Archive for June, 2009

GPS Steals and Deals – 6/21

Yazan: Scott Martin | 21 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, www.gpslodge.com/

Still looking for that GPS Deal after you woke up and didn’t find that Father’s Day magic GPS on the kitchen table? The prices have drifted down about $5 – $10 in general over the last few weeks making for…

Celebrate Father’s Day – New Garmin Icons

Yazan: Scott Martin | 21 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: Garmin GPS News, GPS News & Reviews, www.gpslodge.com/

So if you are into pimping out your Garmin Nuvi, you can now download some classic Father’s Day icons for use on the Nuvi from the Garmin Garage. The lawn mower and tie icons are a part of their…

NJ Bill Would Ban GPS Programming While Driving

Yazan: Scott Martin | 21 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS Missteps, GPS News & Reviews, www.gpslodge.com/

Wow, this one seems like another step on the slippery slope of over-legislation. From the state that doesn’t want you to pump your own gas comes the new idea to protect you; no programming your GPS while driving. While…

HTC S511 Snap

Yazan: micah | 20 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: Cell Phone News & Reviews, HTC, www.mycellphoneblog.com/

The HTC S511 Snap is now available. The HTC S511 Snap is a brand new QWERTY phone for Sprint. The handset is especially marketed to business customers. It looks the part too, with a slightly BlackBerry-esque look to it. The full QWERTY keyboard is pretty nice, with decent sized buttons. The display screen is 2.4″, [...]

Samsung Mantra Review

Yazan: micah | 19 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: Cell Phone News & Reviews, www.mycellphoneblog.com/

My Samsung Mantra review: The Samsung Mantra is a brand new, relatively basic handset from Virgin Mobile. You won’t find any jaw-dropping features on this phone, but it does carry a fair amount of extras for a cheaper handset. On board you’ll get: a VGA camera with 4x zoom, Bluetooth, full color display screen, 8 [...]

TomTom Picks Inrix

Yazan: Scott Martin | 19 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, www.gpslodge.com/

In an about face, TomTom has selected Inrix to power their dynamic feeds for it’s Plus and LIVE services going forward. Originally, TomTom did not select Inrix as their provider of traffic for the US, but have decided that…

Homer Simpson Voice for TomTom GPS – Easy Download

Yazan: Scott Martin | 17 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, TomTom GPS News, www.gpslodge.com/

TomTom may have potentially the best voice ever on their GPS topping Mr. T with their launch of the Homer Simpson voice available for TomTom GPS units in the US and Europe. The easy download, lets you navigate to…

Garmin Foretrex 301 and 401

Yazan: Scott Martin | 16 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: Garmin GPS News, GPS News & Reviews, www.gpslodge.com/

Garmin is announcing the Foretrex 301 and 401 today – two new wrist mounted GPS units that have beefed up capabilities including, for the Foretrex 401 wireless communication with other Garmin units for sharing of waypoints, tracks and routes….

TomTom to Sell More Shares – Eliminate Debt

Yazan: Scott Martin | 15 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: GPS News & Reviews, TomTom GPS News, www.gpslodge.com/

TomTom is selling more shares to raise about 100 Million Euros to help retire some of its debt which amounts to around 1.4Billion Euros stemming from its takeover of TeleAtlas for 2.9Billion Euros. the purchasers of the debt are Cyrte…

Alltel LG Tritan

Yazan: micah | 14 June 2009 | Comments Off
Categories: Cell Phone News & Reviews, www.mycellphoneblog.com/

The Alltel LG Tritan is now available. The Alltel LG Tritan is a new messaging phone that features an interesting side-slider design & touchscreen display. It packs a pretty decent feature set, and I really like the wide 3″ display. It’s colors are vibrant and also touchscreen.
The Alltel LG Tritan will also feature: GPS, a [...]

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