Without holding back, Garmin released the new nuvi GPS navigator. With popular demand, the nuvi was finally released with a pitch black cover. It’s pretty impressive with the slimness of the body. Further more, many reviews sad that it had an improve sharpness on the touch screen. The nuvi series from Garmin still stick to it’s simple menu mainframe. With additional application such as MSN direct, Gas price tracker, movie times, traffic update and more.

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adNav’s ad supported GPS navigation system is already out in few select locations and their website -adNavInc – has been up since we last mentioned adNav. adNav has already made the Boomerang available in New York, with additional cities and locations to follow in the coming weeks through partners including DoubleTree and Omni Hotels.

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Taiwan brand Marbella has a new GPS navigation system in their lineup called the NAV-8800. It has bigger screen at 4 inches and uses the super sensitive SiRF Star III GPS receiver. NAV-8800 is quite multi-purpose offering various entertainment features such as photo album, a MP3 player, and a movie player. But the most exciting of it all is the built-in 2 megapixel digital camera – in case you don’t have one on your cell phone.

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What if your PC is at the size of 7.5? Or you wan a powerful PC on the dash board of your car. Won’t that be cool? Now, you can with the Atlas CPC-1200. Made by Azentek, the Atlas CPC-1200 is running a full pledged Microsoft Vista PC. This double-DIN car PC has a 6.5″ touch screen, has internal SiRFstarIII GPS receiver with an external antenna, bluetooth, and of course 802.11b/g wireless. It runs on Intel Core Duo processor.

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It has been announced Garmin a deal that has them working with Ford to add navigation, among other things to the new herd of Ford trucks coming to Dealers starting this Fall. The deal is part of a modernization and toughening of Ford Trucks. With Ford Work Solutions, a broad umbrella term for the launch, you will have in-dash computer capability, a digital system for keeping track of tools (RFID), and a cable in the bed that you can lock your tools to.

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This GPS navigation device is great with 4.3inch LCD display, split screen technology, text-to-speech, excellent maps, stylish design, and safety features. But some over complicated menus might troubles first time users. The C320’s battery lasts up to four and a half hours according to Mio figures, which is satisfactory, but not good enough.

Very similar to the winning C520, the C320 has a few features reduced. It is very affordable, outstanding and ideal for those who want a GPS unit without extra features like Bluetooth and multimedia player.

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The very much anticipated TomTom Rider 2^nd edition is on the market now, pricing at $999. With a built-in antenna, TomTom Rider has an integrated GPS receiver based on SiRF Star III with 20 channel all-in-view tracking.

The improved version has rugged and durable design, clear LCD display, improved audio, Cardo scala-rider Bluetooth. However, the power button sometimes unresponsive. Overall, the Rider 2^nd edition improves a lot compared to its predecessor.  Though it is not flawless, the Rider still manage to avoid most of the key obstacles that hamper other units.

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It is rumored that Garmin will launch the nuvi 850 GPS in Quarter 2 this year. Featuring a 4.3 inch LCD touchscreen with 480×272 resolutions, Garmin 850 GPS comes with an integrated MP3 player, audio book player, FM tuner and image viewer.

The nuvi 850 included a microSD card slot, expandable up to 4GB. Besides that, it supports speech recognition and MSN direct services. Nuvi 850 GPS will be priced at 857.13 USD.

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Dash Navigation unveiled its latest GPS unit, Dash Express which can draw data from Wi-Fi hotspots and its own built-in cellular connection. Featuring a 4.3-inch, touchscreen color display with 480 x 272 resolutions, Dash Express is meant to provide users with information on local traffic, road conditions and, even gasoline prices.

The built-in GPRS and Wi-Fi give users instant and direct access to information about what’s happening along the highways and arterial roads which they suppose to travel. In addition, Dash Express automatically informs users whenever traffic conditions change unexpectedly.

Dash Express is scheduled to ship in February 2008 and can be preordered for $ 599, which includes three months of wireless service.

From: Mobile Tech Today