The business and technology that put the zip in Zipcar
Kensington introduces sound amplifying iPhone cradle
Sept. 29, 2009 Leave a Comment
Make your iPhone louder without battery drain.
Bike sharing company BikeNow to come to Boston
July 1, 2009 4 Comments
The company hopes to make bike-sharing as common in Boston as it is in Europe
Navigon comes up with a learning GPS
March 3, 2009 1 Comment
You have another reason to fear the robot revolution. Navigon, maker of some of the more attractive GPS devices available is releasing an even more intelligent GPS navigator. Granted, most of the drivers in the world who use GPS devices already trust their lives to a small piece of machinery that’s just one simple voice [...]
Magellan Maestro 4250
Nov. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
Magellan continued its pattern of “please just get me there accurately” with the widescreen Maestro 4250. [...]
The Knight Rider GPS by Mio
Sept. 22, 2008 2 Comments
We teamed with Boston.com to review eight new GPS units
Navigon 2100 max car GPS
Sept. 19, 2008 5 Comments
Blast teamed with Boston.com and tested nine of the latest, greatest portable car GPS units recently to see what the easiest way was to get from point A to point B. The results surprised us and will be available on Boston.com in the coming days. We tested the Garmin Nuvi 880 and TomTom Go 930. [...]
New Kenwood car stereos have Garmin
March 24, 2008 19 Comments
Garmin announced Monday that it will provide GPS navigation to Kenwood’s 2008 lineup of in-dash car electronics. “We have been very pleased with Kenwood’s success in selling Garmin-equipped units since we started our partnership in 2006, and we’re expecting even greater things in 2008,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. ”We have [...]
The 2008 Volkswagen R32
Jan. 30, 2008 Leave a Comment
Like a dachshund with a German shepherd’s bark and a dalmatian’s bite, the 2008 Volkswagen R32 is a small dog, but it’s fast and packs a punch. I had the opportunity to spend some time with the 3.2L, 250 horsepower R32 last month, and it left me checking price quotes and option packages. By the [...]
“The iPhone of golf GPS technology”
Jan. 9, 2008 3 Comments
California-based uPlay is launching a new handheld golf GPS rangefinder with advanced graphics and capabilities they are billing as “the iPhone of golf GPS technology.” Now if that’s not a hell of a statement, I dunno what is. “The uPro distance measuring device … gives golfers the best of both GPS and laser technologies in [...]
New Garmins: one’s big, one’s fit, and one listens
Jan. 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
The latest generation of Garmin GPS devices being unveiled next week at CES show three distinct characteristics: first a logical progression to speech recognition, then a clearly strong partnership with Microsoft, and finally a sense that smaller isn’t always better. The Garmin n¼vi 800 Series models are the new kings of the field. They build [...]