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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 V200 Review

Jul 17, 2007 acer, gps navigation, reviews 2 Comments

We now have a review for the recently released Acer V200 GPS navigation system.

Acer V200 surprised the reviewers with its amazing price at only £119 and a great set of features expected from an entry level GPS navigation system.

The time to first fix was very fast and route calculations both quick and accurate; our attempts to throw the V200 off its course and mess up a new route calculation failed admirably. You’ll also find the option to upgrade some of the basic features on offer as there’s an SD card slot to allow more extensive maps to be installed, although this does get a bit fiddly.

If you don’t mind having to plug-in the 1100mAh every 3 hours (being optimistic) into your car charger this may just be the right sat nav system for someone who’s on a tight budget. Acer V200 is currently £121 on Amazon but if you looked elsewhere online you may find it for a couple of pounds cheaper. If the exchange rate between $ and £ wasn’t so crazy this could’ve made it to our sub $200 sat nav system list.

Acer V210 with live traffic information

Jun 11, 2007 acer, gps navigation 5 Comments

The new V200 series we mentioned a few days ago, which is offered at a competitive price of 149€ ($198) in Europe (regional maps) is accompanied by another model from Acer, namely the V210.

Main difference of Acer V210 is that it will offer RDS/TMC live traffic information and again is offered at a good price: 249€ ($332).

Here are the main features of V210 :

• Integrated GPS receiver with Centrality Atlas II GPS chip
• 3.5″ touch screen TFT LCD
• Samsung S3C2442XL Processor at 300 MHz
• RDS/TMC integrated traffic information receiver
• 64 MB of RAM for applications
• 64 MB of ROM for OS and integrated applications
• SD/MMC Port
• 1W speaker
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• 1100 mAh Lithium-Ion Battery with 3 hour life
• Dimensions : 9.5 X 7.9 X 2.5 cm
• Weight : 172 grams
• Windows CE.net 5.0
• Destinator 6 navigation software

Acer 210 does not support integrated radar information but it shouldn’t too much problem to import them. At 249€ Acer V210 is currently the least expensive GPS navigation device with live traffic information capability… via

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