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Looking to buy Tomtom live 820. Will this model work on speed db and will it accept voices?
I used to get daily updates for my Drivesmart 55 for the cyclops database, but I have not had an update on express for Cyclops since 30th of April 2025, have Garmin parted ways with the Cyclops ...
CamerAlert is a Speed and Red Light Camera warning system based on the world renowned PocketGPSWorld.com Speed Camera Database. It provides both audible and visual warnings as you approach a camera.
This is the first in a series of articles that examines the intricacies of creating and maintaining digital maps by TomTom. This article looks at the Map Geometry, how the roads are discovered and the ...
Bluetooth GPS Receivers are new and first came out in the autumn of 2002. These have their own battery source, so unlike the GPS Sleeves and CF GPS Cards do not drain the Pocket PC or Palm's internal ...
TomTom's NAV3 devices that use the MyTomTom website to manage their cnotent (e.g. GO 1000, GO 1005, VIA Live etc) are able to use custom splash screens. These can be shown when the device is starting ...
Unless you are the type of person who likes to get a package and just use it you will be looking for ways to increase the potential of your investment. There are lots of utilities out there developed ...
In the previous articles in this series we have seen how TomTom source their data, how the community provides input to improve the maps, how probes have been used to analyse the data, and how traffic ...
Back in December 2008 we reported that Egyptian Telecomm's rulings did not allow for consumer GPS and hence there was no GPS for the Egyptian iPhone (as well as other phones). The ban is now being ...
We first saw the Aventura at CeBIT in March this year. Developed by Spanish company CompeGPS the Aventura is a neat dual purpose On and Off Road navigator aimed at the outdoor user who wants a device ...
PocketGPSWorld.com has been chosen as Media Partner by Telematics Update for their Navigation and Location Europe 2009 Conference, June 10th-11th in Amsterdam. Billed as Europe’s largest gathering of ...
In a surprise move, news is beginning to filter through of a proposal to ban on the sale and use of speed camera warning systems in France. A number of french news sites have posted the news this ...