Navigation Sensation

Will 2009 Be the Year of Connected Portable Navigation?

Posted by MSN Tech and Gadgets on Saturday, January 10, 2009 2:17 AM

In just a few years, portable navigation systems have gone from a novelty to a fixture on millions of windshields and dashboards. Now that the market has reached a saturation point, the trend at CES 2009 points to a future of Internet-connected navigation systems.

Two examples include the TeleNav Shotgun ($299, plus $11.99 a month for a data plan following a free three-month trial) and the TomTom GO 740 LIVE ($499 with one year of free service).

The TeleNav Shotgun uses a cellular connection to download real-time traffic reports and allow Internet searches for Points of Interest (POIs) such as gas stations, restaurants and ATMs. Plus, you never have to worry about the mapping software becoming outdated since the unit can retrieve automatic updates. You can also wirelessly send an address to the TeleNav Shotgun from a PC via an icon that can be added to an Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google toolbar.

The TomTom GO 740 LIVE also uses a cellular connection to warn drivers of traffic ahead in real time, and it can get gas prices and perform Google searches to look for POIs along a route. And because it has built-in Bluetooth and voice control, drivers can control the unit and call a POI without taking their hands off the wheel.

This makes us think that portable navigation is definitely headed in the right direction.

-- Posted by Doug Newcomb, special to MSN Tech & Gadgets

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Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:22:23

"The TomTom GO 740 LIVE also uses a cellular connection to warn drivers of traffic ahead in real time, and it can get gas prices... "

This is so cool.

I do some long commutes every week through a couple of congested areas. The traffic is highly variable. Getting real time traffic data would enable me to take alternate routes. This could save me time, money, and frustration. Very cool!

Max Cheese

Saturday, 10 January 2009 15:28:35

What about Dash? The Dash Express had all of these features over a year ago. And their traffic network is really sophisticated where devices on the road are reporting traffic. I don’t think any of these new devices are doing that. Anything new from them?

MSN Tech and Gadgets

Sunday, 11 January 2009 14:06:51

Dash pulled the plug on its consumer business late last year, although the company is licensing its technology for business applications. Too bad

and Dash likely entered the market too early to sustain ... as often happens to the pioneers.

ryansf

Thursday, 15 January 2009 13:28:02

I was looking forward to the Dash. We'll prob see a reincarnation of it in the next few years.

CatchMe

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Nothing gets better than this

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