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Category: GPS Gadgets

  • How VeloNews Built their Cycling Race Ticker

    Reading Time: 3 minutesVeloNews Ticker: This is the latest advancement in live coverage of pro cycling events, brought to us by VeloNews. Earlier today I spoke to Jeff Henderson from One Million Revolutions who developed the VeloNews Ticker that’s being used for the first time at the 2006 Tour de Georgia cycling race. VeloNews has…

  • Celestron SkyScout Helps You Identify Over 6,000 Objects in the Night Sky

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI always had difficulty identifying stars in the night sky when I went star-gazing as a kid, so I was intrigued when I heard about the Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium— a handheld device that lets you identify 6,000 stars, planets, and constellations as they appear overhead. It has the ability to…

  • Garmin Edge 305HR+ Will Give Polar a Ride for Its Cycling Computer Money

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor years I’ve been a big Polar heart rate monitor fan. My Polar S-725x rides on the handlebars of my Trek 1500 everyday. But, recently, I’ve been looking at the Garmin Edge 305HR+ and I really think that it has a lot of potential as an alternative to pure cycling computers…

  • Garmin Forerunner 305 Includes Support for a Cycling Cadence Sensor

    Reading Time: 2 minutesGarmin is about to release the Garmin Forerunner 305, one of it’s third-generation GPS-enabled fitness computers. The 305 differs from the Garmin Forerunner 205 in that the 305 includes heart rate monitor functions. I haven’t recommended the Forerunner 300 series in the past because I thought the Forerunner 301 (the predecessor to…

  • TomTom GO 700 Featured in Unique Interactive Ad Campaign in France

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you are a regular radio listener in major cities in the USA, you’ve probably heard several ads for TomTom Go portable navigation systems. TomTom has a different strategy in France. They are running a two team road rally called TomTom Raid. The teams were given no food, no money, no…

  • TomTom Making a Big Advertising Push on New York Radio

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was talking to Ed Anuff earlier today and I mentioned that TomTom is running a lot of radio ads on the major AM-band stations in New York for its portable GPS navigation systems like the TomTom Go 700. He said he’s hearing a lot of ads in the Bay Area…