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Android App of the Week: Garmin Mechanic

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Garmin is best known for its satnav devices but, with smartphones encroaching on its territory, the Swiss firm has begun releasing smartphone software — with Garmin Mechanic, our Android App of the Week, one of the first to arrive.

As the name suggests, it’s not a traditional satnav service. Instead, it’s a monitoring and diagnostic tool for your car, tracking your journey and serving up a wealth of details for inquisitive drivers.

The main screen — with a sleek, gunmetal grey UI — shows your average speed, distance travelled and total time for your current journey, and below these vital statistics sit bars that illustrate your accelleration, braking and variation to your average speed in real time. At the bottom of the screen is a graph that illustrates your speed, average speed and, if you choose, your current and average fuel economy. (more…)

Tags: Android, apps, driving

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When sat-navs meet racing games

Monday, July 21st, 2008

There have been several blogs from various members of the PC Pro team about the joys of sat-nav recently. First I gushed about the ease with which I drove 1,400 miles in a couple of days, and barely got the map out once. Then Darien got all excited about the beat-the-ETA game everyone inevitably ends up playing to liven up long journeys.

But this… well. This is just brilliant.

According to CNN, General Motors is developing a windshield that “combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what’s happening on the road and enhance it” for ageing drivers. (more…)

Tags: driving, navigation, old people, robocop, sat-nav, terminator

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