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November 14, 2011No Comments

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Google Android has a lot of momentum behind it. The iPhone may be the most popular smart-phone around today but Android possesses more of the marketshare. Just like the iPhone, you can use your Android device as your GPS device. Here are 8 apps that let you do just that: GPS Status and Toolbox: displays [...]

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August 31, 2011No Comments

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Garmin has been in the business of making GPS devices for quite some time. The company got involved in the app store just a short while ago. Since then, it has released a bunch of innovative applications for iOS. The latest application, StreetPilot OnDemand for iOS, lets users access GPS and offline maps on their [...]

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January 25, 2011No Comments

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Have you ever parked your car in a street and forgot to put enough money in your parking meter? Maybe your chores ran more than you expected, and you got ticketed on top of that too. Thanks to apps such as Honk for iPhone, you can avoid some of those annoying tickets and move your [...]

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October 20, 2010No Comments

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iPhone owners can find plenty of GPS navigation apps in iTunes. In the past few months, developers have come from general navigation devices to more specific solutions. CoPilot Live Truck is one of those solutions. It is developed specifically for the truck driver community. It provides truckers with 2D/3D maps, turn by turn navigation, multi-stop [...]

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September 10, 2010No Comments

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Apple iPhone’s GPS feature has allowed developers to come up with some exciting applications for the device. Nike’s new app for runners is such an application. It’s a fun application that pushes you to run harder and can keep track of your activities outdoors as well. The good news with this new app is that [...]

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July 7, 2010No Comments

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Who needs a real compass when you can turn your iPhone or iPad into one. There are plenty of compass applications on the market that help iPhone owners get the help they need when they are spending time outdoors. If you know the game well enough, chances are you know how to use a compass [...]

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June 17, 2010No Comments

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Augmented reality apps are quite popular these days. They bring a whole new dimension to mobile apps and let people get the most out of their experience on their phones. While we don’t have too many augmented-reality based GPS applications and products on the market, there are enough of them around to give us an [...]

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May 24, 2010No Comments

Google open-sources My Tracks GPS

Google has already provided so much grief for TomTom, Garmin, and other GPS makers. Google Maps Navigation is already a formidable challenger to any paid GPS application provider. But why stop there when you can give more back to Android fans. That’s what Google has done by making My Tracks GPS’ source open to public. [...]

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