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Written by Martin Regtien | 09 March 2011
Posted in Reviews - Navigation

QSTARZ CR-Q1100P

Over the years we have been reviewing quite a few GPS units from Qstarz. Often they were of the Bluetooth variety, necessary in the age before every smart phone had a built-in GPS. However, there is a good market for GPS tracking recorders and the CR-Q1100P is touted by Qstarz as the world's first commercial unit of that kind. I am not quite sure if that is correct and much depends on your definition of "commercial", I suppose, but this model has certainly all the features to be a good commercial unit.

Let's go for a drive.

 

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Written by Martin van Zanten | 27 August 2010
Posted in Reviews - Navigation

Navigon

When I was offered the opportunity to review the Navigon 2410/2510 I had mixed feelings about this modern technology. When I was young I had been taught a simple method to find my way. And my intuition has never failed me, otherwise I wouldn't now be sitting at home typing this story! To be honest: often I had to ask someone, look at maps... it's not only intuition that got me home...

After taking these little tools for some thorough test drives, bicycle rides, and walks I am convinced that this new technology can be an excellent addition to my own intuition in finding my way. Especially when driving, it helps me concentrate on the traffic. I don't have the added stress of looking for the right direction... It also saves me money in the gas bill, because it keeps telling me which way to go to reach my destination.

The ease of use, it's size just right, multimode - and despite the glitches I came across - I can recommend you to put this Navigon 2410/2510 on your list when you want to choose a new gps navigation set. It may well turn out to be your choice, because of its value for money.

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Written by Kevin Cheng | 22 May 2010
Posted in Reviews - Navigation

i-gotU GT0600

Late in 2009 DigitalReviews got to roadtest the i-gotU GT-120 USB GPS Travel Logger.  The friendly folks at MobileAction has shipped to us a newer, bigger edition in the form of the GT-600.  There are some key differences between the two so let's get cracking.

 

 

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Written by Ashleigh | 23 March 2010
Posted in Reviews - Navigation

Navin miniHomer Key-Chain GPS

The Navin miniHomer Key-Chain GPS position finder found its way to my desk promising me that I would never have to worry about where my car was parked, finding my way back to a hotel, and returning to a camping ground again.
With claims like that, and with me being one that is far too famous for her own good for getting lost – i thought i should test it in at least two environments.
So how did it fare?

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Written by Martin Regtien | 11 January 2010
Posted in Reviews - Navigation

ProNav_PNN_300 in the Box

Courtesy of the folks at audion-mm.com we are roadtesting the ProNav PND. 

This SatNav is specifically aimed at the professional truckies or anyone driving an oversized vehicle where it is important to know which roads, bridges and tunnels you can safely negotiate with your rig.  And, just as important, you need to know where all the truck stops are. 

So how does the ProNav PNN-300, which comes in at a hefty AUD 799, fare in the heavyweight league?

Let's belt up and find out.

 

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Written by Kevin Cheng | 08 June 2009
Posted in Reviews - Navigation

Gadget testing like trying out wireless broadband gadgets and gps technology generally involves a bit of tethering to a location, but with the Qstarz Explore 2000 I have a licence to roam. The QStarz Explore 2000 is a GPS enabled sports recorder designed to record, manage and analyse your sporting movements in the great outdoors. Thanks to Qstarz, DigitalReviews is heading for the great outdoors ... risking life and limb in the depths of a cold Melbourne winter, the "swine-flu capital of Australia"

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Written by Martin Regtien | 15 December 2008
Posted in Reviews - Navigation

Qref

All of today's high tech equipment comes with a user manual and the more complicated a piece of equipment is the thicker the manual.  And the fewer people that will actually read that… As a result most people will not know how to properly work with their equipment --  even if their lives depended on it.
And when it comes, for instance, to vital navigational equipment in an aircraft lack of knowledge can be fatal!
Today we are looking at a reference manual that addresses this problem.
Enter Qref, a company that specializes in making high quality reference material for the aviation and maritime sectors.

Today we will look at the Quick Reference for the Garmin GNS 430,  arguably the most popular avionics set.

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