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Navman Cuts Price Of MY Range By $50 Until January 31

3:38PM Nick Broughall | More Christmas themed savings, this time from Navman. They’ve cut the price of their entire MY satnav range by $50, and thrown in free map updates for three years. They’ve also added SUNA traffic to their entry-level model. More »
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Navman Launching New ‘MY Series’ Range Of Satnavs

9:54AM Nick Broughall | Late last week, Navman grabbed a heap of Aussie tech journos, threw us into cars and had us play around with their new MY series range of satnavs while we were driven around Sydney. During the brief hands-on time we had, I can happily say that the new range works. More »
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Navman’s Platinum S-Series Satnavs Bring Them Back To Speed

2:30PM Nick Broughall | It’s been a rough couple of years for Navman. Once the undisputed King of the Australian Satnav market, they got bogged down in a clunky design, slow software, terrible audio quality and average navigation. Now they’re back and better than ever (at least on paper) with their new platinum S-Series range of satnavs. Just like Mio (who now owns Navman), the new satnavs run Navteq’s mapping, which means you get 3D landmarks, lane guidance and a pedestrian mode, plus a boatload of POIs. There’s a new user-interface (Woohoo!), and a petrol efficiency mode, which navigates away from intersections that require you to stop and start frequently. Navpix is present, although the new models don’t feature a camera like previous models, instead relying on geotagged photos downloaded from Flickr. Depending on the model, there’s an FM transmitter built-in so navigation commands come through your car speakers, and the 300T comes with the SUNA traffic channel updates (the S200 is SUNA capable). More »
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Giz Explains: An Easy Primer on GPS

4:00AM Matt Buchanan | In this week’s Giz Explains, we’re doing a quick rundown of a sweet technology that has evolved from a (deadly) serious military application to becoming a household utility, found in all kinds of gadgets: GPS.