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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.
Alpine has just announced IVA-W505/P1, the All-in-one Navigation/Audio/Video System includes the IVA-W505 2-DIN head unit and the NVE-P1 removable navigation drive with 7-inch touchscreen display (1.15 million-pixel). Comes with preloaded NAVTEQ map data of the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which translates to maps galore.
Alpine IVA-W505/P1 also gives you full access/control to your iPod including cover art and album/artist information. Otherwise, you can get your entertainment from bunch of other formats such as DVD, CD, MP3, AAC, WMA, DivX.
Lowrance has released their three new handheld GPS devices. These “Lowrance Endura” line devices will be available in May. First is Lowrance Outback that features a touch screen, basemap, and a microSD slot and will retail for $229. The screen is 2.7 inches and it weighs 5.8 ounces.
Second is Lowrance Safari which having similar features with Outback including a barometric altimeter. Priced at $385. And the last is Lowrance Sierra which also having similar features with Outback including a 3D electronic compass and barometric altimeter. “High detail outdoor maps” from Intermap’s Accuterra and street map from NAVTEQ is included.
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In this new year, Sony has launch 4 new high-definition HDD camcorders (HDR Series), the HDR-XR520V, HDR-XR500V, HDR-XR200V and HDR-XR100. All of them offer extremely long recording times with hard drive capacity of 240GB, 120GB, 120GB and 80GB but Memory Stick PRO Duo slot is also available like usually.
All camcorders excluding HDR-XR100 is embedded with a GPS antenna and NAVTEQ digital maps for video and photo geo-tagging. It also has Smile Shutter technology, Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound recording and 3.2″ touchscreen display. The HDR-XR520V and HDR-XR500V models are the first camcorders to use a back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor.
The latest Nextar member, the Q4-LT, touts a 4.3-inch touchscreen, built-in speaker / antenna, text-to-speech support, 2D / 3D NAVTEQ maps of the US and Canada, 1.6 million POIs, an MP3 / JPEG player, rechargeable battery and of course, free traffic updates for life. Available for purchase on Q3 2009 at $249.99.
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This European PND sports a 5-inch touchscreen display with 65,536 colours, integrated TMC antenna, fingerprint sensor, text-to-speech functionality and pre-installed NAVTEQ maps of Western and Eastern Europe. The device also has an integrated FM transmitter, Bluetooth hook-up for your phone, MP3 player, photo viewer, travel guide and a Sudoku game (great time waster). Priced at £175 ($269).
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The newest duo in the Q4 lineup includes a 4.3-inch touchscreen, voice-guided directions, NAVTEQ maps, an SD card slot, multimedia player and a rechargeable Li-ion to boot. The Q4-01 stops at just 50 states, while the Q4-02 adds in maps of Canada and Puerto Rico and includes six million points of interest.
Both of these should be available right now in a variety of off-the-wall retailers, with the former listed at $299 and the latter $399. Oh, but you should know the Q4-01 will go for $99.99 on Black Friday (read: this Friday) at Kohl’s and Kmart.
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Navteq is looking to expand its traffic services beyond North American and plans to acquire T-Systems Traffic GmbH, a German provider of traffic data services, particularly for the automotive and telecommunications industries.
T-Systems, with approximately 55 employees, supplies traffic data to major portable navigation device manufacturers and automotive customers, according to the company. It reportedly holds technologies related to all primary forms of traffic flow data collection, including community and probe sourced traffic data, cellular network data, and fixed sensor networks, as well as telematics and capabilities that will complement Navteq’s connected services.
Alpine has just launches their new in-dash unit that combines navigation, audio, and video called Alpine IVA-W203/P1. Requires a 2-DIN slot on your dash but offers so much space saving features that it may be worth the $1200 price tag.
Alpine IVA-W203/P1 is use a removable GPS navigation system called NVE-P1 so if you ever need it in another vehicle you’ll just have the option to do so. Other features include bluetooth pairing with your cell phone, real iPod support (requires an extra cable), satellite radio support, and also support for various multimedia files.
As far as the navigation system, the device offers preloaded NAVTEQ map data of the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, text-to-speech (TTS) technology, which announces actual street names in English, Spanish or French, all on a 6.5″ touch screen.
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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.
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