Get Black Friday Deals Best Buy is positioning themselves as the place to go to get the best gps navigation systems deals for Christmas this year. They have released their black friday sales and have some great sales that you can get. Other retailers like Radio Shack, Dell and Walmart will also have some great deals. Best [...]

Ok … the title is a little misleading, but people in California are currently banned from mounting their GPS units on the windshield in their cars. Law makers there thought that GPS units mounted on the windshield could interfere with the deployment of airbags and that they could also be an obstruction to a drivers [...]

According to the National Crime Prevention Council, it takes a professional car thief less than 30 seconds to break a window, unlock the door and steal anything that’s inside. Property theft from cars is mostly a crime of opportunity. There has been a sharp increase in car thefts directly linked to cars that have a [...]

Garmin are the best selling gps navigation manufacturer here in the US. They have a great line of GPS systems called the Nuvi which are usually in the top selling gps systems. There are currently 27 models in the line broken into 7 series models: We have broken the Nuvi Models by series down for [...]

We have been receiving several email requests on warranty issues for gps navigation systems that are purchased from EBay. There several dangers when buying gps systems from ebay. Here are several reasons to steer clear of any ebay purchases of electronics, specifically gps systems: Products that are purchased from online auctions such as EBAY are not [...]

Dash have just announced a new price on their amazing gps system. The new price of $299 is half of what it was when the machine debuted a few months ago. At this price point, the Dash suddenly becomes very competitive based on price.

Mio have just come out with a new navigation system called the Knight rider. The new gps system comes complete with Kitt’s voice and led lights that mimic the original knight rider tv series. The new system will be priced somewhere around $300 and should be available in a few months.

Garmin are gearing up on the release of their highly anticipated smart phone called the Nuvifone in a few month. Many analysts believe that this phone will compete with the iphone directly. Garmin have not disclosed the price of the Nuvifone but industry exparts expect it to debut at around $299. Initial reviews for the Nuvifone [...]

Tomtom just announced that they have successfully tested and tried out their navigation software of the 3G iphone. There are some rumors that Apple might not have authorized Tomtom to develop the gps navigation.The iphone SDK legal documents specifically state the no company may design gps navigation system software for the phone. Applications may not [...]

One critical element of a gps navigation system is the the routing engine that is inbuilt into a machine. The routing engine is software that figures out which route to display to a user. In order to come up with the best route, the software uses math algorithms and a decision model based on attributes [...]