Laughably large Red Light Camera Detector proves that you should just drive safely

October 15, 2009

Just a hunch here, but we get the feeling that you’ve gone one step too far when you decide to install a red light camera detector in your vehicle that’s larger than a) your GPS unit and b) the bag phone you used between the years 1991 and 1994. For those bold enough to disagree, there’s the wild and wacky device pictured above, delivered to you by none other than Hammacher Schlemmer. Packing an internal database of 6,000 red light and speed cameras across the US and Canada, the GPS-enabled device also boasts a 1.6-inch OLED screen to show your position in relation to upcoming cameras, and of course it’ll belt out all sorts of warnings to help you avoid the inevitable. Of course, you could just follow the rules of the road, but then you’d have no excuse to burn $199.95 up front and $19.95 annually on this heap. Tough call, no?

[Via NaviGadget]

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Navigon adding live traffic to iPhone navigation app, asks ‘TomTom who?’

September 17, 2009

Practically all summer, the buzz surrounding TomTom’s forthcoming iPhone GPS app was near deafening. But said noise apparently didn’t penetrate the labs at Navigon, as that very outfit has produced what’s easily the most full-featured option on the market today. Just a week after updating the already-great app with text-to-speech, iPod controls and location sharing, the company is now proclaiming that live traffic will splash down in October (at least in North America). The update will enable the software to utilize real-time speed data from drivers currently en route as well as historical information in order to alert you of slow-downs and re-route you when necessary. We’ve personally seen live traffic functions fail more often than not, but we’re giving Navigon the benefit of the doubt here until we can test it ourselves. Best of all, it’ll only cost MobileNavigator users (priced at $89.99) a one-time fee of $24.99 for lifetime traffic, and if you snag it within the first four weeks after it goes on sale, that rate drops to $19.99. So, TomTom — what now?

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