Google Maps is one of the better mapping apps out there for those who use their smartphones as their primary GPS navigational device. Well, having said that, the Internet search giant is definitely not going to sit down quietly and rest on their laurels, as their programming team will continue to work on bringing improvements [...]

Just earlier today we showed you what Samsung was calling the world’s first phone with a dedicated ticker display otherwise known as the Samsung Continuum. This device features a 3.4-inch main display (previously thought to be 3.7-inch) and a 1.8-inch second display for various things including notifications. As of late, there have been an immense [...]

Google has just announced that all Android powered devices with version 1.6 or above will be getting a brand new version of Google Maps a la the Marketplace. There’s no killer features in the update but it does feature some things that many of you may take to quite well. First of all, it adds [...]

All right, folks–saddle up, because your old buddy Steve is taking you for a ride in his clearly spectacular car for a special review.  The folks out at geeks.com sent me a TomTom XL340-S portable GPS to review, and this sucker is an adventure machine. Go ahead, open the side door–don’t mind the drift of [...]

If you’ve been keeping up with Google and their latest advancements you may have heard about Google Buzz. Basically, it’s a new service from Google that is to go up against Twitter that allows you to share short comments, pictures, videos and more. Anyways, Google has just announced that Maps 4.0 with support for Buzz [...]

Google has good news for everyone that owns a cellphone with the Android platform and uses the Google Maps, because the application has been updated. The updated version will become available pretty soon in the Android Market and in terms of new features it includes the following: – being able to sync saved searches as [...]

The TwoNav app should be something useful for the outdoor and on-the-go person. The TwoNav app for the iPhone costs $69 and includes an unlimited number of free online maps from Spain, Italy, USGS dataset, US Forest Service, and DRCan among others. The app even allows you to track your performance from altitudes using geoid [...]

The LG-SB210 Mobile from LG Electronics is a leisure phone that should suit golfers well. It includes golf anger 2 generations and a GPS which loads maps related to mountain climbing trails or golf courses. Over 280 golf courses including their distance and conditions are loaded and it even comes with a calorie calculator to [...]

You know, for the longest time, I’ve made do with Tracfones.  They’re dirt cheap–thirty bucks every three months–and for as little as I use them, I don’t need a phone with a whole lot of bells and whistles.  At least, that’s what I thought before the crew out at Puremobile sent me a Nokia N97 [...]

The military has its own needs as far as navigation and positioning when duty calls and Rockwell Collins now releases a new handheld GPS receiver with the MicroDAGR. The MicroDAGR hand-held GPS is actually smaller version of the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), carrying security and durability in the most rugged conditions. It provides real-time [...]