Verizon’s VZ Navigator 5 attempts to stay relevant with Facebook status updates
The days are definitely numbered for standalone GPS devices and paid GPS applications on smartphones. After Google unveiled its free Google Maps Navigation application for Android 2.0 devices in October, and then shortly made it available for all Android phones, it was clear that the market for GPS navigation as we knew it [...]
Nokia Launches Free Turn-By-Turn Navigation Around The World
For the past few days, Nokia has been trying to get everyone excited about.. something. They piqued our interests by sending out press event invites (for separate events in the UK and the US, no less), then revved the hype machine with a good ol’ fashion countdown timer.
The US announcement is still a few hours [...]
Sony debuts 6.1-inch NV-U3DV navigation unit
Well, it’s not the Android-based Walkman / PND that Sony supposedly has in the works for next year, but we’re guessing the company’s new NV-U3DV navigation will still turn a few heads nonetheless, and not just because of its large 6.1-inch screen. Launched today in Japan, this PND packs a 480×272 resolution on that big [...]
Location Finding With Google Maps Comes To Chrome and Firefox [Google]
If you are running Chrome 2.0+ or FireFox 3.5+ you will notice a dot in the upper left corner of Google Maps that should, theoretically, be able to locate your position using the W3C Geolocation API.
We have been around this block before with apps like Geode and Google Gears, but it has yet to catch [...]
Google Maps Location Finder Pinpoints You in Chrome and Firefox [Google Maps]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.While mobile users have been able to rely on Google Maps to pinpoint their locations for some time, starting today Google Chrome 2.0 and Mozilla FireFox 3.5 users will also be able to locate their positions from their browsers.
To use My Location for Google [...]
