When chipmaker Marvell told us its technology would power $99 smartphones , we took the company at its word. We weren’t expecting a sub-$100, 10-inch tablet PC, however — and we definitely weren’t expecting Marvell itself to build it. Marketed at students looking to lighten their textbook load, the Marvell Moby…

Regardless of how sharp the footage captured from your most recent extreme endeavor looks, chances are it won’t seem as fast as it felt at the time. Soon, though, you’ll have some hard proof to back up your tall tales with the waterproof gobandit GPS HD. It has an integrated GPS module …

We’re still patiently waiting for Sipix’s color e-paper to hit the commercial realm, but ’til then, we suppose we’ll pretend to be content with the monochrome variety. Bookeen, which obviously has a hard row to hoe in the slam-packed e-reader market, recently announced what appeared to be a relatively…

This one will definitely put a smile on the faces of all those who think Google’s Street View service is invading their privacy: Members of German Free Art & Technology group (F.A.T.) noticed Google’s Street View car in Berlin and decided to attach a GPS device…

There’s no denying it anymore: GPS is becoming a free service. It all started with Google Earth and Google Maps, which offered detailed satellite imagery of Earth for free; then, the iPhone and other smartphones started coming with GPS chips, and GPS navigation (together with other location-based services) became one …

The 2010 Detroit Auto Show has just kicked off and Ford’s plans for the 2011 Focus have been made official. While others might care more about the 155bhp or new six-speed dual-clutch transmission, we’re best pleased by the inclusion of the MyFord touch control system . This setup was designed to …

Go to Google.com in your iPhone or Android browser and you’ll see a small new addition to the homepage: a tiny Near Me Now option below the search box. The new functionality turns your location into an automated search query and makes finding or learning about places in…

The beta version of Google Chrome for Mac is still missing a critical feature: extensions. If you’re daring enough to try out an even less-tested version of Chrome than the beta, though, you can now easily install extensions in Chromium, the developer version of Chrome. Extensions were already available to Windows users, …

As it turns out yesterday’s news from Delorme about the PN-60w wasn’t exactly from DeLorme. Now the official news from the source has dropped, and it includes a few tidbits not revealed yesterday. We’ll start with the bad news first: the social networking functionality here is outgoing only, meaning you can brag to …

If you’re the outdoorsy, adventurous type, this will no doubt be of interest to you. Garmin ’s just outed two new touchscreen, handheld GPS devices — the Oregon 450t and 450. These mid-range devices both boast 3-inch displays, weigh in at in 6.8 ounces, and supposedly get around 16 hours of battery life on their …