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CNET.co.uk Downloads: Mapping your way to pool

Crave The best things in life are free. Okay, that's not always true. Air is free, and that's pretty good. And all the software in CNET.co.uk's Downloads channels is free, or free to try, and we think that's pretty good too.

Tags: ball, london, pool, app

18 August 2006, 13:54

Google Earth vs Virtual Earth 3D: War of the world viewers

Crave Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like buses: you wait ages for one then two come along at once. We think Google Earth's standard mapping images are slightly more rubbish than those in Virtual Earth 3D.

Tags: models, eye, virtual, earth

7 November 2006, 12:22

Nokia Maps and Messenger services upgraded

Crave Nokia has released new versions of its mapping and navigation service along with a new messaging service in an effort to build out its mobile services The smartphone, which is set to launch next spring, comes with a bunch of bells and whistles in...

Tags: nokia, maps, messaging, gps

3 December 2008, 9:19

Photos: Hands-on with the GPS-enabled iRiver M3

Crave In addition to a navigational mapping system from an unknown provider, the M3 features support for MP3, WMA, AAC and OGG music files, Xvid and WMV video, and an array of image formats. You can see the mapping software in this shot, but there's no...

2 September 2008, 11:03

Toshiba Regza 37XV505: Reveal the off switch

Crave As a result, movie watching in dimly-lit rooms won't be ruined by an overly zealous backlight.For those of you less concerned about the Princess and more geared up for the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the Tosh has a game mode that promises...

Tags: toshiba, switch, pixel, mapping

22 April 2008, 11:25

HTC Touch 3G and Touch Viva unveiled

Crave Native support for Google Maps makes the offering more attractive still -- Google's mapping software, when combined with a decent GPS receiver, is a robust and extremely useful navigational tool. As if giving birth to the Touch HD wasn't an epic...

Tags: htc, hd, bluetooth, fi

15 September 2008, 16:43

LG KT610: Hands-on with LG's Symbian sat-nav phone

Crave From GPS mapping to email software, the KT610 should keep you entertained and ready for some serious mobile action. In an attempt to beat the masses of handset announcements that came out today, LG announced a new candybar smart phone yesterday...

11 February 2008, 13:12

Mio C620: Sat-nav with 3D sights

Crave Companies such as Google are taking street-level picture mapping very seriously, and it most likely won't be long before you'll be able to see the streets you're driving through in all their glory -- or ugliness if you live in South London.

Tags: nav, navs, paper, stores

20 December 2007, 8:55

HP unveils iPAQ 600, 900 smart phones

Crave Unlike most sat-navs, it features 3D mapping software, which looks pretty frickin' cool if you ask us. HP launched five new mobile devices when we were in Noo Yoik last week, extending its long-running iPAQ range.

Tags: hp, enterprise, inch, wi fi

10 September 2007, 10:16

New Toshiba LCD TVs: CV and XV series screens due soon

Crave There's also a game mode, which adds 1:1 pixel mapping, an important feature if you want gloriously crisp pictures with a full view of what's happening in-game. Toshiba has announced some flashy new TVs, to further distract us from the ignominious...

Tags: toshiba, pixel, range, screens

22 February 2008, 15:56

Photos: Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 rock-solid emailers

Crave Both the E66 and E71 come with Nokia's mapping software. Anyway, back to reality, and while these handsets don't come with touchscreens they're very classy indeed. Aimed at businessmen, the E61 and E77's promo material has all the makings of a...

17 June 2008, 12:00

CNET.co.uk Editors' Choice Awards 2007

Crave One of the easiest-to-use sat-navs we've ever come across, the Garmin nuvi 660 has all the features you'd expect, such as Bluetooth and European mapping, plus some you wouldn't, such as free traffic updates and the ability to add your own points...

19 October 2007, 9:15

T-Mobile G1 vs iPhone 3G: Can Google bite Apple?

Crave The mapping experience was competent and where the G1 couldn't pick up a satellite it defaulted to network location, similar to the iPhone. From the packaging to the headphone socket, we've given it a thorough going over on the next few pages.

29 October 2008, 22:59

Photosynth: Microsoft invents time travel... sort of

Crave Developed by Microsoft Live Labs, Photosynth is a mindblowing three-dimensional photo mapping.thing. Hundreds of photos from different cameras of a particular space are overlapped, allowing you to zoom around that space with the flick of a wrist...

Tags: microsoft, wash, wandering, photosynth

4 July 2007, 8:35

Google Maps for mobile launches in the UK

Crave Today Google announced it's launching the Google Map service for mobiles in the UK. Some of you may already have been using the American version, but this UK-specific, Java-based application includes Tube stations and local search.

Tags: google, google maps, google map, mobiles

9 May 2007, 13:38