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The Cobra XRS R9G GPS Radar detector we first saw in January is available now. Why would you want a GPS-enabled radar connector? Besides beeping when you go too fast, it also has an index of police ...

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The humble radar detector is getting a technology infusion this year from Cobra and Escort, who are embedding GPS technology in their 2007 models. Cobra is adding a GPS device to its top-of-the-line ...

As police technology for catching speeders has progressed, so too has the technology of radar detectors. The big names are all still around, but now these detectors can point to where the radar is ...

Joi Ito points us to one gadget that Bandit (as in “Smokey and the”) could have really used: the CellStar SKY-230DL, a radar detector with built-in GPS. It knows where speed traps are and lets you ...

This article was updated with new information in December 2025. Nothing ruins a spirited drive like the sudden strobe of red and blue in the rearview mirror. We've all been there, and it never feels ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've scoured the current market to bring you the best, most up-to-date radar detectors available so you can drive with confidence ...

At first glance the Cobra SL3 looks like a normal radar detector, but it’s really a GPS-enabled speed camera locator. The SL3 features a built-in, updateable database of speed camera and red-light ...

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It's no good hauling ass down the interstate if you don't know where you're going, so auto electronics maker Uniden has come up with the idea of combing GPS navigation and radar detection in one unit.