NaviGadget

Acer P600 series GPS navigators now live

Oct 11, 2006 acer, gps navigation

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

Operating system

• Microsoft ® Windows ® CE 5.0 (supports seventeen European languages)

Processor

• Samsung S3C24 4 0 A application processor at 400 MHz

System memory

• 64 MB SDRAM for user applications and storage

Flash ROM

• 64 MB of flash memory for operating system and embedded applications

Display

• 4.0: 300 -nit high-brightness TMR (Transmissive with Micro Reflective) LCD; 16.7M colors at 480 x 272 x RGB resolution

Size

• 116 (L) x 81 (W) x 23 (H) mm
• 4.6 (L) x 3 . 2 (W) x 0 . 9 (H) inches

Weight

• 195 g (excluding cradle)

Expansion

• SD/MMC for navigation software and maps

Audio

• Built-in microphone and speaker
• 3.5 mm stereo earphone jack

Special keys and buttons

• Volume buttons
• Navigation button
• Power button
• Software reset button

LED

• Green: power on
• Red: battery low
• Orange: battery charging

Battery

• Rechargeable 1200 mAh Li-ion battery
• 3-hour battery life with minimal backlight (when GPS is on)
• 3.5 hours to full y recharge from empty (when the device is off)

Navigation software

• ALK Navigation Software; CoPilot v6 Premium.