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.
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.
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.
This might be the most complete system you can have in your car. The Pioneer AVIC-VH009 MD Carrozzeria includes:
- GPS receiver with bird’s eye view
- TV tuner
- 5.1 channel amp
- plays CD, DVD, MD, MP3, WMA and DivX
- 7’’ screen
Probably a better multimedia center than what most people have at home. Of course, the price is really high, $3,200.
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.
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.
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.
