metajunk » misc news http://www.metajunk.net Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:03:28 +0000 en hourly 1 GPS systems and garage door openers convenient for break-ins http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2009/12/10/gps-systems-and-garage-door-openers-convenient-for-break-ins/ http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2009/12/10/gps-systems-and-garage-door-openers-convenient-for-break-ins/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:03:06 +0000 Dave Rubert Two men in Michigan and Ohio just got caught stealing GPS navigation systems and remote garage door openers to break-in victims’ homes. They would mostly target movie theater and restaurant parking lots, break into vehicles, and then use the ‘home’ address in the navigation system to go to their home and break-in without any difficultly using the garage door opener. Good news is these two are caught but there may be more out there – so don’t leave your GPS navigation system in your car for the world to see and maybe don’t store your address as ‘home’… via Brought to you by your GPS navigation site NaviGadget. GPS systems and garage door openers convenient for break-ins
]]> http://www.metajunk.net/2009/12/gps-systems-and-garage-door-openers-convenient-for-break-ins/feed/ 0 Sanyo and TomTom team up to take over America http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2009/09/17/sanyo-and-tomtom-team-up-to-take-over-america/ http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2009/09/17/sanyo-and-tomtom-team-up-to-take-over-america/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:24:24 +0000 admin sanyo-tomtom
According to WSJ TomTom and Sanyo are joining their forces to sell their devices to car makers.

Japanese Sanyo announced yesterday that it will team up with Dutch TomTom to grab more market share in North America and Europe where the auto industry is supposedly picking up.

The collaboration between Sanyo and TomTom will supply auto makers with customized in-dash GPS navigation systems as early as 2010.

Sanyo has been making GPS navigation systems in Japan since 1993 where factory fitted sat nav system are more common place. On the other hand North Americans and Europeans are more into after market, windshield mounted, unsightly, portable systems.

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Sanyo and TomTom team up to take over America

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