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the new Acer V200

May 28, 2007 acer, gps navigation 11 Comments

Acer announced a new range of personal navigation devices: the V200 series. It’s price point and placement makes us think that it is going to replace the e300, e305 and e310 series. V200 has a standard 3.5″ but its price is under the psychological 150€ mark.

Main features of the V200 series :

• Integrated SiRF III LP GPS receiver
• 3.5″ TFT LCD touch screen with 65K colors and 240×320 pixels (QVGA) resolution
• Samsung S3C2442XL Processor at 300 MHz
• 64 MB RAM for applications
• 64 MB ROM flash for OS and integrated applications
• SD/MMC port
• 1W speaker
• 3.5 mm audio out
• 1100mAh Li-Ion battery that lasts 3 hours
• Dimensions : 9.5 X 7.9 X 2.5 cm
• Weight : 172 G
• Destinator 6 navigation software of with maps of France coming from Navteq on 512MB SD card

It will be marketed soon for 149€ – probably in France only… via

two new Acer GPS navigators: P610 and P630

Sep 17, 2006 acer, gps navigation 1 Comment

At a workshop organized by GPS navigation mapmaker Navteq in Italy these new PNDs were announced to supplement the Acer e310.

Main features of p610 and p630:

• Receiver GPS integrated SiRF III LP with integrated antenna
• Touch screen TFT LCD 4 inches with the format 16/9 and of resolution 480 X 272 pixels
• Processor Samsung S3C2440A Given rhythm To 400 MHz
• 64 MB of ROM and 64 MB of RAM
• Kit Free Hands Bluetooth (only on the p630)
• Port MMC/SD
• Battery Lithium-Ion of 1200 mAh
• Dimensions : 11.6 X 8.1 X 2.3 cm
• Weight : 195 grams
• High speaker of 1 Watt.
• Windows CE.net 5.0
• Navigation software provided by ALK CoPilot 6 with maps from Navteq. Preloaded radars and normally the possibility of importing them.
• MP3 player
• Image viewer

The p610 will be provided with maps of France on a 256MB SD memory card. The p630 will be provided with maps of France as well as the principal road of Europe, all on a 256MB SD memory card. More detailed maps of Europe for the p630 will be provided on a CD.

Both will come with a car charger, mounting kit, and USB cable for synchronization. P610 will cost 299 Euros€ and it will be available in October.

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acer E310 PDA with GPS navigation

Aug 30, 2006 acer, gps navigation 1 Comment

Acer introduced E310 yesterday at the Internationale Funkausstellung 2006 (consumer electronics exhibition) in Germany. The device is quite small, measuring only 5.8 x 10.3 x 1.8 cm, and weighing only 130 grams. Despite its small size, the screen is pretty big covering almost the whole front side of E310; measuring 2.8″ diagaonally. It comes integrated with the SiRF Star III GPS chipset and a Samsung CPU at 300 MHz; very similar to most other GPS navigation systems in the market.

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Over the internal loudspeaker you receive a fast description of way from your travel companion not only in the car but also on the bicycle and to foot. Over the display you can be able to be indicated the putting process also in 3D and intermediate stops promptly plan. For the good maintenance on the journey the Acer e300 series possesses an integrated MP3 Player and photo a Viewer, with which you can regard on the return trip your vacation photos.

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Acer launches the new travelling companion e310

Jul 5, 2006 acer, gps navigation Leave a comment

The Acer manufacturer has just supplemented his range of peripherals of navigation with new Acer e310 at a really competitive price.

The e310 combines very last technologies of navigation – Sirf Star III cartographic LP and data 2006 Navteq – with personal management of the data and functionalities multimedia. Loan with employment with leaving its packing, Acer e310 is conceived like a genuine embarked peripheral of mobile navigation. It will bring the user directly to destination, which it moves with foot or à.vélo *.

The e310 makes it possible to sail and listen to music at the same time thanks to integrated reader MP3. Moreover, one visionnor of images is also embarked, allowing to take along his own albums photographs where which one goes.

Price advised including all taxes: 269,00 euros. Marketed in August 2006.

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