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How to map your Black Friday attack

Automotive
By Tara Tuckwiller on November 15, 2012 in

Shopper loading car

This Black Friday, use GPS to transform yourself into the ultimate doorbusting machine.

Say you've scoured the ads, and you've found 10 stores you need to hit. They're scattered all over town. You could just guess at the fastest route to catch them all. Or you could punch them into an auto GPS unit -- or a free website called Driving Route Planner, although that's not nearly as slick -- and know for sure.

To find out how well it works, I tested Driving Route Planner. I typed in the addresses of seven stores (it will sort up to 25 stops), flung across all corners of my city. Read more

GPS apps for mobile phones rival some standalone devices

Automotive
By Alex Nunez on December 13, 2009 in

Navigon MobileNavigator for iPhone

Before long, that portable GPS unit stashed in your car's glovebox might be a dinosaur. How come? GPS apps for mobile phones are beginning to proliferate, and the best ones are as useful as some standalone GPS units. Sometimes, it seems they're just as pricey, too.

Take, for instance, Navigon's MobileNavigator for iPhone (*Est. $90). Critics say it's the closest thing to a portable standalone GPS, with local map storage (as opposed to downloading them on the fly over the mobile network), text-to-speech (the app says the actual street names you're supposed to turn onto), lane assistance, and an intuitive overall setup. For an additional fee, you can add real-time traffic alerts, too. On the downside, 90 bucks isn't cheap by any means, and if you aren't an iPhone user, you're outta luck -- the Navigon app is currently exclusive to Apple's popular device. Users of other phones aren't without options, though.

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