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Gators15: I've never used a GPS in my life. I've always had a crazy good sense of direction. In high school, we used to put me in the trunk, my friends would dr... more »
streetceltic: I don't see why people follow GPS coordinates so closely they run into buildings and the middle of the forest more »
Jesse in Japan: I'm just saying, LORAN could get the job done chaper. more »
OCEntertainment: In related news, the makes of The Matrix would like people to stop blaming their movies when someone kills a cop. The makers of Oxiclean would like pe... more »
Benguin: Am I the only one who uses the Maps app on my iPhone like an actual map? Since I have a first gen I don't get very accurate location readings (no GPS,... more »
Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: All I know is that everytime I put my GPS unit near my crotch, it goes crazy. more »
Dallifornia: For my GPS unit, I always, always have signal to one degree or another. It's not the tracking that's inaccurate, it's the nonsensical directions and l... more »
Kerensky97: $500 buys a lot of smartphone and GPS software but it doesn't pay for the data connection required to run it. Factor in a 2 year service contract and... more »
Noobs-R-Us: The problem with these Garmins is that they're at least 2-3 generations behind Apple's hardware and software. Notice in the video that you still need ... more »
Lizard_King: I've not been impressed enough with the Colorado or Oregon lines to upgrade from my CSX60... however, I haven't seen a phone app able to keep up to wh... more »
cardboredbox: Who uses GPS directions when they're out in the wilderness? GPS sometimes has trouble giving good directions even when I'm in the city more »
Alchemistmerlin: Stories like these make me sad. Not because the GPS failed, or because they blamed the GPS for their own stupid. But because the cellphone saved the... more »
Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: No offense, but you have to be a pretty fucking big moron to go driving off into the mountains in an area where they habitually CLOSE roads for the se... more »
szrimaging: Why on earth didn't they think "hmm...service road, which isn't plowed in the winter, might be sketchy. Lets keep going until the GPS reroutes itself.... more »
oojoo: There is nothing wrong with their GPS unit. It told them the correct directions. However, it cannot know the weather conditions and level of snow and ... more »
dimsum4u: So this happened to me and some friends but not in the snow. Was driving to Lake Chelan around 11PM, was tired so just turned on the GPS. Typically ma... more »
Dacker: This is eerily similar to an incident in SW Oregon three years ago which lead to TechTV's James Kim's demise. Wrong road, out in the mountains, lots ... more »
Erix_Cale: It was the Atmos units... those damn Sontarans are at it again more »
OMG! Ponies!: If you go out there, your GPS will freeze before you get to the first marker. THEN I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL! Wow. Overreact much, Captain Solo? I was ... more »
FrankenPC: Who would have thought Skynet would assume the role of GPS navigators? more »

#gps

The Air Force Wants You to Stop Blaming GPS Satellites When You Get Lost
The Air Force isn't happy with some of the stories about the couple who got lost in the woods after following their SUV's GPS. For some reason, a lot of people keep blaming innocent GPS satellites for the whole mess. More »
#gps

Garmin 450T Outdoor GPS Their Best (Without a Silly Camera)
Garmin's 450T GPS is their highest end without an integrated camera, and so, the best discrete outdoor GPS they make. It has a barometer, altimeter, waterproofness, tilt-compensated compass and a receiver sensitive enough for quick fixes in canyons and forests. More »
#gps

Evil GPS Leads a Couple to the Frozen Wilderness to Die
A couple was stuck in the untamed winter wilderness of eastern Oregon for three days after following their evil SUV's GPS navigator's directions. They were saved by a do-gooder GPS in their phone. More »
#iphoneapps

Pedal Brain App Might Do For Cyclists What Nike+ Did For Runners
Cycling apps are nothing new to the Apple App Store, but this hardware/software combo called Pedal Brain is the first to provide convenient ANT+ wireless device support. More »
#iphoneapps

MotionX Drive Turn-By-Turn App Just $1 For the Holidays
If you're not sure about this whole iPhone turn-by-turn thing, and you've been too afraid to try it because the apps are so expensive, hey, look: Motionx Drive, our favorite budget iPhone nav app, is just a dollar right now. More »
#gps

Magellan's Premium iPhone Car Kit
It's not the first iPhone GPS car kit, but Magellan's list of features might make this one of the better ones, and it doesn't even require you to use Magellan's own GPS app. More »
#gps

TomTom Releases $50 US-Only iPhone App
Given the intense competition in the turn-by-turn app wars, TomTom is offering an alternative to their $99 original version by ditching Canada and dropping the price to $50. More »
#gps

