http://www.gpspassion.com GpsPasSion us20091120 01:04:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=655info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Updated November 20th, 2009 Garmin have just released the fourth quarterly map update under the nuMaps Lifetime program and it's called "CityNavigator NT 2010.30". These new maps are only available for North America for the time being and could either be based on the Navteq Q2/2009 or the Q3/2009 r...20091118 17:20:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=422info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Updated November 18th, 2009 Well GPS on the iPhone is clearly in the news these days, so let's go with it! TomTom have just made a new update for TomTom for iPhone available for free via iTunes. The v1.2 version adds several new features : TTS (Text to Speech to pronounce actual street names) , ALG...20091116 17:02:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=437info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Posted November 16th, 2009 Well it seems we're not quite done with iPhone news after all and it is now Magellan's turn to announce the availability of an iPhone GPS application : Magellan Roadmate 2010, for North America only at this time. They have also pre-announced a Car Kit with GPS like TomTom...20091113 02:33:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=769info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Rounding up an "iPhone News Week", here is NDrive, another "turn by turn" navigation system for the Apple iPhone but with a "twist"... The newly launched NDrive USA version is similar to the other apps out there in the sense that is uses Navteq road maps (in Europe NDrive use TeleAtlas maps). Mor...20091111 17:50:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=275info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Updated November 11th, 2009 Ever since the first on-board "turn by turn" navigation software became available for the iPhone, we've been perplexed over their lack of "connected" features - the iPhone being "THE" connected device - and mostly traffic data. Well this is now fixed since Navigon, wh...20091109 13:52:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=752info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Updated November 9th, 2009 When the iPhone 3GS was announced last June, many of us dismissed the "S for Speed" claim as a clever marketing ploy and decided to pass on upgrading our 3G. The addition of a compass was of more interest on paper but having experienced them on various GPS handhelds over...20091106 18:49:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=356info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Updated November 6th, 2009 The first "connected GPS" that seemed to be well armed to break through thanks to its virtually unlimited "data plan" (2 years bundled with the unit) is having some issues. More reports are coming from users with sreen problems (models manufactured before October 16th) or...20091103 15:49:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=691info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Posted November 3rd, 2009 With the market for car-only GPS systems in turmoil du to fierce competition, price wars and announcements (see below), Garmin are continuing to push "crossover" models, the sports sytems, the "nuvi for the Sea" and now the aera 5x0 family of GPS systems, the 500, 510, 550...20091031 16:30:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=730info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion) Updated October 31st, 2009 - We've seen that WinCE based AIOs (All in One's) are generally quite "customizable" and "skinnable" and while Garmin systems are not as "open" you can also taylor them to your liking too. You can download extra vehicle icons, including the latest Halloween models, provi...20091030 14:22:00http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=596info@gpspassion.com (gpspassion)Updated October 30th, 2009 The recent launch of the nuLink Service for the nuvi 1690 and nuvifone cast a shadow on the future of the MSN Direct service transmitted over FM. We'll never know if Garmin moved away from MSN Direct because they knew of its upcoming demise or whether MSN Direct called it...