Car Navigation Units Keep Business Trips on Course
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In-car navigation systems in rental cars have made navigating unfamiliar cities much easier for business travelers who drive rather than fly.
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Two pairs of companies are developing in-car video systems geared at making it easy for consumers &#151; and perhaps more importantly, their kids &#151; to access and view television programming on the go.
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Honda already had the most advanced voice-controlled navigation system on the market, but the new version, announced Sept. 1, introduces a slew of improvements.
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An electronic device that senses when a vehicle is about to tip and automatically corrects steering, acceleration and braking can reduce single-vehicle crashes that include deadly rollovers, a safety group said Thursday.
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Reg Review Top notch sat nav for Windows handsets
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These favorite portable navigation systems can hitch a ride with CNET editors anytime.
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Sightseers in major cities no longer need a tour guide or travel book to point out local landmarks. Several startup companies now offer tours delivered by cell phones. By Rachel Metz.
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GPS data from many thousands of vehicles helps support a real-time traffic reporting system from Inrix, which recently won a $5 million contract to help travelers along the East Coast's I-95 corridor.
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Honda Motor Co., with help from partner IBM Corp., is preparing to introduce an improved speech-recognition system that will allow drivers to get voice navigation guidance without having to manually punch in any information or take their eyes off the road to read a computer screen.
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A UK insurer is fitting mobile technology to some policyholders cars to track their journeys as part of pay per mile motor insurance pilot.
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Many travelers by now are accustomed to getting maps and driving directions on the Internet. A new offering from Yahoo Inc. will now provide real-time traffic conditions as well.
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Head-Aimed Remote Viewer (HARV) gives robot drivers a better view.
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Sat nav with iPod link CES Pioneer this morning presented what it claimed is the first ever "hybrid" navigation system, a GPS box designed to work with almost any mobile media source, including iPods and Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones.â¦
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Mazda's RX-8 seems to hail from an alternate universe where automobiles are powerful, whisper-smooth and safe. Netgear's Skype phone makes the connection and Oxo kitchen tools get a grip. In Gadget Lab.
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The Garmin NÃ¼vi 680 can tell you not only where you are, but even where the cheap gas is.
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Howâs your driving? Two electronic backseat drivers were recently updated to keep even closer tabs on the behavior of both engine and driver.
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BusinessWeek Online - Time was, if you wanted to use the global positioning system to get from one place to another, you had to spend $500 to $1,000 for a standalone dashboard-mounted unit from vendors such as Garmin (NasdaqGS:GRMN - News), TomTom, or Magellan. But lately, GPS is becoming a must-have feature on cell phones, with device makers including Research In Motion (NasdaqGS:RIMM - News) happy to oblige. RIM&#39;s BlackBerry 8800, for instance, includes a GPS chip that allows navigation from the palm of your hand.