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XRoad RM-A4000 makes another appearance

Nov 16, 2007 gps navigation, on bikes Leave a comment

XRoad RM-A4000 which we talked about here at Navigadget before made another appearance in Korea just the other day under the Tibo name. Like we mentioned before this GPS navigation device for bikes is a nice alternative to TomTom Rider and Garmin Zumo who are pretty much in control of the whole market right now.

XRoad RM-A4000 features a nice joystick to make it easy to control with your gloves and a big bluetooth button to enable you to pair with your helmet or other bluetooth device.

It is expected to cost about $600… via

Uniden enters GPS market

Mar 2, 2007 gps navigation 6 Comments

Let’s welcome Uniden to the GPS navigation market with their two brand new models, named GPS532, and GPS402. Both of these devices may look familiar to you since they are both rebranded. We’re not exactly sure who the exact manufacturer is but the latest logo on it is Uniden for sure. We had another article about the one pictured above, marketed back then by CarPoint Co. Their models were called TIBO A1200, and TIBO S1000 and they looked just like what Uniden is offering today.

But don’t think of this as a negative criticism. They may have upgraded the hardware and loaded some up-to-date software. So let’s have a look at the specs:

• GPS Guided Navigation
• Simple Plug N Go (Ready to use right out of the box)
• No Subscription or Monthly Fees Required
• 240 x 320 Display Resolution
• EZ Touch Screen
• NAVTEQ Mapping Data
• 400 MHz Processor Speed
• WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) Mapping Accuracy
• SiRF III Receiver
• Multi-Screen Viewing (North Up, Map Up, 3D View)
• Turn-by-Turn Voice Instructions
• Preloaded Maps of the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii
• 2 Million POI (Points of Interest)
• Portable with Rechargeable Battery
• Accessories include: Windshield mount, car charger, DC Adapter, – Lithium Ion Battery and Dash Mount Pad.
• External Antenna (Optional)

Both GPS352 and GPS402 have the exact same specs except that the first two digits of those numbers represent the screen size. So the GPS-352 has a 3.5″ screen and GPS-402 has a 4.0″ screen. GPS-352 costs $316, and GPS-402 costs $378.

X-Road Corea Z3300

Aug 9, 2006 gps navigation 2 Comments

X-Road is the Asian version of Tibo manufactured by the same Korean company called CarPoint Co. It looks like they’re saving the good stuff for themselves. Compare this Z3300 to the Tibo Z3000 we talked about a couple of days ago and you’ll see the difference. The Z3300 definetely boasts better graphics since it uses the Mappy software for generating its animations and map panning. It also has a brighter screen at 400Cd’s and comes integrated 2W speakers. The rest of the specs seems similar to Tibo Z3000 like the SiRF Star III chipset and a fold-out antenna for a better reception.

Tibo Z3000 GPS navigation system and DMB

Aug 7, 2006 gps navigation 1 Comment

Z3000 is the top of the line product from the Korean manufacturer Tibo. This GPS navigation system not only has a well built case but also some nice specs that can compete with its most modern systems in the western world. To start off it uses a Windows CE.Net Core OS running on a Samsung S3C2410 processor and comes with a variety of SD cards with capacity ranging from 64MB to 2GB depending on your mapping needs. It has a huge 7 inch wide screen nice and bright at 350cd’s.

As you may have guessed it does have a built-in DMB module and as unique feature to Tibo it has blue-Red LED style turn-indicating lamps on each side.
Features

• Instructions with voice guidance
• Route searched by: Address/intersection, points of interest, address book, previous destination
• Path analysis using: Optimized, local road, highway driving simulation
• Driving guidance: Turn-by-turn guide at cross street, distance information to cross street (for direction change) and to highway entrance and exit, total distance and driving distance information speed limit information guide
• Scalable display (zoom function) 2D, 2.5D and split-screen rendering
• Area information search while driving
• Data storage of driving path and/or preferred path data saving

Takara presents the GP35

Apr 26, 2006 gps navigation Leave a comment

Today, Takara presents a new PND : nothing revolutionist, passage obliged with chip GPS SiRF III, a new case which seems succeeded, a priori, always of in the same Asian supplier, namely CarPoint and last version of destinator, namely the 5.5.

Its principal characteristics:

• Receiver GPS integrated with chip SiRF III
• Touch screen 3,5 inches anti reflections with 16 million colors and resolution 240 X 320 pixels
• Its stereophony
• Leds descriptive of change of direction
• Windows CE.net 4.2
• Multi-media reader MPEG4, MP3 and JPG
• Software of navigation Destinator PN 5.5 including module PC Destinator Comforts in order to be able to install the radars, the latter being preloaded.
• Cartography of France coming from Navteq

It is delivered with a charger lights cigar, a support of fixing conveys and a cover of transport. The charger sector is in option and as from the second half of 2006, a case Info traffic RDS/TMC will be also proposed. It is sold 499€ in the automobile dealers.

auto-translated from French

XRoad and Tibo GPS Sytem by Carpoint Co.

Feb 1, 2006 gps navigation 5 Comments

Carpoint Co.’s “XROAD” is an all-inclusive aggregator of information that should be needed in driving a car in respect of GPS, navigation, traffic, safety and even entertainment like mp3, movie, game and the Internet.

The first-rate SIRFII Xtrec has been adopted for the GPS chip, which is 2 times more expensive than those of Intel. It utilizes 256M map data mainly coming from Navteq, Navigon.
Users can make use of a car cigarette lighter as a power supply source. By simply switching map-ported CF cards, its users can enjoy seamless roaming services around the world.
The fundamental & value-added services employing this system have been extremely popularized in Korea and are now becoming available in many other regions.
Established in early 2000, Carpoint Co. has been specializing in comprehensive telemetics businesses that cover digital navigation systems, geographic positioning systems and traffic information systems. It looks like the english version of XRoad is the Tibo X380 which has the following specs:

General

Windows CE.Net 4.2
300MHz CPU
32MB NAND Flash/64MB SD RAM
(128MB RAM Optional)
VGA resolution RGB 320×240
12 channel GPS receiver
128MB, 256MB, 512MB,
1GB (2GB) SD card and slot
Pre-loaded maps
2 Million points of interest
Easily upgradeable sw
Compact – size mold
3.5″ TFT LCD (digital)
250cd brightness

Functions

Instructions with voice guidance
Route searched by:
Address/intersection, points of interest, address book, previous destination
Path analysis using:
Optimized, local road, highway driving simulation
Driving guidance:
Turn-by-turn guide at cross street, distance information to cross street (for direction
change) and to highway entrance and exit, total distance and driving distance
information speed limit information guide
Scalable display (zoom function) 2D, 2.5D and split-screen rendering Area information search while driving Data storage of driving path and/or preferred path data saving