New firmware unlocks GPS on Verizon-branded Pearls and Curves, carrier's intentions unclear (Engadget)

If you've been itching to get your GPS on but weren't feelin' the $9.99 monthly charge for VZ Navigator, today is a good day. Verizon 8330 Curve and 8130 Pearl devices have finally been (somewhat) decrippled, as users over at HowardForums are reporting that the GPS in the aforementioned devices started working once they applied the 4.5.0.97 update. As this is an unreleased firmware ...

Baby Jesus and Co. get free GPS devices this holiday season (Engadget)

The baby Jesus in the manger continues to be too enticing a prospect for some sticky-fingered pranksters, apparently. We've seen GPS tech harnessed on a small scale in the past to stave off such thievery, but now the counter-attack is going national. LightningGPS and their partner BrickHouse Security have announced that any house of worship or school can rent and use their GPS devices ...

Europe to dominate GPS device market by 2012 (telecomasia.net)

A new internet domain has gone on sale today (.tel) which it is hoped will become the online equivalent of the phone directory.

Spirent(R) Communications Delivers First Over-The-Air Assisted GPS Test Solution to 7 layers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Spirent Communications , a global provider of performance analysis and service management solutions, today announced the first delivery of its new Over-the-Air test solution for Assisted GPS in mobile devices to 7 layers in Irvine, California. 7 layers, a global group of test and service centers, is the first CTIA-accredited 3rd party laboratory to enlarge its OTA service portfolio with ...

Navigate Away From the Navigon 8100t (New York Times)

Man, was I excited to review the Navigon 8100T. Imagine: a GPS unit for your car that takes spoken input (instead of your having to tap out destinations one letter at a time) AND has an amazing 3-D view of the world, supplied by NASA satellite imagery, rather than some boring flat map.