Maplock is Like a Steering Wheel Lock for Your GPS
Considering how cheap and ubiquitous GPS devices have gotten, I'm not surprised that they're now the most commonly stolen item from vehicles. That's why Maplock caught my eye: it hooks onto your GPS and tethers it to your steering wheel. More »
#privacy

Sprint to Humans: We Know Where You Are, and So Do the Police
In the last year alone, Sprint turned over users' GPS data to authorities 8 million times. While that number is misleadingly high—this could translate to under a thousand individual users—it's still terrifying. But wait, it gets even better! More »
#science

Strechable, Flexible, Twistable Antennas
Traditional copper antennas are rigid yet delicate. And in the age when almost every gadget we use requires some sort of antenna, they're a lousy solution. Luckily, new tech is on its way. More »
#tomtom

Let Snoop Dogg Guide You to the Weed on TomTom, Fo' Shizzle
Snoop Dogg, when he's not busy designing headphones and releasing tracks on Rock Band, fancies himself as a navigational hero, lending his "Snoop Speak" to TomTom. More »
#dealzmodo

CoPilot Live GPS App Is $20 During Thanksgiving Special
ALK is dropping the price of CoPilot Live North America from $35 down to $20, starting tomorrow. Since CoPilot was already our favorite non-subscription budget GPS app, this is nice to hear. More »
#wintergear

The Future of Snow Sports Tech
Bright ideas and products in skiing and snowboarding, from a Norwegian hotel built into a mountainside to an inflatable pack that can save you from an avalanche More »
#gps

Make Your Own Real Time Kinematic GPS Receiver That's Accurate to One Centimeter
Researchers Tomoji Takasu and Akio Yasuda of Tokyo University have developed an open source, inexpensive, Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS receiver than runs on a beagle board. They've also left instructions on how you can build one yourself. More »
#nsfw

There Shouldn't Be A GPS Tracking System In My Lingerie
I'm all for naughty, oh-come-treat-me-like-a-bad-girl-tonight scraps of lace. What I'm not such a fan of is trashy oh-come-follow-me-using-the-built-in-GPS lingerie. I don't care if it's pretty, frilly designer lingerie. It's got a damn tracking system embedded in the fabric. More »
#blackfriday

Target's Black Friday Ad Is Yet Another Black Friday Letdown
Maybe it's good there are so few decent Black Friday sales going on since no one has money to spend anyway. Or maybe not. Either way, Target's Black Friday ad has leaked. And while you could do worst than a $450 40-inch Apex LCD, you probably could do a lot better, too. (OK, fine, the $250 32-inch Westinghouse is a tad more tempting, as is a $50 gift card with the purchase of an Xbox 360 Elite.) [BlackFriday]
#gps

Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
Sometime next year, Garmin nuvi GPS devices will have the option of displaying information on your car's inner workings using EcoRoutes ESP—a module that taps into your car's onboard diagnostics (OBD-II) port. More »
#roundup

Week In Review—The Second Coming of Android
Think of this week's round of announcements as Android's débutante ball. She's gone from a lovable ragamuffin to a mature OS that's ready for the spotlight. With Android 2.0, Motorola Droid and Google Maps Navigation, she stole our hearts. More »
#review

Google Navigator for Android Review: Good For Free But Far From Perfect
As you know, Google's freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what's great—and what's surprisingly bad—about it. More »
#remainders

Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
Esquire Sells the Space Beneath Downey's Iron Nuts...No Joy for TomTom's $120 iPhone Car Dock...Amtrak Gets "Free" Wi-Fi, But You Still Have to Pay for the Subsidy, Er Ticket...Voulez Vouz QOOQez Avec Moi? More »
#gps

Microsoft Pulling The Plug On MSN Direct In 2012
While it's probably not the first casualty of the Google GPS navigation bombshell, the fact remains—Microsoft is pulling the plug on their MSN Direct service on January 1st, 2012. More »
#stocks

It's Not a Good Day to Be a GPS Manufacturer
Google's free GPS feature on Android 2.0 is great news! Unless you're the fine folks at Garmin and TomTom, in which case, oh shit. [Engadget]
#garmin

Amazon Chops Garmin Nuvifone G60 Price By Two Thirds In the First Month
Our recommended price for the Nuvifone G60 was death, payable by the handset, not the prospective buyer. Until that can be arranged, though, Amazon's plunging $200 discount (on a $300 phone!) will have to do. More »
#gps

