Satnavs are undeniably useful, and much has been done to try and personalise systems with voice skins. However Navteq has just announced a system, at IFA 2010 in Berlin, which it hopes will provide GPS users with a more intuitive - dare we say "human"...

Continental is to soon offer a system that will see Android-powered head units getting you connected in your car.

The Android-powered AutoLinQ system (one small element of which is rendered in the video above) is a new "connected services...

Navteq reckons it's "working closely with the North Pole's Department of Transport to ensure that Santa Claus has the latest Navteq map data powering his sleigh this holiday season".

In a sign that someone in the marketing department has...

Following on from the release of the European versions of iGO My Way 2009 for iPhone, a British Isles edition has now been made available.

As you might imagine, the British Isles version covers the United Kingdom and Ireland and offers...

Navteq has announced a tie-up with Microsoft that'll see the two companies collaborating on 3D mapping data and visuals.

Navteq says that the agreement will allow it to more rapidly deploy innovative
collection capabilities and accelerate...

Navteq has announced that "Motorway Junction Objects" are now available for 10 countries in Europe. This means navigation systems will "flexibly generate 3D junction animations" and help guide drivers at difficult intersections on roads, with the M1 in...

The Ordnance Survey is paid for by the tax payer - serveral times over as it goes. So, why is it that we foot a further fee to Great Britain's national mapping agency every time we buy a satnav or even an A-Z?

If you purchase a TomTom, approximately...

Navteq - the company owned by Nokia that's behind the maps and navigation systems in almost every satnav around - has been discussing the future of the PND - the portable navigation device.

Pocket-lint had a chat to the company's vice president,...

Garmin has announced eight new models in the nuvi 1200 and nuvi 1300 series, described as navigators with an "ultra-thin" design for use in and out of the car.

The new series gets the option of "CityXplorer" maps with public transit mode,...

Navteq has taken advantage of the 2009 Mobile World Congress to showcase its range of mapping solutions and devices.

Including the new and updated Navteq Traffic, which introduces the company's traffic information service to Europe, there...

Navteq has launched Traffic Patterns Europe v2.0, an updated historic traffic database that now includes coverage of the UK.

The newest version includes typical traffic speeds on 120,000km of primary and secondary roads across the UK and...

Medion has announced the availability of its latest navigation device, the GoPal P5430, that gets a 5-inch widescreen touchscreen display.

Complete with integrated TMC and a built-in TMC antenna, preinstalled European mapping and a biometric...

Nokia has announced the launch of "Mobile Millennium", a pilot scheme that will collect and study traffic data received from GPS-enabled mobile devices in US.

Nokia Research Center is collaborating with UC Berkeley's California Center for...

Navteq GPS system owners can now download two new tools - which have been released for beta testing.

In these times of mounting petrol prices and sinking spending, the company has come up with a tool that will help you find the cheapest place...

Two of the biggest players in the sat nav arena have teamed up to produce a device that promises not only to get you to your destination, but makes sure you drive safely on the way.

The Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is a joint...