TomTom brings in some new voice talent.
by Roxanne Laverty on Apr 4, 2012 |
 The number of voices available for TomTom vehicle navigators is steadily growing. The newest edition are Sesame Street favorites, Bert and Ernie.
These new voice options join other pop culture icons such as Yoda and Darth Vader from Star Wars, TV's own Dora the Explorer, ...
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Tags: TomTom, Ernie, Bert, Sesame Street, Darth Vader, Yoda, Star Wars, voice, GPS, vehicle, SpongeBob Squarepants, Dora, Homer Simpson, Mr. Burns, Looney Tunes |
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Get the Latest Maps for Your TomTom
by Roxanne Laverty on Jan 25, 2012 |
 With maps changing daily, you need to keep your TomTom device current. If you are looking to update your maps, check out the latest versions now available for download from TomTom.
The new map data will have updated street information, overpasses, and interchanges. The Point of ...
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Tags: TomTom, update, quarter, yearly, annually, website, POI, street, TeleAtlas, January, gas stations, restaurants, hotels, tourist, attractions |
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New Voices at the Garmin Garage
by Rebecca Pearson on Nov 30, 2011 |
 Just in time for holiday travel, the voices of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie are now available through the Garmin Garage. Users can download the popular characters onto their GPS to keep children entertained during long road trips. To download, users simply click on the ...
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Tags: Garmin Garage, Bert, Ernie, Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, television, voice, directions, navigation |
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Mapnificent Helps Navigate Transit Worldwide
by Roxanne Laverty on Sep 8, 2011 |
 Mapnificent is an online tool that estimates the travel time for public transit in cities across the globe. The tool offers a user-friendly, easy to navigate website for transportation in cities throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
To obtain transit information on Mapnificent, you ...
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Tags: Mapnificent, maps, navigate, transit, North America, Europe, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, bike, walk, bus, train, trolley, streetcar |
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Garmin's StreetPilot onDemand iPhone App for $.99
by Rebecca Pearson on Aug 31, 2011 |
 Garmin's StreetPilot onDemand iPhone app was designed with city dwellers in mind. Along with the usual auto-routing and turn-by-turn features, the new GPS app offers public transportation routes. People in big cities who rely on public transit can access their bus and train schedules through ...
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Tags: Garmin, StreetPilot, onDemand, iPhone, navigation, app, GPS, App Store, city, public transit, bus, train |
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Garmin Helps Travelers in Israel Find Their Way
by Roxanne Laverty on Apr 21, 2011 |
 Earlier this week, Garmin announced two new products for the City Navigator Israel software series.
The first product, now available for download, is Garmin's nuMaps Onetime Israel NT 2012. This onetime update will bring new life to the nuvi 1310 preloaded model or original DVD ...
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Tags: Israel, Garmin, GPS, street maps, topographical, DVD, microSD, SD, nuMaps, onetime, download, POI |
Related Items: Garmin microSD TOPO Israel, Garmin Nuvi 1310 Israel, Garmin microSD City Navigator Israel NT, Garmin nuMaps Onetime UPDATE City Navigator Israel Digital Download Only |
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Garmin StreetPilot revived in an iPhone App.
by Roxanne Laverty on Jan 4, 2011 |
 The StreetPilot series was one of the first of many navigation devices designed by Garmin. The name is being resurrected for Garmin's first iPhone navigation app. Priced well at $40, the app gives Garmin a new position in the race for leading GPS manufacturer.
Garmin put ...
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Tags: StreetPilot, Garmin, iPhone, App, iOS 4, text-to-speech, lane assist, traffic |
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Swiss say NO to Google Street View
by Jesse Sampson on Nov 13, 2009 |
 Privacy regulators in Switzerland are asking for modifications to their area, on the the popular new Google map add-on, Streetview. The Swiss have been known to be more sensitive about thier privacy than other countries, and have set some of the highest standards in the ...
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Tags: google, swiss, street view, privacy concerns, GPS adopters |
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Free Online Mapping by GPS Users like you!
by Jesse Sampson on Oct 21, 2009 |
The Open Street Map (OSM) website is an Open Source project providing free maps to anyone who visits them online. The maps you find on this site are made by GPS users, for other GPS users without an outrageous licensing cost. If you ...
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Tags: OSM, Open Street Map, Free map, garmin, gps, mapping, open source, world wide |
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