advanced lane guidance

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

TomTom debuts ONE 140, XL 340 mid-range GPS navigation devices

Portable GPS navigation manufacturer TomTom today announced two new mid-range additions to its GPS lineup: the TomTom ONE 140 series and TomTom XL 340 series. Both the ONE 140 and XL 340 series incorporate TomTom's "IQ Routes" technology and Advanced Lane Guidance -- features that...

Tags: TomTom, Advanced Lane Guidance, XL 340/340S, XL 340S, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-01

Additional Resources

2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet

Photo gallery:2010 Audi A5 CabrioletThe Audi A5 is a stunningly beautiful coupe with excellent power and performance. Unfortunately, the 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet is not that car. In an effort to please drop-top lovers, Audi cut the roof off of the A5 Coupe, an element that accounted for the majority...

Tags: Audi AG, A5 Cabriolet

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Magellan RoadMate 1470

Design The RoadMate 1470 doesn't deviate from the tried and true portable navigation device form factor. Measuring 3.3 inches by 5.2 inches by 7 inches, the RoadMate's thinness easily makes this unit one of the most pocketable devices in its class. Like nearly all PNDs, the majority of the RoadMate's...

Tags: Magellan RoadMate, charger, suction-cup, mini-USB

Product reviews 2009-11-10

2010 BMW 650i Convertible

Every year we look forward to an updated BMW 6-series, and every year BMW tweaks a few things, but neglects the exterior design. We reviewed a 2009 BMW 650i Convertible earlier this year, and found the 2010 model to be much the same car. The new BMW 650i Convertible uses...

Tags: BMW AG, car

Product reviews 2009-10-09

Nextar 43LT - GPS receiver

Nextar 43LTWhat's great about it: Advanced features found on expensive GPS units, free traffic, easy to enter address."This GPS by far has more advanced features than most GPS units in this price range. I did not have any of the problems mentioned in the negative reviews.After using this GPS unit,...

Tags: GPS receiver, GPS-unit, GPS

Discussion threads 2009-09-12

Garmin Nuvi 765T

Garmin adds another battery of incremental changes to its Nuvi line of GPS navigators with the introduction of the Nuvi 765T. This new Nuvi packs useful features, such as text-to-speech and visual lane guidance, but the best trick in its bag is free, lifetime, Navteq traffic updating. In this case...

Tags: side panel, FM Transmitter, Nuvi 765T, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., lane guidance, cable, Garmin Nuvi 765T

Product reviews 2009-08-24

2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid

Photo gallery:2010 Mercury Milan HybridA new technology for production cars in 1997, gas-electric hybrid drivetrains have had only 12 years to mature, yet they've been subject to serious scrutiny and plenty of backlash. The system in the 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid should silence the critics. In this application, hybrid technology...

Tags: Milan Hybrid, Mercury Milan, car, Mercury

Product reviews 2009-06-09

TomTom XL 340 S

The TomTom XL 340 S builds on TomTom's successful XL series of wide-screen portable navigation devices. The XL 340 S' features, such as advanced lane guidance, daily fuel prices, IQ Routes, and TomTom Map Share, work together to constantly update its map data and route-mapping algorithm. Therefore, in theory,...

Tags: TomTom, XL 340, XL 340 S

Product reviews 2009-05-13

TomTom One 140 S portable navigation device

The TomTom One 140 S builds on TomTom's successful One series of entry-level portable navigation devices PNDs, with the addition of features that were once the hallmarks of TomTom's top-of-the-line models. The diminutive PND gains advanced lane guidance, which details complex freeway interchanges for easier navigation, as well as downloadable...

Tags: Flash memory, Text-to-Speech functionality, i/o port, TomTom, TomTom Map Share

Product reviews 2009-05-12

2009 Hyundai Genesis 4.6

Photo gallery:2009 Hyundai GenesisVoted 2009 North American Car of the Year at the 2009 Detroit auto show, the Hyundai Genesis 4.6 sedan that arrived in our garage had a lot to live up to. We were ready to cast aside biases based on our experience with previous Hyundai cars...

