GPS devices sprout new features

Not very long ago, it was considered enough of a miracle for a portable personal GPS device to accurately tell you where you were and where you'd been, and to give a bit of help on the question of where you planned on going. Now, of course, GPS devices can do a great deal more, playing MP3 files, helping to navigate around traffic delays, making telephone calls, and going onto the Internet to find the latest movie times and restaurant guides. Judging from the systems on display at CES, the portfolio of capabilities isn't going to be getting any smaller. Garmin's latest, the Nuvi 880 and 780, will get constantly-updated information from MSN Direct. While Garmin turns to Microsoft, Magellan has announced plans to partner with Google. Cell phones with GPS are barely the tip of the iceberg, these days...it's the GPS devices themselves that are likely to be making the calls.

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