The Korean manufacturer Inkel has presented Widetouch 5.6, a device combining GPS and DMB. It includes a 5.6’’ screen and a 400 MHz ARM9 CPU.
Two versiones will be available, one with DMB for $590, and one without DMB for $468. It has an SD slot, so it will probablu also play videos and music, although we might never know because it will only be comercialized in Korea.
The TomTom GO 510 is a small GPS device to be used in the car without any fuss. You don’t need to connect it to the computer and it includes a 1 GB SD card with all the maps. It also can work as a Bluetooth hands-free for your mobile.
Nicholas Prada bought it and has made a nice review which you can see in this video.
This might be the most complete system you can have in your car. The Pioneer AVIC-VH009 MD Carrozzeria includes:
Probably a better multimedia center than what most people have at home. Of course, the price is really high, $3,200.
TomTom presents a GPS gadget designed specially to be used in a motorcycle, although it has different modes to use it also in a car. The TomTom Rider has an anti-glare 3.5’’ screen to make it viewable in any situation.
Special characteristics are that voice instructions volume will increase or decrease depending on the speed of your bike and the interface is designed to be used with gloves, very useful in case it’s cold out there.
It also doubles as a Bluetooth hands-free, routing the received calls to the headset in your helmet. The battery last for 5 hours and is water resistant.
The Alpine Blackbird PND GPS features a very compact size which makes it very portable, even in your pocket, although you have the option to buy a docking system to install it in your car.
Apart from maps of United States, Canada and Hawaii it also has a database of six-million interesting points, like hotels or hospitals.
It can play MP3 files from a SD / MMC card and has a 3.6’’ LCD screen. Available from February 2006 for $750.
Personal Tech Pipeline has been reviewing the Mio C310 and say that it is good enough for its price but it has some quirks which may annoy some people. The unit has been assembled with parts from different providers and it lacks total integration between them.
This makes some tasks in this GPS unit difficult, because the menus require at least three clicks to get typical actions done. The main problem is lack of screen state.
Apart from this, the C310 has a screen of approximately 2.5’’, a 2 GB internal flash-based ROM and is driven by Windows CE. It plays MP3 from the SD card, although the speakers are not so great.
Although the Cahubi TN4300 is mainly designed to work as a PMP (Personal Multimedia Player), with its big screen and all the codec support, it also includes GPS functions so you can have entertainment and information at the same time.
For now, it will be only released in Korea, which is apity, because this has a 4.3’’ LCD and 1 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded with SD cards.
No information about price or availability.
Apart from the usual info that GPS devices provide you, like the best route between you and your destination, the Medion GoPal also takes into account the traffic, as it comes with a lifetime subscription to the Traffic Message Channel.
It’s controlled by a 266 MHz CPU and has a collection of Navteq maps in a 256 MB SD card, which can be expanded to the capacity you want.
Traffic alerts are shown on screen, so when you press an icon it will tell where the jam is. The price is almost $600 dollars.
No, this is not the next device from Apple, but a mere copy of the format of their popular music player. But, although being a copy it’s a good one. The Mapod has a 3.5’’ touch screen and it’s very portable, with a size of only 19 x 142 x 78 millimeters.
It has an external antenna and 512 MB of internal memory, which can be expanded with SD cards.
It has also a function for playing MP3 files, where the wheel comes to help you to find what you want to play.
No more info about price or release date.
The Mitac Mio A701 combines a GPS unit, a mobile phone, a PDA and a MP3 player in one, so you don’t have to carry lots of gadgets around.
It runs on Windows Mobile 5, so lots of applications are already available for it. It has a Intel Scale CPU at 520 MHz, a 2.7’’ LCD with 240 x 320 pixels reso9lution, 128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM, SDIO expansion slot, a 1.3 mehapixel camera, can play WMV and MPEG4 videos and has USB and Bluetooth connection capabilities.
Available from $660.
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