uk/mapstar-gps/