It’s totally unnecessary, but unnecessarily awesome nonetheless. TomTom has teamed up with Lucasfilm to give you the (again, awesome) option to replace your TomTom navigator’s default “voice” with Star Wars voices, including Darth Vader, Yoda, Han Solo, and C-3PO.
The partnership between GPS-maker Garmin and electronics giant Asus is on a roll. After releasing the nüvifone M10 and A50 so far this year and the Garminfone under T-Mobile earlier this month, they’re launching another one called the A10. It’s still based on Android, and it still heavily focuses on GPS as much as it’s a phone, but this separates itself from the other nüvifones with a custom GPS app for on-foot navigation.
There are smartphones that come with GPS navigation, and there’s this phone: a smartphone built by Garmin, a company that specializes in GPS navigation devices. Tagged as the Garminfone under T-Mobile (also known as the Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50 everywhere else), the Garminfone combines Garmin’s map and navigation services with an Android smartphone platform to make for something you can use whether you’re moving or not.
SatNav company Garmin has just announced the slim new nüvi 3700 personal navigator, highlighted by a new design that looks more iPod touch than personal navigation device. It’s still built to be used on the road, packaged with a dashboard mount, but the slim new frame that features a 4.3-inch screen easily fits in your hand or pocket in case you want to hoof it.
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Good news for the large number of people who held onto their Nokia E71 handsets after Nokia unveiled the E72: The company’s Ovi Maps 3.0 walk and drive navigation app that was made totally free of charge a few months ago, has now been extended to support the older E71 and E66 phones.
