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the new Acer P700 series

Sep 24, 2007 acer, gps navigation 13 Comments

Acer launched a new range of GPS navigation systems called P700. These will supplement the current models Acer P600 and the Acer V200 that we had already mentioned on Navigadget.

The new P700 will have the largest screen of all of the above measuring at 4.3 inches. New on the P700 series is the new version 7 of ALK CoPilot navigation software.

CoPilot 7 has a new interface which is more pleasant and easier to read. A new functionality called Pin-Lock will allow the users to lock the device just like you can do on your phone with a PIN number.

The maps for the P700 series will be provided by Navteq and are from the fourth quarter of 2006. Currently the P700 series will have two models: Acer P710 which will come with a 512MB SD card for regional maps and Acer P730 that has a 2GB SD card for maps of the whole Europe.

The difference between P710 and P730 is that latter also supports RDS-TMC traffic information.

Main features:

• Integrated SiRF III GPS receiver
• 4.3″ LCD display at 16/9 and 480×272 resolution supporting upto 16.7 million colors
• 64 MB of ROM and 64 MB of RAM
• SD/MMC port
• 1100mAh Li-Ion battery – lasts upto 3 hours
• 1.5 Watt internal speaker
• Windows CE.net 5.0
• ALK CoPilot 7 navigation software with maps provided by Navteq; radars preloaded
• RDS/TMC Premium traffic Information (only on P730)
• Image viewer

Acer P710 will come with regional maps and cost 199€ and the same P710 with maps of Europe will cost 249€ – both available in October… via

Acer P630 for sale in Europe

Feb 6, 2007 acer, gps navigation 6 Comments

The Acer P630 we announced back in September 2006 are finally showing up at online stores in Europe prices ranging from €290 to €375.

The P630 comes from the P600 series which contains slim and portable navigation devices that integrate a bright 4″ display, which is great for navigation, viewing photos and listening to audio files.

For navigation the Acer P630 relies on the SiRF Star III GPS receiver for signal acquisition and ALK’s CoPilot 6 for software. The maps are provided by Navteq.

This is not your entry level system, so you are also getting a hands free bluetooth capability letting you use the speaker and the microphone of P630 for your phone conversations. Using the SD card slot you can bring your audio files and listen to them while navigating.

Device Features

• 400Mhz Processor
• Bluetooth for Handsfree calling
• 4″ Wide clear display
• SD Expansion Slot
• CoPilot Live 6 Software with latest Navteq maps of UK and Western Europe

CoPilot Features

• Maps of UK and Western Europe, down to street level
• Address manager
• POI (Point of Interest)
• Favorites
• Recent location
• Car mode/walking mode
• Trip planner
• Avoid routes

Included in the box are Mini-USB sync cable, car charger, car mount kit, AC adaptor, pouch, SD card with preload Map of UK and Europe and a CD Set (Acer Companion CD / Navigation software CD).

Acer P600 series GPS navigators now live

Oct 11, 2006 acer, gps navigation 2 Comments

Acer’s two new GPS navigation systems we mentioned last month (Acer P610 and P630) are now up on their own website with full specs and features. The device will feature a 4″ LCD touch screen and come with your regular MP3 and picture viewers. There is an SD/MMC expansion slot but the battery will last only 3 hours so you may want to turn down that music if you don’t want to get lost. Other than the battery life rest of the specs look promising – Acer made sure they only used the good stuff such as the SiRF Star III GPS receiver chip and NAVTEQ digital maps.

Also worth mentioning are live traffic info capabilitiy and the extensive POI library.

Full specs after the jump
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