Portable GPS devices, online mapping services and smart phones make folding paper maps fairly obsolete for travel directions. Most new mapping devices use one of two main databases, so the results ...

Many drivers still swear by a dedicated portable GPS navigation system, and for good reason. A portable GPS, or portable navigation device (PND), leaves your phone free for other uses. Portable GPS ...

Better get used to seeing the Sony name today, kiddos. Here we have the NV-U1, a stand-alone portable GPS unit, or portable navigation device (PND) in the original Latin. Its 4.3-inch screen is ...

I’ll admit it. My name is Donna and I’m a GPS junkie. I have a global positioning system receiver in my car, and I always, always travel with a portable GPS. The typical GPS receiver calculates where ...

A significant amount of vehicle owners still like to use an alternative GPS device even if factory-installed navigation systems already are in their units. The 2010 J.D. Power and Associates U.S.

NXP Semiconductors announced a full solution for low-cost, portable GPS devices with advanced multimedia capabilities. Building on NXP’s Nexperia™ mobile multimedia processor PNX0190, the new offering ...

Not to beleaguer the fact that you'd be buying a GPS from Toys R' Us, the Tom Tom ONE, although being listed as a "Portable" GPS, is at it's heart meant for the pavement and gravel of known roads and ...

Forecasting sub-$99 portable GPS devices, the STMP3738 embarks as a highly integrated SoC that eliminates up to 12 discreet ICs typically found in PND devices. Supporting WinCE5/CE6 and Linux ...