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Nav companies falter in light of Google Maps Navigation

Some crazy stuff is happening in the world of nav. This has everything to do with Android, specifically in regards to Verizon’s Moto Droid, which was just announced today: The big news for the directionally challenged is the debut of Google Maps...

Thursday News Roundup: HTC Pure for a penny; Motorola Droid picture leaked

Cameraless BlackBerry Bold launching on Friday, October 16thLooking for a new BlackBerry, but don't want to wait for the Bold 9700 to launch?  White BlackBerry Bold 9000 doesn't tickle your fancy?  Need a cameraless device for work? ...

iPhones & Cars II: Zipcar app

The highly anticipated Zipcar app for the iPhone and iPod Touch has just launched. (If you’re an urban dweller sans automobile who doesn’t know about Zipcar… Well, you should. Nothing beats renting a car for just an hour when...

iPhones & Cars I: TomTom car kit

Pricing info is finally available for the TomTom Car Kit for the iPhone. Sold separately from the GPS/navigational iPhone app, the package will be available in October for $119.95 and be compatible with the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. No...

Keepin’ it safe: iZup and other apps discourage distracted driving

There’s a new app in town, and its mission is to save lives. By now, you’d have to live under a rock not to know that texting and driving is dangerous. According to estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 80 percent of all...

Apple files patent for location-aware iPhone screens

Looks like Apple’s interested in turning the iPhone into your travel buddy. According to a patent application, the phone could someday sport a dynamically updating screen featuring local weather, time, maps and contacts — all based...

TomTom for Android

TomTom has apparently "implied to Pocket-lint" that they will follow up on their successful iPhone software launch with a GPS navigation app for the Android Market. A TomTom exec named Benoit Simery told Pocket-lint, "We cannot ignore such a...

How well can you text and drive? Try the NYT game to find out

Have you tried this? Last month, The New York Times posted an online game that gauges the impact of distraction on players’ reaction times. Users drive through the gates by hitting the corresponding gate number on the keyboard, while...

iPhone app: TomTom gets going

TomTom, the popular GPS navigation brand, has just unveiled its own iPhone application for the U.S. I’m not sure what took so long for this to arrive — TomTom first announced it last June at WWDC — but now that it’s here, the app looks pretty good.

iPhone App: Google Latitude debuts for iPhone 3.0

I love crime dramas, but one thing that always drove me a little nuts was how cell phone triangulation — at least on TV — rendered pinpoint accuracy of a perp’s whereabouts. Viewers could always see the primary dot as it traveled down the street,...

Travel Discussions

cawebdude

International Travel Question

Ok, dumb question.  I'm not a real cell phone wiz here. I have a Blackberry 8830 "World Edition" with Sprint.  I would like to change to the HTC Touch Pro, but Sprint doesn't offer it as an International Phone, just CDMA...
mailgirl

unlocked international phones

I have read that international unlocked phones, when purchased online, will not be able to access the internet.  True - or not?
momoney

International Sim Cards??

Has anyone tried this service. http://www.onesimcard.com  I have to go to London next month and I want to take my phone without spending a ton of money on the international rates being offered by my carrier.[:(]  

Travel User Comments

Rebecca Atwood

Re: Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic App

I found the app @ the Verizon site under their media center. Unfortunately I was unable to find the list of which phones it works on. Here is the link with the instructions for adding the app. I also included the Verizon contact link, they should be...
MargeM

Re: Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic App

I tried using the texting method and it is not supported on the Droid. Any idea when it will become available for the Droid?
Rebecca Atwood

Re: Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic App

According to the press release, here is how you will be able to locate the app. Customers can find the application in the Media Center/Get It Now® under the Travel and Navigation category. Verizon Wireless customers can also text MAGIC to 2777 to...
cowsrockalot

Re: Don't text and walk: OMG, fell in2 opn swr!

I don't even know how to respond to that except that it was terrible on both their parts!
MargeM

Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic App

I have the new Droid and have searched the Market place for the "Mobile Magic" application, also suched under "Disney" and I can't find it to download. Would you please let us know what the right keyword to use is to download this wonderful...
Art010606

Re: Verizon Exclusive: Mobile Magic App

this saddens me..... i have a my touch (t-mobile) and my wife and i take the kids to Disney world every weekend. i really hope they plan on making this a platform wide app since i refuse to switch to vz and pay out the wazoo (even after my employee...
Breezy007

Re: Google wishes you a happy travel season (with free airport wifi)

Woohoo I'm flying from SFO->LAX on Virgin America! But why on earth isn't SFO one of the participating airports?? Isn't it the Virgin America headquarters or something? Odd. Oh well, free in-flight Wifi...I am content :) (Maybe it's only for...
phoneheckler

Re: Re: Scientists drive vehicle remotely with iPhone

haha yeah its awesome. Lol I actually thought the app was real in the beginning of video.
Adriana  Lee

Re: Scientists drive vehicle remotely with iPhone

That is hysterical. LOVE the ending!
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