Archive for October, 2008
Valor’s NVG-606W DVD receiver plays music from almost any source - this double-sized receiver features an SD card reader, USB input, and a front-panel audio/video input. Valor includes an iPod adapter cable, so you can connect your player and control it right from the receiver’s touchscreen. The NVG-606W also plays DVDs and CDs, including discs you’ve loaded with MP3 files.
The 6.5″ touchscreen display helps you find your way through all of these source options. You can check out song and artist information on the large screen, and use the helpful menus to make all your system adjustments. Park the car, and take in your favorite videos and movies up front. If you’re on the go, connect optional monitors to the two sets of audio/video outputs and pipe the show to your passengers in the back. For more entertainment variety, an A/V input lets you connect other video sources, like a gaming system.
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NAVist III is powered by dual processors and has an optical drive that can handle DVDs, CDs, and all sorts of media files. If you think optical drives are too 90’s you’ll be pleased to hear that NAVist III comes with a hard disk drive that can hold all your Led Zeppelin collection and a lot more. What’s really cool about NAVist III is that it uses a removable HDD, right next to the SD card slot, all hidden behind a 7″ screen that requires 2DIN space on your dash. No price at this time but available for a distributors.
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MOTONAV TN20, provides spoken street names and turn-by-turn directions, NAVTEQ 2D / 3D maps of the continental US and a 3.5-inch touch panel. The slightly more sophisticated MOTONAV TN30 picks up where the TN20 left off and adds in maps of Puerto Rico and Canada, four million searchable points of interest, a 4.3-inch touchscreen and Bluetooth handsfree support.
Both systems include a SD slot for updating maps, a mini USB port for charging, speed limit display with warnings and the obligatory on-screen speed, distance, arrival time, elevation, and distance traveled tidbits. You can get all of them at $199.99 / $299.99.
[Engadget]
BT-211N comes with maps of USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico, with over 12,000 POI’s. It even has text-to-speech feature. It will mute the radio when it is announcing directions. All audibles are from the gps navigation system output through the Hands-free speaker.
Cost at $900, you get a serious bluetooth device with OEM connection cable, iPod connection cable, mic, and mounting stuff. In addition of course you have the GPS navigation system which requires a separate module that can be installed anywhere in your vehicle. The nice thing about this is that it uses an external GPS antenna which can go on top of your vehicle for better signal reception. Please notes, no SD slot in the front.
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i-gotU GT-120 is a GPS logger that can be used in multiple ways; one of them being keeping track of your digital photographs by matching their timestamps with the location on your data logger. It costs $69.95 and currently they have a special going where you don’t pay for shipping.
Can be use to recording your outdoor activities, geotagging photos to create a travel blog, including custom maps on Google Maps, exporting photos to other site like Flickr, and Picasa.
i-gotU GPS Data Tracker is the device for tracking employees, kids, spouse, cars, fleet or pets. Wondering about where your kids or teens are going? Suspect your spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend of infidelity? Wondering if your employees are using your vehicles for personal use? Need a travel history of your limos, taxis, buses or other commercial vehicles?
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Nuvi 510 contains regional maps, one for Benelux, one for Italy and Greece, and another for Spain and Portugal. Its equivalent here would be the Nuvi 500 which costs $500 in States. Expect to pay about 300 € in Europe. Currently made only for European market.
Nuvi 510 has a 3.5″ touch screen, and a battery that can last upto 8 hours (manufacture said). It accepts microSD cards, can store 1000 locations, and is FM traffic compatible. Sadly, no bluetooth, mp3 or text-to-speech.
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The nüvi 785T introduces 3-D lane assist, 3-D building view, faster screen redraws, route planning, and host of other new enhancements to Garmin’s already top-notch nüvi product line. A few grievances aside, the new 7×5T series is a major update from previous nüvi models, and ups the ante in GPS navigation.
Garmin continues to expand it’s popular nüvi product line, adding four new 7×5 series models to choose from. The 755T, 765T, 775T, and 785T all include text-to-speech, preloaded maps of the US and Canada, 3-D buildings, 3-D lane guidance, photo navigation, faster screen redraws, route planning, and Garmin Locate.
It has a wide 4.3″ screen with anti-glare coating, and preloaded maps of entire USA and Canada. Comes with non-replaceable rechargeable 1100mAh Li-Ion battery and they claim it would last 4.5 hours.
The GPS receiver is from SiRF which can track upto 20 satellites at once, the maps are from Navteq and the software is from Horizon Nav. Other features include bluetooth connectivity, SD/MMC slot, and text-to-speech which easily makes this gps navigation system a decent mid-level device.
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The devices, measuring 7 x 10 millimeters, incorporate a complete GPS receiver and meet the AEC-Q100 automotive quality standard, according to the chipmaker. It suggested the GPS chips could be used in in-vehicle navigation systems, telematics, fleet management, dynamic car insurance fee systems (pay-as-you-drive), and after-market navigation products.
Samples of the automotive-grade GPS receiver chips are available now in small-outline, 96-pin ball grid array packages. Pricing starts at $13 for the ATR0630P1 and $15 for the ATR0635P1 for 10,000-piece quantities each. A complete evaluation kit, including ultra-small footprint sample designs, is also available.
via gpsworld
The 4.1-inch screen (800 x 480, TFT) may look like a typical slide-and-tilt display, but it actually goes one step further by flipping over to reveal a 2.4-inch screen (320 x 240, AMOLED) set above a keypad. You can see the screen sliding, tilting, and flipping in this video of what the HDPC used to looked like.
Fast-forward to 0:34 to see about 20 seconds of the screen doing its thing. An unspecified ARM processor is used for handling small-screen tasks like taking photos, talking on the phone (VoIP or GSM/GPRS/CDMA), texting, playing music, and navigating the WinCE-based system. The larger screen, on the other hand, is designed for working in the Windows XP environment, surfing the web, in-car navigation, and DMB. For these activities, the HDPC relies on an unspecified Intel Atom processor (it was VIA-powered at CES).
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