Aug
23

Best Android Apps For Your Daily Commute

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Have You Ever: Car Apps for Android Have you ever desired more apps that can help you on your daily commutes? Whether you are commuting to school or work, there are many different apps you can download to make getting where you’re going and maintaining your car easier. Have you ever had a senior moment…
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May
19

How To Keep Your GPS From Being Stolen

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Theft of GPS devices is on the rise, to the extent that GPS devices are the most common items being stolen from cars. It’s gotten so bad that in some areas theft of GPS devices has risen 100% or more. It makes sense – GPS devices are small and valuable, with a resale value of…
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Mar
02

Apple iPad 2 Review – What’s New Vs Original iPad

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As is Apple’s custom, the iPad 2 was introduced in grandiose style and greeted with much fanfare. But is it a worthy successor to the original iPad?

In a lot of ways, this is an incremental upgrade, not some giant leap forward in terms of technology.

In short, it’s lighter, has a longer battery life, thinner, has cameras, is faster, and has a few more nifty touches than the original iPad – oh yeah, and you can get it in white!

Jan
07

Motorola Xoom Review – 4G Tablet – Dual Core – Honeycomb

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Motorola Xoom Review Motorola was the first to unleash a worthy competitor to the iPhone back in 2009 and perhaps with the Motorola Xoom, it’ll be the first to have a tablet that can stand toe to toe with the Apple iPad. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNCBT8Hlims While there have been many tablets announced recently, most are uninspiring at…
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Jul
01

How To Fix Your iPhone 4 Antenna Issues – Simple To Elaborate Solutions

As you’re probably well aware, the much ballyhooed iPhone 4 isn’t without it’s share of issues.  It shatters far too easily for a cell phone, scratches, and hates left handed people. Keep in mind the antenna issue doesn’t seem to be present on all phones, but it certainly does appear on a lot of them.…
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Jun
13

Garmin Astro DC 40 Hunting Dog GPS Tracking System

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GPS isn’t just for people anymore. Yeah, GPS is for the dogs. Seriously. Garmin just released the latest version of it’s Astro Dog Tracking System. Geared towards hunters, it allows you to keep track of your dog from miles away so he can do his job of tracking and flushing out game and you’ll still…
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Jun
07

Is GPS Bad For Us? The Dark Side Of GPS Navigation

Is GPS Bad For Us? I love GPS – I have almost no sense of direction, and even when given clear directions, frequently follow them incorrectly. However, I was reading this article in the Washington Post and it got me to thinking about the dark side of GPS.  Namely, that we assume the GPS device…
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Jun
07

Apple iPad – The Ultimate GPS Navigation Device

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When the iPad first came out, I really racked my brain to figure out how this device would be useful to people. Sure, some of the suggested uses like waiters using it to take orders and uses it for interactive textbooks for students seemed cool, but pretty nichey. I did eventually conclude that it’d be…
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Mar
23

10 Best Android Apps That Use GPS

I love my GPS which I assume you were able to guess based on the domain name of this site – GPSMaestro.com. However, if you’ve been reading my posts lately you’ve probably seen more stuff written about phones than dedicated GPS units… a sign that the times they are a changin’.  Dedicated handheld units are…
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Dec
20

Does the iphone gps work outside of at&t service range?

Another great question, from algidstorm about using your iPhone as a GPS if you discontinue your service with AT&T: My friend has an iphone, but his contract is up. I was wondering if the gps will still work, or if he needs to renew his contract for it to work.