Navman S300t Review

We had already talked about the arrival of top-of-the-line GPS navigation system from Navman, Navman S300T. Today we have a review of the Navman S300T GPS navigation system. Before we share a few ideas from the review, let’s a have a general look at the feature and spec set. First off, S300T has a 4.3″ widescreen like the rest of the Platinum series. It is touchscreen and uses their ‘glide touchscreen’ interface. Some software features include advanced lane guidance, 3D landmarks and junction views, text to speech with an Australian accent, safety alerts for school zones, red light cameras, and mileage reporter.

More high end features on S300T include Live Local search, Live Traffic updates, bluetooth hands free calling with a compatible phone, and FM transmitter.

The reviewer thought having a single button on the device was a good idea just like excluding and useless features such as a digital camera. It was lighweight and slim, and the graphics were well drawn. The 3D views at complicated intersections was quite helpful, but the same can not said about 3D landmarks.

S300T came with lifetime traffic updates provided by SUNA traffic - however it was a bit too cryptic… full review

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Maxtek Mnt-7t : Affordable 7? Gps System

Maxtek MNT-7T is one of the most affordable (if not the cheapest) 7″ car GPS System that I have come across. Since the most noteworthy feature is its price let’s start from that, it currently retails at $364.99 from TigerDirect. As we mentioned it features a 7″ Wide LCD TFT screen and some of its other features include, 512 MB of internal NAND Flash memory, turn-by-turn voice guidance available in multiple languages, automatic re-routing, 2D and 3D maps, audio player (MP3, WMA and WAV), photo viewer and an A/V input port that allows users to use the screen as a in-car display to watch you DVDs or play your favorite games. Finally, the Maxtek MNT-7T comes with a DVD that contains US maps. For the price it looks like a really good deal, however I wasn’t able to find any reviews of the unit.

Xroad V7 Gps/dmb

XROAD V7 is another impressive GPS/DMB/PMP/HTF/KLP/MNG (please note some acronyms are imaginary) do it all system coming from Korea (although I doubt it will ever come our way). It features a 7″ TFT-LCD touchscreen (800*480 WVGA), a 500MHz processor by AMD (Alchemy Au1200), SiRF III GPS chipset and 128MB RAM (DDR2) 2GB SD card. The unit has also a Picture-in-Picture feature (they call it Navi-in-Picture) that allows users to watch TV while navigating. The fact that the device has a number of multimedia goodies is of course no surprise, V7 supports the playback of DivX, XviD, MPEG-4, and WMV video, as well as music files. Finally it has an FM transmitter and is powered by a 4200mAh battery and probably has a lot more features that I can not read or autotranslate because they decided to post all the information in the form of images and my Korean are a bit rusty.
V7 costs around 630$

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Tomtom Go 715

Another new GPS System by TomTom has leaked through the FCC. This Time it’s the TomTom Go 715 after the TomTom DUO and the TomTom ONE XL. Like it’s predecessor the TomTom GO 710 it sports Bluetooth functionality for hands free calling but what appears to be a new feature is that it has a SIM card slot that will allow users to make calls and send text messages for the 715 itself. By looking at the manual it appears that the 715 is an upgrade mainly targeted at the business market with software that allows the user to receive and manage orders and to communicate with his office about the status of the orders. I guess we will have to wait until the CeBIT to see if these new model will be a replacement of the 710 or just an addition model targeting mostly the business part of the market.

Navevo Unveils Pronav Pnn200e For European Big-rig Drivers Looking To Avoid Low-flying Bridges

GPS maker Navevo has unveiled the ProNav PNN200E GPS navigation system for trucks, vans and other large vehicles. Already available in the United Kingdom, the PNN200E will now feature NAVTEQ maps of the Western European mainland. The specialty maps dubbed NAVTEQ Transport are designed with professional drivers in mind, taking into account vehicle specifications including weight, height, length and width to avoid road hazards that include low bridges and steep hills.

Powered by a Centrality 400 MHz CPU and 64 MB of RAM, the ProNav PNN200E includes a 4.3-inch TFT touchscreen, Centrality Atlas III GPS receiver, Bluetooth, Windows CE 5.0, SD card support and a simple switchover mechanism for car navigation.

Navevo will launch the PNN200E in France and Germany initially, followed by other European countries such as Benelux and Austria.

The British version costs roughly £200, so roughly 223 euros.

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Disturbing Google Earth Co2 Emission Map For The United States–prepare For End Times…

Collaborative research performed by Purdue, Colorado State University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory–dubbed the Vulcan project–has resulted in a disturbing Google Earth visualization of CO2 emissions in the United States. The interactive map lets viewers check out pollution levels coming from residential and commercial areas, and compare emissions from their area to those of others. The only issue is that the data used is from 2002 and I’m sure the last 7 years has resulted in quite the increase in environmental devastation.

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Palm Pre Coming To Canada’s Bell In Late Q2/early Q3 According To Roadmap

A rumor emerged a couple of week back that Bell would be the Canadian carrier of the Palm Pre.  Canadian mobile blog Mobile Syrup has a roadmap of Bell pipeline for the year and once again the Pre has emerged–this time for a late second quarter or early third quarter release.

While the details don’t move beyond that information, Bell is also expected to release the Palm Treo Pro on February 26 for $199.95 (US$161) with a 3-year, $45/month contract.  The Treo Pro features a 320 x 320 touchscreen display, Windows Mobile 6.1, GPS, a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and video capture, 32 GB microSDHC card support, the all-important 3.5mm headphone jack, and a 133 gram footprint.

Mobile Syrup also states that Blackberry’s Niagara, similar to the Curve 8900 for CDMA networks, will arrive in the second quarter with the same features as the 8900 including GPS, but without Wi-Fi so customers get drilled in to the data plan.  Bell will likely launch the Samsung Omnia in the second quarter and the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8320 late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter, according to the roadmap.

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