GPS in news - Tom's Guide

GPS

I only want to see...

News (27) | Reviews (13) | Shopping (891) | Pictures (4) | Videos (2)

View all results

Google Ads

News and Reviews

EU GPS Rival Satellite Successfully Transmits Data

Published on May 8, 2008 to GPS

The European Union’s second test satellite in its Galileo bid to rival GPS has begun sending back data to Earth after its successful launch. Read more

Coke Hat And Bears Hide Expensive GPS Unit

Published on February 4, 2008 to GPS

Victorville (CA) - We spied an innovative way to hide your expensive GPS dash units while driving on our way back from the PMA show in Vegas to Los Angeles. GPS units can cost several hundred... Read more

Piled-up GPS Inventory Could Take Two Months To Ease

Published on March 31, 2008 to Business & Law

Brisk sales of personal navigation device (PND) during Christmas and the Lunar New year prompted branded vendors and distributors to over-stock inventory which will likely take the market two... Read more

A Billion GPS Chips Expected To Ship In 2013, Says ABI Research

Published on March 20, 2008 to GPS

GPS IC shipments are expected to reach one billion annually in 2013, and although average selling prices (ASPs) will continue to fall, the effect on the revenues streams of vendors will be more... Read more

900 Million GPS Shipments By 2013

Published on January 18, 2008 to Business & Law

The GPS modernization project and the arrival of additional Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GLONASS, Galileo, and Beidou/Compass will increase the availability, reliability,... Read more

Mitac To Launch Its First GPS-enabled 3G Handset In Q4

Published on July 8, 2008 to Smartphones

Taiwan PND vendor Mitac International plans to launch its first GPS-enabled 3G handset in the fourth quarter of this year, according to company sources, who also added that the forthcoming 3G... Read more

Thieves Steal GPS Units And Bullet-Resistant Vests From FBI Cars

Published on December 28, 2007 to Business & Law

Thieves Steal GPS Units And Bullet-Resistant Vests From FBI Cars. Read more

3GMS: HTC Pharos With GPS Available At the End of This Month

Published on February 12, 2008 to Smartphones

The new P3470 HTC Smartphone, known as Pharos, will be available at the end of the month. Read more

GPS On The Moon

Published on July 22, 2008 to Business & Law

You guessed right, the moon doesn't have satellites to send GPS signals. Read more

Helio Rolls Out GPS Phone

Published on January 16, 2008 to Smartphones

Helio today introduced a new slider-phone called "Mysto". It’s not an entirely new phone as it is based on the Samsung U600, which has been on the market for some time in Europe and Korea. The... Read more

Mio Technology Aims To Ship Eight Million GPS PNDs In 2008

Published on January 9, 2008 to Business & Law

Mio Technology, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Mitac International, expects to ship eight million GPS portable navigation devices (PNDs) in 2008, according to company president Samuel Wang at the... Read more

3GSM: Samsung SGH-G810 - the Symbian GPS smartphone

Published on February 15, 2008 to Smartphones

If the Korean focused on the U900 Soul during this show, it didn’t stop it from introducing a very thorough smartphone. Symbian and GPS Samsung chose to equip the G810 with Symbian S60 and an... Read more

Nokia Tracks Traffic Info With Gang Of GPS Feeds

Published on February 8, 2008 to Mobility Miscellaneous

Nokia and UC Berkeley just finished a new research project that was able to provide real-time "direct from the street" traffic information using nothing but mobile phone GPS signals. Read more

Air Semiconductor Touts Low-power GPS Solution

Published on July 7, 2008 to Mobility Miscellaneous

While digital camera makers are eying GPS as a feature that can help differentiate their next-generation products, power consumption will be an issue makers must address, according to Stephen... Read more

iPhone, iPod Touch Get GPS-like Capability

Published on January 15, 2008 to Smartphones

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced major software updates for its iPhone and iPod Touch devices. iPhone users now can send SMS messages to multiple people and iPod Touch users get access to several... Read more