DeLorme PN-20 to get Subscription Maps We talked quite a bit about the DeLorme PN-40 when it was quasi announced just over a month ago. With “Fall” coming quicker than many of us hope, we’re starting to get more details (and hands-on!) with the “40″. Today we’ve learned that the 40 will make adding on all of those supplemental map types [...]

Live Updates from Brightkite New on GPSReview.net…. Live updates! A few times per year I go out and attend trade shows to see the latest gear and meet with industry reps. Covering those shows has always been a challenge in the past. Most of what we see and hear are short juicy tidbits of info that often don’t warrant [...]

From the Forums Friday 2008-08-01 We saw an interesting debate this week about manufacturers who do, and do not, include printed manuals with their devices. I could go either way on the argument. I suspect most people don’t spend much time with the manual, and hopefully they shouldn’t need to. So in that respect let’s be eco friendly and include [...]

NAVIGON FreshMaps Summer 2008 Update Since it was announced, I’ve been a big fan of NAVIGON’s FreshMaps program. Basically, pay a single price now of what most other GPS companies charge for a single map update, and get up to 12 map updates over three years for that single price. If you are a subscriber, a new map update has [...]

Garmin Nuvifone Delayed Until 2009 If you were hoping to get your hands on that fancy new Garmin Nuvifone soon– I’ve got some bad news. While originally anticipated for a release by the end of September, rumors had been circling around that the Q3 date would not be met, but that they would appear just in time for the holidays. [...]

MSN Direct ‘Send to GPS’ API Microsoft announced today that they are opening up an API so that developers can harness the power of the ‘Send to GPS’ function currently found on the MSN Maps site. So what does this mean? If you currently have the MSN Direct service on your GPS, you might know that you can use MSN’s Live [...]

From the Forums Friday 2008-07-25 Welcome to From the Forums Friday… the “it’s been a crazy week” edition as well as the “yes, will will catch you faking customer tutorials” edition. The most popular thread of the week was “Jill’s speech impediment” talking about all of the misinterpretations of abbreviations on the Nuvi. Jill will say things like “Doctor” when [...]

TomTom Change Spotting The TomTom Change Spotting challenge has hit the streets. From now through September 23 users are encouraged to join the challenge and report as many map changes through MapShare as you can find. What’s in it for you? You mean other than a better map? Prizes will be awarded such as new maps, GO [...]

Garmin Nuvi 500 While we certainly didn’t need to add to the already huge lineup in the Garmin Nuvi line, Garmin has introduced a new member– the Nuvi 500. Still, the Garmin Nuvi 500 does fill a huge void in the GPS market providing both auto navigation as well as off-road capabilities yet retaining functionality such as a [...]

Garmin Nuvi 550 See our Garmin Nuvi 500 page for more information, the 550 is the same but adds full maps of the USA & Canada.