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Pioneer AVIC-F Series Media, Navigation Systems Features Advanced Voice Recognition

Pioneer has announced a few new additions to its line of car navigation systems. The AVIC-F700BT, AVIC-F900BT and AVIC-F90BT come with features like iPod connectivity, Bluetooth, MSN Direct, HD Radio, XM, Sirius, CD, DVD, USB, SD and more. Although, the real specialness comes from their voice recognition abilities. More »

1:40 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Travis Hudson
2,359 views, 13 comments

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Garmin, MSN Eliminate Unnecessary Address Entry on GPS Units


Garmin is taking steps in the right direction with a new service it recently announced. Everyone who has used a GPS navigation knows that entering addresses is pretty painstaking, so this new service—a collaboration between Garmin and MSN Direct—tries to eliminate that requirement altogether. It seems the service is pretty simple: beaming directions from a computer using Microsoft Live Search Maps directly to a compatible Garmin GPS unit. But the method they used to get to that point is an interesting one. More »

4:30 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Travis Hudson
1,849 views, 10 comments

Latest by drewheyman: @Toretto: whenever the crew of the good ship SS Blue Triangle fly off the red route, they will beg, nay plead - to get updated directions beamed to them over the FM band before they are lost forever! They would also more »