Archive for June, 2009

20-year stories: eMap finds its way home

Yazan: Garmin | 26 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin

In celebration of Garmin’s 20-year anniversary in 2009, we’re reaching back to the past to bring you stories from our younger years, including some memorable customer testimonials. When the following story was submitted through our website in 2000, this customer…

Garmin Dakota 10 and 20

Yazan: Rich Owings | 26 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin, Geocaching, Hardware, gpstracklog.com

Rumors have been showing up online for awhile now about a new handheld series, and today it’s official – the touch-screen  Garmin Dakota 10 and Dakota 20 have been announced.
The Dakota series seems to be filling the eTrex niche. They are rated as having a 20 hour battery life (vs. 16 for the Oregon [...]

Garmin Dakota 10 and Dakota 20 Handheld Touchscreen GPS

Yazan: Scott Martin | 26 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin GPS News, Handheld GPS Reviews, www.gpslodge.com/

Garmin has introduced the Garmin Dakota 10 and Dakota 20 handheld GPS units that are going to take up the place in the line as the smaller siblings to the Garmin Oregon. The smaller, touchscreen units still boast a…

Update your Garmins: 7X5, 800, 8X5, Zumo 660, GPSMAP 620/640

Yazan: Scott Martin | 25 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Garmin GPS News, www.gpslodge.com/

If you recently updated your Garmin Firmware and i essentially killed your GPS, the fix is here. Garmin has posted fixes and FAQ’s all over the place to get you back and running via “Mandatory” updates; shouldn’t have let that…

Sprint LG LX370

Yazan: micah | 24 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: Cell Phone News & Reviews, www.mycellphoneblog.com/

The Spring LG LX370 is almost here. The Sprint LG LX370 is a brand new slider phone launched alongside the Samsung Exclaim. The LG phone is quite a bit smaller, yet still packs a good amount of features under its casing. The display screen is only 2″, but the resolution quality is top of the [...]

Samsung Exclaim Review

Yazan: micah | 24 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: Cell Phone News & Reviews, www.mycellphoneblog.com/

My Samsung Exclaim review: The Samsung Exclaim is a side-sliding handset available at Sprint. The major target audiences for this phone are heavy texters & social media users. And with its easy-to-use full QWERTY keyboard and host of social media apps, it satisfies both groups. The handset fits great in the hand, and feels solidly [...]

DeLorme PN-30 Handheld GPS

Yazan: Scott Martin | 24 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Handheld GPS Reviews, www.gpslodge.com/

DeLorme announced their new PN-30 handheld today packing it with enough goodies and pricing it well at $299. The little green handheld comes with the ability to load it up with aerial photography, topographic maps, and NOAA nautical charts….

AT&T Navigator (TeleNav) for the iPhone

Yazan: Scott Martin | 23 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Mobile Phone GPS, www.gpslodge.com/

TeleNav launched an iPhone App at the App store today, offering yet another option for navigating with the iPhone. TeleNav is no stranger to mobile phone navigation, and are offering it as the AT&T Navigator with numerous features, including…

Navigon iPhone App Launched – Hits Europe

Yazan: Scott Martin | 23 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, Mobile Phone GPS, Navigon GPS, www.gpslodge.com/

Wow, that was fast; about a two weeks ago, Navigon announced that they would launch an iPhone App, and now, they just launched a Euro version in the App store. According to the feature set, the capabilities are fairly…

AT&T Brings AT&T Navigator Application to Apple App Store

Yazan: TeleNav Press Releases | 23 June 2009 | No Comments
Categories: TeleNav

iPhone Customers Benefit From Turn-by-Turn, Voice-Guided GPS Navigation with AT&T Navigator, Powered by TeleNav

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