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The nuvi 1200 (3.5″ touchscreen) and 1300 series (4.3″ touchscreen) feature a new, thinner design (approximately 25% thinner than previous nuvis), and offer advanced features like text-to-speech, free lifetime traffic and lane assist at an affordable price. All the 1200 and 1300 models also feature a new “Enhanced Pedestrian Mode”, and something called “Public Transit Mode”.
The new nuvi 1200 and 1300 series are the first nuvi devices to offer enhanced pedestrian navigation capabilities. Enabled through Garmin’s new CityXplorer, an optional download that provides location and destination information for select tourist destinations in North America and Europe, CityXplorer varies in cost ($9.99 - $14.99 depending on the city) and provides bus, train and/or metro train routing options and times, as well as distances associated with them.
Nuviphone M20 is the second phone announced from Garmin Asus collaboration. When two companies made their first official announcement of nuviphone G60 last week they also mentioned other Garmin Asus phones would follow. Nuviphone M20 is mostly targeted for on-the-go business professionals with its Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system that enables you to sync to your business stuff with ActiveSync.
Here are the main features and specs:
- Dual-band 3.5G / tri-band GSM
- Wi-Fi
- 2.8” TFT touchscreen
- 4GB or 8GB of storage
- 3MP camera
- OPERA browser, HTML, WAP 1.2.1/2.0
Kenwood DNX6140 is one their mid-level models that already went on sale on Amazon recently from $1050. DNX6140 comes built-in with Garmin navigation and Parrot Bluetooth interface so you won’t have to worry about an extra standalone GPS navigation system crowding your dashboard.
With DNX6140 Kenwood kept it simple with the hardware interface. In addition to the touchscreen you’ll find a knob for volume control, a mini A/V input for connecting another device, and three buttons for switching to navigation, toggling source, and accessing other functions. The optical drive which can handle audio CDs, DVDs, MP3, and WMA files is at the top end of the 2-DIN device.
DNX6140 has a 6.1″ screen, and it give you the ability to let you control external media sources such as iPods, and HD Radios.
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The touchscreen smartphone Eten Glofiish DX900 with dual SIM support and integrated GPS is now available in France. It comes with 2 years guarantee and is marketed by the official distributor Partelec with Garmin Mobile XT 4 navigation software with Benelux and France maps for 519 €.
- GPS receiver with SiRF III chip compatible A-GPS
- Quad-Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), GPRS, EDGE Class B, Multi-slot Class 10, 3G and HSDPA (3G +) to 3.6 Mbps (850/1900/2100 Mhz)
- Support for dual SIM cards
- 533 Mhz Samsung processor
- G-sensor (accelerometer)
- FM radio
- RDS / TMC integrated traffic information
- 2.8? TFT-LCD touchscreen with VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution
- 256 MB ROM
- 128 MB of RAM
- Integrated 3MP camera with auto focus
- 0.3MP camera in front for video
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- MiniUSB 1.1
- HC MicroSD memory slot
- 1530mAh removeable Lithium-Polymer battery
- Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- Dimensions: 10.6 x 6.1 x 1,7 cm 1.7 cm
- Weight: 147 g
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Garmin just announced their 2 new low cost model named with eTrex Legend H and eTrex Vista H. Both of them have a similar features like a 2.4″ grayscale screen which can be used to view basemap of North and South America, USB interface and a high sensitivity receiver that can get satellite fix under even dense tree canopy.
That’s all? Right, but eTrex Vista H includes an electronic compass and barometric altimeter. Priced at $150 for eTrex Legend H and $200 for eTrex Vista H.
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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, a 4.3-inch widescreen display, preloaded maps of the US and Canada, 3-D buildings view, 3-D lane guidance, photo navigation, faster screen redraws, advanced route planning, and Garmin Locate.
The nüvi 755T which priced at $499.99 is a major upgrade from the older 750, and introduces free lifetime traffic, 3-D lane assist, 3-D building view, faster screen redraws, route planning, and host of other new enhancements. Take a look at GPS magazine review this device for us.
Kenwood DNX9140 was a new addition to Kenwood’s In-Dash DVD Receiver series with built-in Garmin GPS navigation. In addition, the DNX9140 will have the ability to connect to an M/H digital television tuner when it becomes available from Kenwood in 2010.
Here are the DNX9140 features:
- 6.95″ WVGA touchscreen control screen
- Garmin navigation software
- voice recognition control for navigation and other connected sources
- built-in Bluetooth by Parrot
- true 5.1 surround-sound
- USB direct control for iPod A/V content
- optional MSN Direct Tuner for traffic, movies, gas prices, etc
The nüvi 885T is the real flagship here, offering speech recognition, lane assist junction view and MSN Direct traffic info and other cloud-based services. The unit centers on a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 touchscreen, and offers up Bluetooth for hands-free calling and an FM transmitter. Priced at $800 and $700 for MSN and Bluetoothless version.
The zūmo 660 is built for motorcycle types, with a 4.3-inch glove and sunlight-friendly touchscreen display. Bluetooth are available for your helmet headset, and more of that lane assist goodness, but the $800 price tag might quell your enthusiasm.
It’s no secret that Garmin makes some of the best GPS units around. But with 27 different nüvi models to choose from, figuring out which one is right for you can be difficult. Want text-to-speech but don’t care about Bluetooth? Want a wide screen but not text-to-speech? Traffic? Lane Guidance? Choice, choices, choices!
Don’t worry, GPS Magazine already made a decision tree (diagram) to helps you choose the right nüvi. Two thumbs from me to the author.
Garmin’s nüvi 265WT improves the nüvi 200-series by adding free lifetime traffic, Bluetooth for hands-free calling, GPS HotFix for faster position acquisition, terrain maps, and an improved map screen.
The nüvi 265WT’s 4.3-inch WQVGA (480 x 272 Pixels) is framed by a thin black case. A microphone is located to the right of the display. Except for the on/off slider on the top of the device, there are no physical controls on the nüvi 265WT. All controls are performed via the touchscreen interface.
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