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The Wall Street Journal ran a piece last weekend about the 10th anniversary of the blog, and asked some notable personalities to list some of their favorite blogs. Guess which celebrity loves GPSmagazine? Check out the article here.
It's been called the most exclusive automobile in the history of mankind. Named after Mecerdes-Benz's first designer, Wilhelm Maybach, Daimler produces just 5 hand-built units per day, or about 1000 units annually. Sit back in the $425,000 (no, that's not a typo) Maybach 62, and all your senses are pampered in luxury as your chauffeur takes care of actually driving the 543 horsepower twin-turbocharged V-12 beast.
But what kind of navigation system do you get in a vehicle that costs about $100,000 more than the average cost of a new home sold in the United States in 2006? Read on.
| REVIEW UPDATE: This GPS model has been discontinued |
Using your hands to operate your GPS is SO last year! why not just use your voice to boss your car around? That's the promise behind Magellan's traffic-enabled, voice controlled Maestro 4050. Sounds great, right? Like most new technologies, the devil's in the details...
I put the Maestro 4050 + TrafficKit through its paces and see how Magellan's latest & greatest offering stacks up against the competition.
When I first reviewed the Garmin nuvi 680 back in February, I thought it was a fantastic GPS, but I just couldn't give it the GPSmagazine Editor's Choice Award seeing as the almost identical nuvi 660 was nearly half the price. Don't get me wrong, the MSN-Direct features are very nice to have, but they're not worth $300 more than the 660!
Fast forward 5 months to July 2007 and the nuvi 680 has dropped almost $400 in price, and can be had for around $675. At that price the 680 is only about $100 more expensive than the 660, and I feel the price is reasonable enough to warrant an Editor's Choice Award. The MSN-Direct features give it a slight edge over the 660.
No GPS is perfect, but all-in-all the nuvi 680 is the best one I've tested. If you're looking for the best GPS and willing to spend close to $700, it's hard to beat the Garmin nuvi 680.
PC World has included GPSmagazine in their prestigious annual "100 Blogs We Love" list.
I've seen a lot of GPS units here at GPSmagazine, and hard as I try, I've yet to find an absolutely perfect GPS. Some are better than others, to be sure, but each one seems to have its own particular strengths and weaknesses. So I thought, why not combine all the best elements of each GPS, and add a few new features to create the ultimate GPS?
If I were a large GPS manufacturer with deep pockets (Garmin, Magellan, TomTom, are you listening?), here's the GPS I'd design:
AAA is forecasting the Fourth of July travel will be the busiest holiday weekend ever. Over 40 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this holiday. With predictions like that, it might be a good idea to dust off your GPS-knowledge and get the upper hand on the pending highway fire-drill.
Here's a few handy GPS travel tips to help you get the most out of the holiday and avoid the travel woes:
Continue reading "Five GPS Tips To Save Your Fourth of July" »
Summertime is here, so there's no better time to get into the popular sport of Geocaching. Geocaching is a great way to get outdoors, discover new places, and play high-tech hide-and-seek.
If you've never been Geocaching before, this is the guide for you!
That's right - we're giving away a stylish hand-held Pocket LOOX N100 GPS, pre-loaded with North American maps! This portable GPS / video / mp3 player can be yours, all you have to do is send us a photo of yourself doing something cool with a GPS.
At the end of July, we'll pick the best photo, post it on the site, and send the winner his/her free Siemens/Fujitsu Pocket LOOX.
