I did a shootout test for my blog at the Detorit Free Press (www.freepress.com/w endland) on the Garmin nuvi 760 ($749.99), the Magellan Maestro 4250 ($499), the OnStar turn-by--turn Navigation service for GM vehicles ($299 for a year's service) and VZ Navigator, a $9.99 a month or $2.99 a day GPS system that works with the Verizon Wireless Phone service.
The 2008 Consumer Electroiics Show in Las Vegas gets underway with the Saturday night press preview Innovations event. Here's a quick look from my blog www.freepress.com/we ndland
They may be in danger of extinction everywhere ekse, but in parts of Michigan, the little reattlesnake is thriving... from Mike Wendland's one-man-band video column at freep.com
favorite camcorder is the Flip, a palm-sized device that its in a shirt pocket and records great audio and video. Here's a review, shot entirely on the Flip, as posted on my Detroit Free Press blog (www.freepress.com/w endland)
OnStar's new Stolen Vehicle Slowdown is being hailed by police and emergency responders as a major safety tool that can end the danger of high speed chases by sending an electronic signal that disables the accelerator on stolen cars fleeing law enforcers. Detroit Free Press technology Columnist Mike Wendland got a first hand demonstration
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