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Sat nav sends ambulance on 400 mile round trip
Blog Comment Operator error more likely than sat nav error methinks.
[December 1, 2006, 23:19]
Complete sat nav system in a box
Member Review Few very small errors with sat nav, but I can live with it.
[August 10, 2004, 10:41]
TomTom ships malware on sat-nav
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...
[January 29, 2007, 12:49]
Win an Orange SPV M600 with Sat Nav review
Reviews Sat Nav from Orange uses the M600's GPRS connectivity for downloading your journey routes. Once each route has been downloaded, Sat Nav from Orange works with the Bluetooth GPS receiver to provide you with real-time, turn-by-turn navigation, even...
[December 13, 2006, 4:34]
Government funds sat-nav integration project
News The sat-nav device will be able to communicate with the American Global Positioning System (GPS), Europe's Galileo system and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), De Montfort claimed on Thursday.
[April 3, 2008, 17:04]
Free Android sat-nav hits TomTom, Garmin shares
Blog Shares in sat-nav firms TomTom and Garmin plummeted on Wednesday, after Google announced free turn-by-turn navigation software for Android 2.0 handsets. Google unveiled the beta version of Google Maps Navigation as Verizon and Motorola launched the...
[October 28, 2009, 16:30]
Sat nav sends ambulance on 400 mile round trip
Blog Comment Open & Honest Communication . I'll be bluntly truthful Fire the crew for being both illiterate and stupid, and the driver who has full vision, (due to a windscreen), for being too dumb to realise that there was something wrong after 60minutes .
[December 5, 2006, 16:03]
Win a Navman S70 sat-nav review
Reviews The sat-nav comes loaded with the latest 2007 UK map data and street-level maps of European countries to make getting around the continent simple. Choose a place of interest from the NavPix website, then download the geotagged images straight onto...
[December 10, 2007, 10:06]
Free Android sat-nav hits TomTom, Garmin shares
Blog Comment About time some one started to use google maps for sat navigation purposes, or at least get it underway for mainstream use.
[October 29, 2009, 0:40]
Free Android sat-nav hits TomTom, Garmin shares
Blog Comment This a great idea 10 years ago, mobiles, cameras and walkmans were like big bricks.now you can have them all rolled up into one neat device. Who would have thought this would be the norm back then? Share your ideas of the future.http...
[October 29, 2009, 10:18]
Babies, burps and sat-nav software
Blog Sat, as you do, listening to the rants of the lady in the satellite navigation system, is it just me that thinks this software could be better? I took a day out yesterday to visit my newly born niece just 25 hours after she decided it was time to...
[November 28, 2007, 8:20]
Sat nav sends ambulance on 400 mile round trip
Blog Oops. An ambulance meant to be carrying a patient a short distance in Essex was accidently sent 200 miles in the wrong direction by a faulty satellite navigation system, reports the Manchester Evening News.
[December 1, 2006, 16:00]
Sat-Nav leads German to toilet
Blog Here's a comedy tale from Germany, about a guy whose satellite navigation system led him straight into a portable lavatory. According to the guys at The Register, when the device ordered him to "turn right now" he immediately twisted the wheel...
[October 24, 2006, 11:20]
The next sat-nav?
Talkback If they can get the next version double-sided to open up like a book, but with the screen protected when closed; and in colour - then they would have a real winner. Almost there .but not quite yet.
[May 8, 2009, 17:06]
Microsoft unveils optimised sat-nav OS
News Microsoft has released Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, its first embedded operating system to be specifically optimised for manufacturers of portable navigation devices. Redmond unveiled the system, which is one of its first category-specific...
[June 16, 2008, 14:00]
Galileo project 'hindering' phone sat-nav rollout
News Europe's upcoming satellite constellation, Galileo, is becoming a barrier to the integration of satellite navigation into European handsets, a mobile operator claimed last week. According to Ian Curran, head of telematics and machine-to-machine...
[January 22, 2007, 10:44]
Nokia introduces mobile sat-nav for pedestrians
News Nokia has launched the second generation of its mobile-mapping technology, which now includes a "Walk" application for navigating around cities on foot. The Finnish mobile giant also announced four new handset models — including the replacement for...
[February 12, 2008, 11:01]
O2 Xda Orbit review
Reviews It's supplied on a microSD card and comes with an accompanying CD and getting-started guide, as well as the accessories needed to use the Orbit 2 as an in-vehicle sat-nav system — namely a plastic sucker-style mount and in-vehicle charger.
[March 13, 2008, 13:14]
RAC Satnav 220 review
Reviews You'll need plenty of room in your car to stow this sat-nav when it's not in use, and it's certainly not a system you'll want to carry in a pocket for long. The first thing that strikes you when the RAC Satnav 220 emerges from its box is its size...
[October 8, 2007, 15:43]
Dashing home
Blog Apparently those who regularly use sat-nav are safer drivers, according to the motoring organisation. Motorists who use satellite navigation are to be offered cheaper car insurance by the RAC. It means you don't have to constantly look at road...
[February 19, 2007, 15:29]
