Navman iCN750 review
Published on June 30th, 2006 in gps navigation, navman, reviews
It’s a bit tough to find innovation among the sea of in-car GPS devices making their way to the market. At the core, they all do about the same thing. Navman saw this, and went to the drawing board to find something that would truly distinguish their product from the other players on the field. The result was a feature called NavPix, which lets you take picture of places you’ve been through an integrated camera on the unit. When you snap the picture, it records the geographical coordinates, so that the next time you want to visit the particular location, you simply tap on the picture. It’s a very intelligent way to get around. Today we’ll look at Navman’s top-of-the-line unit, the brand-spankin’-new iCN 750.
Let’s see what is unique:
NavPix: Though a very simple concept, picture-navigation has never made its way into any units on the market. Navman plans to extend NavPix to being a guided tourer when you’re in a new town. Imagine logging online, downloading an intinerary for Washington D.C., and having an array of landmark pictures to choose from in your NavPix gallary on the device. To navigate to any place, simply tap on the picture and click “Go”. For more on NavPix, click here.
Screen: This unit has a crisp, 480 x 272 widescreen touchscreen, which shows more data than your standard 320×240 screen.
Rechargeable Battery: The unit has a rechargable battery that provided a solid 120 minutes of use in my testing.
Software: The iCN 750 uses SmartST 2006 software.
Hardware: Inside you’ll find an Intel PXZ270 312MHz processor, with 64MB RAM and ROM, a 4GB hard drive, and the SiRF Star III chipset for quick signal acquisition times. As with most units using this chipset, cold start times are around a minute, while warm and hot start times are almost instant…
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