Tags: cabin tech, Genesis, Hyundai

Product reviews 2009-01-22

Navigon 8100T portable navigation device

Editors' note: Parts of the Features section were taken from our review of the Navigon 7200T, since the two GPS units share a number of the same features.Navigon's portable navigation devices PNDs haven't had the best track record when it comes to performance, but we thought the tide had changed...

Tags: GPS, Keyboards, Navigon 7200T, Navigon 8100T

Product reviews 2008-12-16

Magellan Maestro 4370

It's been a little while since we've seen anything from Magellan, but in late October, the company revealed its latest in-car GPS, the Magellan Maestro 4370. A step-up model from the Magellan Maestro 4250, the portable navigation device PND offers a new user interface with a feature called OneTouch that...

Tags: Keyboards, Magellan, OneTouch, Magellan Maestro 4370, Maestro, Maestro 4370

Product reviews 2008-12-03

Alpine PND-K3 - GPS receiver

We've reviewed a couple of in-car GPS devices from Alpine Electronics, including the Alpine Blackbird and the Alpine Blackbird II, and we haven't come away particularly impressed. While offering a decent feature set, the performance was subpar and definitely not worth the eye-popping price tag. The company's latest model, the...

Tags: Keyboards, GPS, GPS receiver, start screen, Alpine, Alpine PND-K3, Alpine Blackbird

Product reviews 2008-10-30

2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG

Photo gallery:2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMGMercedes-Benz's smallest U.S. sedan, the C-class, continues to impress us, this time with the sport-tuned 2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG version. We previously reviewed the C300, and found that its updated electronics put to shame the tech in more expensive models from Mercedes-Benz. With the AMG version...

Tags: C63 AMG, Mercedes-Benz

Product reviews 2008-08-15

2009 Jaguar XF

Photo gallery:2009 Jaguar XFOn first getting into the 2009 Jaguar XF, the car seems like the ultimate in automotive tech. A red backlight on the engine start button pulses with a heartbeat cadence. Push it, and panels over the air vents open up while the shift dial rises from the...

Tags: touch-screen interface, Jaguar XF, Jaguar, Mph

Product reviews 2008-08-06

2008 Infiniti M45X

Photo gallery:2008 Infiniti M45xWhen you think big, comfortable sedans with cutting-edge tech, you look for a price range around $80,000 to $100,000 and think models such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7-series, and Lexus LS. But then here comes the 2008 Infiniti M45x with all the tech those other cars...

Tags: Infiniti, Mph, Infiniti M45X

Product reviews 2008-06-26

TomTom GO 930 GPS

When it comes to in-car GPS, TomTom has always been of the philosophy that its products should be about navigation first. The company doesn't spend much time fussing over extras like multimedia, but rather focuses energy on navigation tools that will help the driver. The TomTom GO 930 is a...

Tags: Memory, GPS, TomTom, TomTom Go, TomTom GO 930

Product reviews 2008-05-28

2008 Infiniti EX35 Journey

Photo gallery:2008 Infiniti EX35 JourneyInfiniti delivers a unique new car with the 2008 Infiniti EX35 Journey, packing it full of over-the-top technology that all proves useful. The EX35 fits the crossover mold, a segment in which Nissan/Infiniti has plenty of experience from prior models, such as the Murano and FX45....

Tags: Monitors & displays, navigation system, AVM, interior, Infiniti EX35, cone, Infiniti

Product reviews 2008-05-20

Magellan Maestro 4250

The number of portable navigation systems coming out these days is pretty astonishing, but the thing is, we're finding that when it comes to the core navigation functions, they pretty much all offer the same thing--text- and voice-guided directions, extensive POI databases, automatic route recalculation, and so forth. So in...

Tags: Keyboards, user interface, Magellan, Maestro, Magellan Maestro 4250, Maestro 4250

Product reviews 2007-12-16

2007 Lincoln MKX

Photo gallery:2007 Lincoln MKXThe 2007 Lincoln MKX brings in all the luxury qualities we would expect from this make, but despite the fact that it's a crossover, the MKX won't edge Lincoln into any kind of youth demographic. The MKX has stately lines and a big chrome grille with the...

Tags: Text-to-Speech functionality, Nothing, MKX, Lincoln, Lincoln MKX, navigation system

Product reviews 2007-09-06