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Swedes pioneer greener sat-nav

News Their sat-nav system has reported an average fuel saving of more than eight per cent compared to journeys planned by other methods. The sat-nav system simulated the most fuel-efficient route for a set of 109 trips in Lund and compared the most eco...

5 January 2007, 9:12

Sat-nav systems set to get smart

News The analyst house also predicts sat-nav companies will be forced to dream up new innovative services, faced with approaching penetration of the market for low-cost, basic map-based offerings. The next-generation of in-car sat-nav kit will need to...

3 January 2007, 9:00

Orange bundles sat-nav services

News Using sat-nav on your mobile means businesses can save time and money. Orange Business Services has started bundling satellite-navigation services with some of its mobile phones. Users of the service, which is based on Webraska's navigation...

2 November 2006, 9:43

Nokia announces new sat-nav gadget

News Nokia has once again branched out from its mobile core business with the announcement of its first GPS sat-nav device, the 330 Auto Navigation. The move from mobile phone provider to sat-nav seller is not entirely unexpected.

31 October 2006, 10:40

High price of sat-nav turns off car buyers

News Typically costing £1,500 as an option, sat-nav is the must-have in-car tech at the moment. Although 75 per cent of respondents initially stated they would be interested in in-car navigation as an option, this soon changed when prices were revealed...

25 September 2006, 11:09

Nokia gets smart with sat-nav services

News Nokia has launched a mapping, navigation and location-based services (LBS) system for use on its smart phones and PDAs, as well as devices made by other companies. The smart2go system provides maps and routing covering more than 150 countries as...

9 February 2007, 8:47

Sat-nav for joggers

News GPS, already indispensable for soldiers, pilots and lorry drivers, is now also useful for runners and bicyclists. The idea for the athlete-related usage was born out of frustration, when Finnish inventor Ville Kampman found he was unable to measure...

6 June 2006, 10:29

Sat-navs distracting and confusing drivers

News Many drivers can't imagine life without their trusty sat-nav -- but the motorist's best friend is being blamed for causing hundreds of thousands of accidents and near-misses. But the survey also suggests sat-nav devices distract and confuse...

Tags: gps, car, cent, drivers

23 July 2008, 9:39

TomTom sat-navs shipped with viruses

News Winder found that the two pieces of malware are win32.Perlovga.A Trojan and TR/Drop.Small.qp, and are resident on the sat-nav hard drive within the copy.exe and host.exe files. Users will only be aware that their sat-nav is infected if they connect...

30 January 2007, 9:37

Sat-navs set to nag about speed limit

News Drivers in London would be first in line for the technology that pairs sat-nav GPS with a digital map of the capital and its speed limits to tell drivers how fast they should be driving. Tom-Tom sat-nav users would be the first able to use the...

Tags: map, drivers, road, london

16 May 2008, 10:40

Photos: Christmas comes early at Currys.digital

News Packard Bell is also launching a new pocket-sized sat-nav system, the Compasseo 500. With just 144 shopping days to go until Christmas, Currys.digital presented its candidates for your wishlist in the warehouse-style surroundings of the Old Broad...

16 August 2006, 11:34

Photos: Mio navigates London's landmarks

News Landmarks are pre-programmed into the sat-nav systems, and are searchable by name, postcode or in some cases category. Mio Technology has officially arrived in the UK, and what better way to see its mobile satellite-navigation systems in operation...

22 June 2006, 15:45

TVs to get centre stage at tech fair

News Sony, for example, is expanding a planned video download service for its PSP and aims to start selling an accessory next year that will turn it into a sat-nav device. Internet TV, mobile TV and video on demand may be the talk of the technology...

29 August 2007, 10:54

Photos: Top ten holiday gadgets

News A small, portable sat-nav unit with a difference, the X-950T includes free content from the company's world-famous Michelin Guides. There are loads of gadgets that can make relaxing by a pool even more fun.

26 July 2006, 11:55

Google Video Store underwhelms

News The dropdown nav disappears when you leave the front page. The video store was accessible at the top of the main Google Video page with four rotating featured videos. At one point they were: Star Trek Voyager-Tattoo, on sale for $1.99 (£1.10), the...

11 January 2006, 9:25