One of the problems with Bluetooth GPS accessories is you have to worry about the battery of two devices, the receiver and the one you connect it with. With the Holux GPSlim239 you will need to worry only for the other one, as this GPS receiver can be connected to the cigarette lighter plug.
It weights less than 80 grams and is compatible with any device supporting Bluetooth Serial Port Profile.
The Acer E series comes very handy, as it doesn’t only guide you to your destination, but it can also play MP3, display photographs and manage your contact list.
The main processor is a Samsung running at 300 MHz and, as most current GPS devices, comes with the SiRFStar III chipset. The 2.8’’ touchscreen has a resolution of 240 x 320 and can work in portrait and landscape modes.
Can be expanded with MMC or SD memory cards.
VDO Dayton is a company which innovates quite a lot in the GPS market. At least, they don’t just offer new models with the same characteristics but every GPS unit they announce has some new functionality. The VDO Dayton MS 2110 uses a new navigation software which has been designed to provide better route calculation.
This software offers a 3D look and personalized views, which allow the user to get the results faster. It comes with a 3.5’’ touch-screen, 64 MB of RAM and 544 MB of ROM for storing the maps.
It uses the SiRF IIe/LP chipset and can receive traffic alerts by RDS. Includes a MP3 player and a photo viewer. The price will be about $880.
I really like the design of the Novogo S Series. No bells or whistles, almost all the controls are integrated in the 3.5’’ touchscreen. The internal 64 MB of SDRAM and the support for SD memory cards give it a lot of possibilities to expand.
Includes the SiRFStar III chipset and integrated speakers and microphone, which allows to use it as a hands-free for your mobile with the Bluetooth protocol.
The Asus P525 comes really powerful, with an Intel XScale processor running at 416 MHz and 1 GB of internal memory, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.
Includes a GPS system powered by the SiRFStar III chipset and runs under Windows Mobile.
VDO Dayton comes with a new concept in GPS devices. The MS 2010 has different views of the maps for man and for women. If you select the “man-view”, the map always shows as facing to the north, while if you select the “woman-view” the maps rotates to accomodate current direction.
It seems that the research done by VDO Dayton has come to the conclusion that each gender prefers it this way. Anyway, this will be available from June at $317 for the european market.
My first thought when I saw the Polaroid MGX-0550 was to think this was a camera, as it was coming from Polaroid, but this is a GPS device combined with a DVD player.
It includes a 5.6’’ touchscreen, with a Sirf Star III processor and maps for United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The included DVD player features skip-protection, AV input and output, can play CDs and comes with a remote. Features an internal FM transmitter so you can hear everything through your car speakers.
The big screen is a nice addition and it can even be read in daytime, showing the route in 2D or 3D.
Sony releases Nav-U NV-U70, their first GPS model for the United States, which comes with a 3.5’’ touchscreen, 1 GB of internal memory and maps for most of the country, with 1.6 million points of interest.
Powered by an Intel PXA255 processor at 300 MHz , includes an internal speaker with a very useful Repeat button, just in case you missed the last indications.
Priced at $499.95, the routes it supplies are not as perfect as they should be, according to the reviewer at PC-World.
With an spectacular red design, ODD-i presents the P11N, a personal multimedia player with GPS capabilities, thanks to the use of the SiRF Star II GPS module.
A 4’’ wide-screen and dual-core CPU make this gadget ideal for reproducing video, supporting lots of formats: MPEG-1/4, Xvid, DivX, WMV, and audio: MP3, WMA, OGG y AC3. Also includes a 2 megapixel camera and a 30 GB hard disk.
Probably, only available in Korea.
One of the most powerful PDAs we have seen is the E-Ten G500, with its 400 MHz Samsung processor, 64 MB RAM and 128 ROM, driven by a Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.
Apart from the usual characteristics in a mobile phone: 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, quad-band GSM,… it also has a SiRF star GPS III module.
The reviewer says this is a quite bulky phone, but really powerful, although not directed to newbies,as it may be a little complex.
Its price is about $750.
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