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Too much traffic for dashboard-mounted GPS units

Thursday, March 4, 2010

An excerpt from my Vegas Seven column. This week, why prices for dashboard-mounted GPS units are crashing.
A quick search of Amazon.com returns several fine models, most below $150 and many priced below $100. Two major players, Garmin and TomTom, dominate these price points, offering models at a steep discount compared with this time last year, [...]

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Tech’s endangered species: the stand-alone GPS unit

Friday, January 22, 2010

Even though Nokia foresaw a huge market for GPS services on mobile phones when it bought Chicago digital mapmaker Navteq in late 2007 for $8.1 billion, I’m pretty confident it didn’t plan on offering free turn-by-turn driving directions on Nokia phones. At least not so soon.
But that’s exactly what Nokia announced Thursday, saying 10 of [...]

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Pardon the self promotion

Friday, January 8, 2010

One of my goals for 2010 is to do a better job as a spokesperson for myself. Over the years, I’ve built relationships with a number of media outlets. Hence, I’m frequently a guest on radio shows and TV news programs as an informed source on personal technology issues.
It’s fun to do and I’m always [...]

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A few of my favorite things

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Few things are more alluring than a cool piece of technology waiting to be unwrapped. But what gadget gifts become the items you can’t live without, the ones you use again and again? These are at the top of my wish list.

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin. When this high-end iPod dock was first released in 2007, [...]

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