As an experiment, this week I have been running a couple of smartphone nav apps against each other to compare the routes they produce. My default app has been TomTom for a long time. I find it easy to use and it produces routes that more closely match what I would choose. But on one trip last week I decided to fire up Garmin's app and give that a whirl. The Garmin/TomTom debate is much like Canon/Nikon in that each side vociferously defends their preference but in my testing I found that Garmin produced routes that frequently seemed less than optimal, often going miles out of the way when a more direct route was available. I tried it on a dozen or so journeys of between 20 and 60 miles and these weird routes occurred too often to be ignored. Has anyone else found this with Garmin?

Darren Griffin

Osomount launch Quick Grip

Osomount have launched another new smartphone cradle, called the Quick Grip.

Using their combination suction/gel mount that can attach to glass, textured dashboards and other surfaces with ease, the Quick Grip features adjustable jaws that can even accommodate larger phablet style devices such as the Galaxy Note 2.

The cradle rotates to allow use in portrait and landscape orientations. The cradle can also slide up and down the mount.

Available in black or white at £21.99.

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hereO - a GPS Watch Designed for Kids

hereO are currently crowd funding for a GPS watch/tracker specifically designed for kids.

Their design, already in final testing, is the world's smallest GPS watch specifically designed with children in mind.

It has a built in roaming SIM card that works in over 140 countries and the subscription is a very generous $5 (£3.20) per month.

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Speed Camera Data Updated - v12.033 - 19 Mar 2014 & This Week's Subscriber Award Winners

This week sees 76 static and mobile speed cameras added, removed or modified in the live database.

Of the 37 unique submitters that were the first to submit qualifying reports this week, congratulations are due to the following six members, who have won a one year subscription extension:

CAA_0205180645, dafflad, gbrevern, martinball, Multi, nobubbles.

Subscription Winners: Please act on the email NOW. You MUST cancel any PayPal recurring subscriptions to benefit from the free 12 month subscription extension. If you do not cancel we will not issue refunds.

Six users missed out because they did not hold a valid subscription. The remaining 25 qualifying submissions came from lifetime members. Please join us in sending our thanks to them for taking the time and trouble to report speed cameras for the benefit of us all. They are:

CA_0328034415, CA_0719071505, CAA_1130221413, CrazyKiWi, Daggers, DennisN, disco1974, DocG, dorsetbred, Eyebeear, falkirk81, gpety, hudsonl, nivek22, nunga, ochiatto, Privateer, Quinny1, rhd4609, Rick-uk, thelight, TuppyTrucker, unregistered, xaravien.

The rewards for successful camera submissions have changed, see here for full details.

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