Android mobile Operating System currently commands roughly 30 percent market share, which means that every one smartphone out of the three is based on this platform. To a certain extent, the platform’s popularity is due to its well-diversified app store. Out of all the apps available, GPS or satellite based navigation system app category has [...]

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Microsoft are aiming to muscle in on Google’s success with their own version of the streetview service. Google (like everything else) have dominated the navigation market with Google maps and the little green man is now an infamous icon. You can see why Microsoft want in, it’s a very lucrative market. People will always need [...]

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Everyone loves a bit of a dystopian prediction on a Tuesday afternoon. So here we go then with the latest threat to humanity, the humble SATNAV. That’s right your Tom Tom could be the death of you according to a recent report by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE.) The problems stems from the UK’s [...]

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As you will be visiting friends and family over Christmas, some of you will be relying on your other half to give directions which can often be a bit of a nightmare. Instead of getting yourself lost, invest in a trusty Sat Nav to direct you! Now – as you might all be saving the [...]

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Overview We reviewed the Navman’s Spirit 575 Sat Nav a couple of months ago and were really impressed with its functionality and ease of use. Well, we got hold of the new budget version of this series, the 470, which costs a very reasonable £100. It’s one best budget sat navs on the market. With [...]

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Prestigio is a name that you are going to be coming across more and more if our trip to London is anything to go by. We were invited to London for the UK launch of Prestigio, a new high-end electronics brand. Now, it’s not often in the tech world that we are shown a selection [...]

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Mio the creators of the successful Navman series of satellite navigation systems are about the release three new Sat Navs for the UK markets – we got in the car and took the Spirit 575 on exhaustive road test to see whether it knows its dual carriages from its b-roads.

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iPhone users who have the TomTom apps installed on their phones will now be able to update their TomTom 1.2 version to 1.3. The TomTom 1.3 version will come equipped with a new feature, HD Traffic updates, which will offer users with dynamic real-time information that helps them to avoid traffic delays and find the [...]

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