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  Nokia World 2008: Making the Internet personal

  Nokia World 2008 was the launching pad for the world's largest mobile phone company to announce the touchscreen N97, the latest version of Nokia Maps and its new messaging and email service.

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  Top GPS features

  So you've decided you're going to get a portable GPS device, but what features should you look out for and which brand is best at what?

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  GPS traffic messaging FAQ

  Traffic messaging for sat nav devices is now available for residents along Australia's eastern seaboard. But what is it? What does it do? Which devices have it? And is it any good?

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  How Navteq mapped Australia

  CNET Australia hitched a ride with Navteq's team of analysts to see how they produce maps, used in GPS devices from Mio, Navman and Navigon, covering our big brown land.

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  Traffic-enabled GPS navigators

  With traffic services now available along the eastern seaboard, traffic-enabled GPS devices are now blooming like flowers in the spring sun. We pick three quality units with traffic messaging bundled.

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  Navman S300t

  Top dog of the S-Series Platinum range, the Navman S300t features built-in traffic info, spoken street names, 3D landmarks, and an iPhone-inspired interface.

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  TomTom XL Traffic (2nd generation)

  Compact, correctable, good looking and easy to use, the TomTom XL is a great portable GPS. For AU$100 more there's this Traffic version with, uhh, traffic messaging built-in.

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  Best budget GPS navigators

  With the words crisis and meltdown being a regular feature in newspaper headlines, we investigate some of the cheaper GPS options out there.

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  Garmin Nuvi 260

  As per the 260W — an easy to use GPS, with great verbal speed and red light camera warnings which, unfortunately, aren't installed by default — but narrower and AU$100 cheaper.

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  Best portable in-car GPS navigators

  All brand name GPS units will get you safely from A to B, but some do it better than others. We nominate a clutch of navigators we'd junk our Gregory's or Melway for.

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  Best budget GPS navigators

  With the words crisis and meltdown being a regular feature in newspaper headlines, we investigate some of the cheaper GPS options out there.

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  CNET.com.au's GPS Buying Guide

  Prices for GPS devices have come down in the last year and many of us are looking at jumping on the bandwagon. We take a look at how it works, why you should (or shouldn't) buy a GPS, as well as key features to look out for.

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  Installing speed and red light camera alerts on your Garmin Nuvi

  School zone, speed and red light camera alerts are now de rigueur on portable GPS navigators. While Garmin's Nuvi range has an excellent alerting system, you need to be the Howard Carter of the internet to find them. We show you how, although we make no guarantees about avoiding Tutankhamun's curse.

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  Traffic-enabled GPS navigators

  With traffic services now available along the eastern seaboard, traffic-enabled GPS devices are now blooming like flowers in the spring sun. We pick three quality units with traffic messaging bundled.

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  How Navteq mapped Australia

  CNET Australia hitched a ride with Navteq's team of analysts to see how they produce maps, used in GPS devices from Mio, Navman and Navigon, covering our big brown land.

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  GPS traffic messaging FAQ

  Traffic messaging for sat nav devices is now available for residents along Australia's eastern seaboard. But what is it? What does it do? Which devices have it? And is it any good?

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  Photos: CeBIT 2006 - Product Innovations

  In amongst the colourless enterprise servers and prosaic IT management software, there were a few nuggets of innovative product gold on display this week at CeBit 2006.

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  Tech on tour: Family road trip survival tips

  Can technology make the hassles of a family car trip simpler? Alex Kidman decided to put technology to the test on the road.

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  Navman S300t

  Top dog of the S-Series Platinum range, the Navman S300t features built-in traffic info, spoken street names, 3D landmarks, and an iPhone-inspired interface.

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  TomTom XL Traffic (2nd generation)

  Compact, correctable, good looking and easy to use, the TomTom XL is a great portable GPS. For AU$100 more there's this Traffic version with, uhh, traffic messaging built-in.

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  Garmin Nuvi 260

  As per the 260W — an easy to use GPS, with great verbal speed and red light camera warnings which, unfortunately, aren't installed by default — but narrower and AU$100 cheaper.

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  Navman S35

  It looks like last year's S30, except it's been given the latest Whereis maps and spoken street names. Unlike the S-Series Platinum models, the S35 soldiers on with the old interface, which is now shared with the Mio Moov range.

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  Navigon 2150max

  This is a great GPS if you have a piano black fetish. For the rest of us, it's just OK. Its good points (Aussie-capable text-to-speech, junction view, extended lane info) are balanced out by an inconsistent interface and unfriendly windshield mount.

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  Garmin Nuvi 260W

  A good, easy to use GPS, with great verbal speed and red light camera warnings which, unfortunately, aren't installed by default.

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  Garmin Nuvi 760

  If you're in the market for a GPS navigator with an FM transmitter and MP3 playback, not to mention excellent safety camera warnings, the Nuvi 760 is the one to go for.

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  TomTom Go 720

  Don't let its beautiful body tempt you, the TomTom Go 720 is both too pricey and too buggy. The cliche "beauty is only skin deep" is particularly apt here.

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  Navman S45

  Replacing last year's S50 model, the S45 might lose five but gains spoken street names and the latest Whereis maps. It, like the S35, soldiers on with the old Navman interface, shared with the new Mio Moovs.

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  TomTom One 3rd Edition

  TomTom have fiddled at the edges in the upgrade from Slim Edition to 3rd Edition, but the competitive price makes the One a worthy player in the entry-level GPS market.

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  TomTom One (4th generation)

  Both the One and XL are great GPS units: compact, correctable, good looking and easy to use. At AU$349 we'd pick the narrow screen One every time though.

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  Mio DigiWalker C320

  Mio's C320 GPS provides a good balance between affordability and features.

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  Mio DigiWalker C520

  Bluetooth, text-to-speech, massive screen and good looks make the C520 a good GPS. Its great price transforms it into a great GPS.

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  Nokia N95

  If you need an all-in-one communications, navigation and imaging device and don't mind charging it every night, Nokia's N95 raises the bar in the mobile world.

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