TravelMobile Phone GPS Rules Still Highly Confusing By Angus Kidman on October 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM If there’s one thing that can be said about the rules surrounding whether you can use a mobile phone GPS in your car, it’s this: they’re not at all clear.The latest twist is that Victoria has decided to abandon plans to make phone-based GPS devices illegal, and instead allow them provided the device is in a cradle and isn’t being used for other visually distracting activities like texting or watchi
CommunicateSMS My Ride Lets You Warn Other Drivers By Angus Kidman on September 22, 2009 at 9:00 AM Need to notify another driver that they’ve blocked your car in, left their car lights on, or are about to get busted by a parking inspector? SMS My Ride lets you send a text to another driver using only their licence plate number.Picture by lonelyradioLast month, we featured Your Lights Are On!, a service which let you notify a driver if their lights have been left on simply by noting their plate
TravelGPS On Your Mobile Phone Illegal In Cars By Angus Kidman on August 26, 2009 at 9:00 AM Common sense suggests you shouldn’t use any GPS in a car without it being mounted — but even if it is, the law could see you getting busted if that GPS is attached to a phone.Nick over at Gizmodo has been looking into the whole issue of whether it’s legal to use a GPS built into a smart phone. There’s no question that you can’t use a phone to make calls unless it has hands-free operation, but it turns o
TravelThe Future Of GPS Traffic Monitoring In Australia By Angus Kidman on June 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM The Suna traffic-tracking service will cover most of Australia’s key cities within weeks, but what else can we expect from this handy GPS enhancing technology? Lifehacker chatted with Adam Game, CEO of Suna’s parent company Intelematics, to find out.There’s nothing more annoying than getting stuck in an avoidable traffic jam, and if you’ve got a Suna-enabled GPS, you can do your level best to ge
