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Bushnell NAV 500

Nov 28, 2006 gps navigation

Bushnell just recently entered the car navigation system market with its NAV 500 featuring a SiRF Star III chipset. The NAV 500 is quite compact measuring less than 1 inch in depth. It comes with a 3.5-inch color LCD touch screen display and has built-in maps for the U.S. and Canada with unidentified number of POIs. There’s an empty SD slot but we are not sure if the NAV 500 has internal memory so you can free the SD slot for your music and pictures. Otherwise you are going to have to store your multimedia files on the same 1.5GB SD card as the maps. Needless to say the NAV 500 also functions as an MP3 player and image viewer.

The NAV500 comes with seven different navigating modes to best suit your travel needs. For pedestrians there is a mode that specifically enables guidance for walking routes in urban areas. The NAV 500 offers WAAS capability for optimum accuracy and features the technology advanced Star III chipset from SiRF Technology Holdings. It comes ready to use out of the box with a versatile mounting system that will work in most vehicles. Other accessories include the A/C charger, car charger and case. Suggested retail on the NAV 500 is $599. It will be available at Bushnell retailers in November 2006.

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