Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 8:31am
GPS devices have changed forever the way we find places while driving, but most of them aren't much use once we get out of the car. Sure you could use a traditional hand held GPS or a smart phone, but...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 7:16am
These Xplore.XGX gloves will keep your hands warm, sure. But they'll also provide you with all sorts of data as to where you are on the slopes, how far you've skied and how fast you've gone. It's all done via...
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 12:16pm
The big cell phone hootenanny called Mobile World Congress is about to start in Barcelona, and what better way to kick it off than for Garmin to make another attempt at its unsuccessful smartphone line? The big news: Garmin-Asus ditches...
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 8:32am
If you were excited that Google included turn-by-turn navigation in Android 2.0, Nokia's big move will leave you stunned: the cellphone giant today made its new Ovi Maps — with "high-end" navigation — available to 10 of Nokia smartphones, potentially...
Monday, December 28, 2009 - 4:28am
Anyone can go down to the local bike shop and pick up a crappy bike computer that tells you how fast and far you've ridden. But there's a whole new breed of wireless bike computers, ANT+, that not only track...
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 1:29pm
Here's an app you won't be able to download via Apple's App Store — well, that is, unless you're in the military. Raytheon, a military contractor, is working on an app for the iPhone called One Force Tracker, which gives...
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 1:06am
Now, there are in-car navigation systems, and there are in-car navigation ZOMG systems. This, chums, is one of the latter — Audi's updated MMI system for its A8 sedan, which will incorporate Google Earth; the first time ever it's been...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 3:22pm
AT&T's free "Mark the Spot" app for the iPhone will allow users to do what they've no doubt been itching to do for a long, long time: hit a button that complains to AT&T. "Mark the Spot" will pinpoint where...
Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 8:06am
Using traditional tech gadgets can be a royal pain when you're all bundled up in a big parka and gloves for the slopes. Just getting to your watch under all that clothing is tough, never mind trying to read the...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 7:09am
If you're still grabbing a bunch of CDs when you go on a road trip, let me introduce you to the 21st century. Or, more accurately, the 2010 Lincoln MKS, whose dashboard is home to the latest car-stereo tech, including...
