TomTom Bert & Ernie Voices Launched
10 Nov 2011, 16:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / TomTom is now giving us a new special voice for its navigation systems. In fact, the company is offering us not one, but two voices - those of Bert & Ernie. TomTom wants to see you smile whil...
TomTom iPhone App 1.9 Now Optimised for iPad
21 Oct 2011, 15:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / TomTom today released its iPhone 1.9 App, also optimizing it for the iPad, with current TomTom App customers being offered the possibility to download it free of charge. The iPad version comes with ...
TomTom Top Gear Satnav Banned by BBC
14 Oct 2011, 21:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We recently reported that TomTom would be introducing a TopGear-related GO Live satnav, which offers Jeremy Clarkson's voice, as well as a Stig mode. However, the company was forced to end this...
BMW Real Time Traffic Information Introduced
10 Oct 2011, 16:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW’s UK division is introducing the Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI), a feature for the BMW ConnectedDrive that promises to offer “fast, accurate and reliable data on road condition...
James May ROFL Over Romanian Language Satnav
21 Sep 2011, 12:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in 2009, Top Gear filmed an episode in Romania, finding “the best driving road in the world”, the Transfagarasan. Clarkson found this to be better than even the Stelvio Pass and he,...
Jeremy Clarkson's Voice to be Used by TomTom Navigation System
6 Sep 2011, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Top Gear and its viewers are currently on a break (Friends fans know what this means), but you’ll soon be able to hear Jeremy Clarkson everytime you drive, as the Top Gear star’s voice w...
Clarion Introduces NZ501E and NX501E Units
10 Aug 2011, 10:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / ICE (in car enterntainemnt) is growing stronger than ever these days and thus every producer has to constamtly up the ante, regardless of their previous work. The latest developments of this kind co...
TomTom Start 20 Available in the UK from £130
13 May 2011, 11:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Bringing heightened comfort and style to the first-time satnav category, the TomTom Start 20 series has arrived on the UK market. The navigation specialist has introduced on the respective models an...
The UK Could See Major Satnav Crash
10 Mar 2011, 17:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Great Britain is so dependent on GPS satellite navigation systems that a failure could result in deaths, a recent The Telegraph post writes. A study from the Royal Academy of Engineering says that j...
Passport IQ Integrated Radar Detector and GPS Nav Showcased at 2011 CES
3 Jan 2011, 11:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Some aftermarket gadgets are very nice things to have around, but adding a multitude of accessories will make the interior of a vehicle a crowded place. This is why Escort, a manufacturer of automot...
GPS with Feelings Under Development
30 Dec 2010, 06:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GPS, or satellite navigation, has changed the way travel looks and feels. You can now go anywhere without getting lost, can find any point of interest without pulling over and asking somebody and yo...
Fiat's Blue & Me to Take the Lead from Ford's SYNC
1 Dec 2010, 12:07 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Ford may lose its technological upper hand, as Chrysler's alliance with Fiat is starting to become lucrative. Ford's 'Sync' revolutionary tool, jointly developed with Microsoft, ...
TomTom Releases New Map Pack
17 Mar 2010, 10:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The TomTom Netherlands-based GPS and auto satnav producer has released its latest map update package. The pack includes over 100 new or updated maps, covers three new countries and over 100,000 k...
Fiat Group Offers Map Update Web Store
5 Mar 2010, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Fiat Group offers its first satellite navigation map update website. The Fiat Map Update Web Store offers maps compatible with all the current range of navigation systems available on the Fiat, ...
German Following His Satnav Hits a Toilet
6 Nov 2009, 13:25 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / We all know it will come a time when man will be no longer better than machine, a dark time for mankind when we will be hunted down by greasy A.I.s and become extinct thanks to our own technology. W...
Ford Cars Understand English
30 Oct 2009, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you ever found yourselves driving for hours, alone, in the middle of nowhere, then you must know how boring the trip can become at times. Even with the radio turned on, you just can't help f...
Bob Dylan, Future Voice of Satnav
25 Aug 2009, 12:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The renowned American musician Bob Dylan has revealed plans of lending his voice for satnav systems, though many would have thought he would only go back to the studio to record new songs. The 6...