TomTom iPhone Car Kit Hits Apple Store But Misses October Ship Date
The good news: for those of you who want it, the TomTom iPhone Car Kit can be ordered for $120 at the Apple Store. The bad news: while TomTom originally promised the device for October, it's still not shipping for "2-3 weeks." [Apple via SlashGear via CrunchGear]
#gps

Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
The Insignia Little Buddy is a $100 child-tracking GPS system. You simply duct tape the Little Buddy to your kid, and you'll never lose the little bugger again (involuntarily). More »
#art

Al Gore GPS Backpack Looks Like a C4 Bomb
Designed by artist Ted Noten, this backpack consists of a Tom Tom GPS unit embedded inside an acrylic slab. He intends to place it inside a slowly melting glacier in Switzerland—hence the title "Al Gore." More »
#gps

GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
This box is a GPS puzzle build as a wedding gift by Mikal Hart. It only opens when it's in a specific location, and the puzzle involves discovering just where that location is. More »
#wifi

Wi-Fi Bracelet Tracks Grandma or That Cheating Whore of a Husband
Ekahau's T301W Wi-Fi Bracelet can pinpoint the exact location of anyone wearing it, without the use of GPS. But there's a catch. More »
#bookexcerpt

Four Old Gadgets We Love (and Four We Hate)
Anna Jane Grossman is the author of Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By. She has compiled a special short list for Gizmodo: Four old gadgets we love and we'll really miss, and four we're glad are gone: More »
#iphoneapps

MotionX GPS Drive Review: Hands Down the Best Value In GPS Apps
People bitching about TomTom's $100 iPhone navigation app can either a) bitch louder or b) download MotionX GPS Drive by Fullpower. It's $3 per month or $25 per year, and it works just fine. More »
#iphoneapps

Gokivo Drops Monthly Rate to $5/Month
Possibly in response to the amazingly low price of Fullpower's MotionX GPS (stay tuned for full review), Networks In Motion has reduced the monthly rate of its Gokivo iPhone app to $4.99. [iTunes Link]
#smartphones

Garmin Nuvifone G60 Is Finally Happening: On AT&T Oct. 4 for $299
Took long enough: The near-vaporware Garmin nuvifone G60 GPS-cum-fone is actually coming out, and it's gonna be on AT&T come Oct. 4 for $300, with an extra $5/month for navigation services. I'm sure it will fail miserably. [Yahoo]
#iphone

TomTom iPhone Car Kit Priced at $120, Available October
You've wondered how much the TomTom iPhone Car Kit will cost in October? $120. Of course, the software itself runs another $100, so the total TomTom iPhone GPS system requires a $220 investment. Just like a "real" GPS! [GPSTracklog] More »
#gps

Free Waze App Turns GPS Navigation Into a Social Cellphone Game
The problem with most turn-by-turn navigation apps for cellphones is that they are outrageously expensive. Not so with Waze. In fact, the app is totally free—and it even turns the driving experience into a fun little game. More »
#iphone

ARider Turns The iPhone Into a Heads-Up GPS Display For Cyclists
Japan's Ubiquitous Entertainment have developed a prototype device called ARider that allows cyclists to navigate via their iPhone 3GS using a heads up display. Of course, the whole setup seems a bit precarious for you and your precious phone. More »
#battlemodo

iPhone Navigation App Battlemodo, Part II: The Best Cheap GPS App
When I published the turn-by-turn navigation app battlemodo, many readers asked me to evaluate some other popular choices. Because everything I do, I do for you, here are CoPilot, GoKivo and Sygic, a.k.a. the best of the rest: More »
#confluxfestival

Conflux Festival's Augmented Reality Games, Gizmos Descend On NYC
Augmented reality golf game, played on New York City streets? Check. Fish-finding buoys that flash when the East River denizens swim near? Ditto. A 64-block chess game played with humans? Why yes, the Conflux Festival has that too. More »
#gps

This Guy's Cellphone Takes Augmented Reality To a Whole New Level
Apps involving augmented reality may be the next big thing, but this guy's crappy cellphone is already light years ahead. [Sheepfilms via b3ta via YBNBY]
#netbooks

Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook Unboxed on Camera
Nokia's Booklet 3G still has no U.S ETA, but it's an interesting 10.1-incher with Windows 7, 3G, and a claimed 16-hour battery life. And though I've no idea what this (Greek?) gentleman is saying, here's what's in the box: More »
#iphoneapps

Navigon Wants an Extra $25 for Real-Time Traffic Data on the iPhone
Fresh off last week's free text-to-speech and iPod control updates, Navigon's back with a new feature announcement for their iPhone app. And hey, this real-time, crowd-sourced traffic data sounds pretty great! But is it $25 great? More »

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