There has been lots of news lately about GPS-enabled applications, data, and devices, some tied to the Where 2.0 2008 conference last week. ABI Research said that by 2012 more than 550 million GPS-enabled handsets would ship. Navteq announced updates to its North American traffic database, adding Puerto Rico and Canada as well as […]

Garmin announced its first mobile phone yesterday. According to Garmin, it’s slim, sleek, innovative, and a breakthrough. It’s a phone, navigator, camera, browser, and music player. Many of the media reports on it reflect surprise.
I am not surprised.
Why wouldn’t Garmin make a phone? Convergence has been in force in technology forever. The phone manufacturers […]

In a spell of temporary insanity (or some may say stupidity), I bought one of the just-released Nokia N810 Internet devices on Black Friday. I found it at Best Buy, where they told me they had a grand total of two sent to them. Apparently, the stores are taking a few to see how they […]

Garmin apparently is spending millions to create and show an advertisement during this Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast. The company is so excited it seems to be bursting in it’s media release, claiming the ad is the “first-ever for any consumer electronics manufacturer that specializes in GPS navigation.” The company doesn’t stop with the ad - […]

With all of the noise around Vista and Xbox, we tend to forget that Microsoft is putting a lot of energy into location intelligence, including the sort that sits on wheels. Its MapPoint services and Live Web mapping are no secrets, but less known are its efforts on the mobile front. According to the Wall […]