http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/alpine.ships.pnd.k3msn/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/alpinek3msnintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alpine Electronics on Tuesday notified the press that its latest in-car GPS system, the PND-K3msn is now available for purchase. The unit's 4.3-inch touchscreen can display real-time traffic, weather, gas price and movie showtime information thanks to its compatibility with the MSN Direct service, but is otherwise identical to the company's existing PND-K3 unit. As such, it has text-to-speech func... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/alpine.ships.pnd.k3msn/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/goodyear.branded.gps/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/goodyearintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NCC is about to introduce five new Goodyear-branded GPS devices, with three of them out by Christmas, according to a Wednesday report by Engadget. The least expensive among them, the GY130, will include a 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen along with three million points of interest (POI), a SiRF GPS receiver, turn-by-turn directions and 3D view. The next step up, the GY135, will add Text-to-Speech capabili... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/goodyear.branded.gps/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/29/msn.direct.syncs.nav.units/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/garminnuvi780.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft on Tuesday released an open Application Programming Interface (API) for its MSN Direct Send to GPS feature for personal navigation devices. With the new software, Microsoft allows users to any website to send street addresses, latitude and longitude coordinates, business listings, phone numbers, and other information to their GPS devices, without the need to copy the location and input i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/29/msn.direct.syncs.nav.units/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/24/microsoft.spot.gone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/spotwatch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has quietly shut down its MSN Direct services for SPOT (Smart Personal Object Technology) Smart Watches, effectively ending the concept, according to a statement from MSN Direct program manager Jon Canan. The company says it and companies making the watches, such as Fossil, no longer have plans to develop a new version of the Smart Watch platform and now intend only to support existing ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/24/microsoft.spot.gone/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/04/garmin.vehicle.gps.systems/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/3-garmin-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Garmin today unveiled three different Nuvi vehicle GPS systems, including one model that can use voice recognition to navigate the deviceís interface. The 260W uses a sunlight-readable 4.3-inch wide touchscreen LCD to display information, and can speak street names. A trademark of the 260 series GPS units is the internal antenna that allows for a thinner design, while its rectangular shape is easy... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/04/garmin.vehicle.gps.systems/ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:05:00 GMT