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Leaf to Get its Own iPhone App

Nope, this has nothing to do with trees – directly anyway – but everything to do with the Leading, Environmentally Friendly, Affordable, Family Car, or Leaf; Nissan’s all electric hatchback car due to go on sale in the USA, Europe and Japan later this year. You’ll be able to control several areas via your iPhone.  For [...]

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Dual Electronics XGPS 300 for the iPod touch now available and shipping

The last of the news that we heard in regards to the XGPS300 navigation device for the iPod touch was the is should have begun shipping in late-February. And as I am sure everyone realizes that the late-February time frame has turned into later-than-February. But in a little bit of good news, well good news [...]

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Mini to roll out “Mini Connected” in the Countryman, takes advantage of the iPhones data connection

Mini is getting ready to unveil the latest addition to their lineup, its the Countryman and it will have an optional feature called Mini Connected which is going to kind of/sort of make this an unofficial iCar so to speak. The Mini Connected feature will allow iPhone users to plug their phone in via a USB [...]

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Dual Electronics’ XGPS300 for the iPod touch not shipping until late-February

Its been a while since we last heard anything about the XGPS300. And for those that have since forgotten, the XGPS300 is an in-car GPS unit and mount for the iPod touch. It is being made by a company called Dual Electronics. Additionally, the car GPS/mount also comes with a NavAtlas app bundled in. So like [...]

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Magellan unveils premium GPS car kit for the iPhone, iPod touch

It seems that Magellan has become the latest to enter the GPS car kit category with their Premium Car Kit for iPhone, which was just recently announced. So far, the car kit is available for purchase on the Magellan website and is listed for $129.99, however it is noted that it will not be ready [...]

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More details on TomTom’s upcoming car kit for the iPod touch

The other day I mentioned that TomTom was planning to release a car kit designed specifically for the iPod touch, and it looks like it is now listed on the official TomTom website. Unfortunately it is not yet available for purchase, nor does it give a date as to when it will be available. In [...]

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TomTom to release an iPod touch Car kit “shortly”

We just recently saw the TomTom navigation app get a nice update that added support for the original iPhone and the iPod touch, and while that was good news there was one bit that was missing. Which, as a side note was also pointed out by reader/commenter scottm. That part that was missing was the [...]

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Dual Electronics unveils the XGPS300, also known as turn-by-turn GPS for your iPod touch

Dual Electronics has recently unveiled the XGPS300, which is an in-car GPS unit and mount for your iPod touch. Now while interesting, I can already see the good and bad arguments from both sides. First, the unit is expensive (more on that to come) and second this cradle/mount can only be used with the NavAtlas [...]

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Confirmed: TomTom Car Kit is not compatible with the iPod touch

For those not following as closely, the TomTom car kit mount offers a nice perk — it offers an “enhanced GPS performance” which comes courtesy of the built-in GPS. That has for some time now caused many to believe, or at least hope that they would be able to turn devices such as their non [...]

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TomTom Car Kit officially available in the US Apple Store

Despite a few false starts and some funny pricing information, the TomTom Car Kit is now available in the Apple Store. Per the listing, the TomTom Car Kit is selling for $119.95 and will begin shipping in 2-3 weeks. Feature wise there was nothing surprising, after all we have seen enough about the car kit [...]

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