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Gadget Digest: Jobs the movie, Siri changes her tune, an Android army, Max Payne 3 and more  

Friday 18 May at 12:08pm

Gadget Digest: Jobs the movie, Siri changes her tune, an Android army, Max Payne 3 and more

by The Gadget Show

It’s Friday, which is good news in itself. But it also means a chance to catch up on some of the gadget news that’s been bubbling under the surface over the past week – stories worth knowing about…

Navigate the world with the Magellan eXplorist Pro 10  

Friday 15 April at 11:13am

Navigate the world with the Magellan eXplorist Pro 10

by The Gadget Show

Magellan has made some excellent GPS devices in the past, straying away from the mainstream and producing gadgets for cyclists, runners, people with boats and other outdoorsy types. The Magellan…

TomTom HD Traffic takes to the web  

Thursday 17 March at 3:43pm

TomTom HD Traffic takes to the web

by The Gadget Show

TomTom has released a free version of the popular HD Traffic service online, enabling you to check up on the latest traffic info before leaving home so you can pick the best route.The service uses…

UK a nation of sat nav addicts: report  

Friday 11 March at 7am

UK a nation of sat nav addicts: report

by The Gadget Show

A new report from the Royal Academy of Engineering has labelled UK drivers as “dangerously dependent” on satellite navigation.A combination of the spread of GPS tech into all kinds of devices and…

Mio calls on TomTom for latest sat nav  

Wednesday 26 January at 9:58am

Mio calls on TomTom for latest sat nav

by The Gadget Show

Mio’s latest sat nav – the Navman Spirit V575 TV – certainly looks a decent prospect, what with its built-in Freeview TV tuner, but there’s a catch.Because it’s not entirely Mio’s own technology…

PhotoTrackr Mini DLP900: geotagging for any camera  

Monday 26 October at 3:54pm

PhotoTrackr Mini DLP900: geotagging for any camera

by The Gadget Show

Geotagging is an undeniably handy feature for any camera, using GPS to tell you exactly where each of your photos was taken. But it’s only available in a tiny proportion of digital snappers – unless…

GTrekking across the universe...  

Wednesday 16 September at 11:55am

GTrekking across the universe...

by Jon Bentley

The GTrek II sounds like it should be something starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Well it’s actually a device that can pinpoint where you’ve been on your travels and then plot your route on…

Twitter to track your location  

Friday 21 August at 2:03pm

Twitter to track your location

by The Gadget Show

Micro-bloggers will soon be able to track their own movements and share them online under new plans to add latitude and longitude data to Twitter. ...

Garmin outs Foretrex GPS wrist units  

Wednesday 17 June at 2:19pm

Garmin outs Foretrex GPS wrist units

by Fwd Tech

Those masters of satellite navigation, Garmin, have just unveiled a pair of Garmin Foretrex GPS trackers that are so suited to Xtreme sports we’re surprised Garmin didn’t rename it the ForetreXXX. Ha…

Garmin gets snap happy with the Oregon 500!  

Sunday 12 April at 6:07pm

Garmin gets snap happy with the Oregon 500!

by The Gadget Show

Christopher Columbus had nothing on the Garmin Oregon 500. For a start he didn’t have a built-in camera, three-inch touchscreen and a waterproof casing. If he did have he might have brought back more…

Garmin nuvifone M20: chatnav mark II  

Thursday 12 February at 9:17am

Garmin nuvifone M20: chatnav mark II

by Fwd Tech

With the wait for Garmin and Asus’s GPS-o-mobile the Garmin nuvifone G60 nearly over, the satnav company’s only gone and revealed the second in the nuvifone line-up: the M20! ...

Renault Clio takes direction  

Friday 06 February at 11:46am

Renault Clio takes direction

by Fwd Tech

Ooh Papa. Ooooooh Nicole. Remember those slightly worrying Renault ads from the late 90s that flirted with “paternal” issues? Well, had naughty Nicole clapped eyes on the new Clio she may well have…