NaviGadget

Sony NV-U71T available for pre-order

Dec 9, 2006 gps navigation, sony

Sony’s Portable Satellite Navigation System NV-U71T is now available for pre-order for $500 on Amazon.com. But be cautious since Sony’s website says the expected ship date is March, 2007. Who knows what kind of new sat nav systems will be out by then. Possibly cheaper too.

The NV-U71T boasts many features that mid-high range GPS sat nav systems have such as the RDS-TMC real-time traffic information receiver, good battery life (4.5 hours), and lots of POI (7 million in this case). One other feature Sony likes to mention with their nav-u series is the ‘gesture command’ feature which saves you the trouble of going through menus and buttons, by a swipe of your finger on the screen. Upside down ‘V’ would be the ‘go home’ command for example.

Other specs:

• 2GB flash memory
• 3.5″ a-Si TFT active matrix system screen
• USB Jack
• External GPS Antenna Jack
• TMC Antenna Jack
• 20×40 mm speaker
• dimensions: 103.8×87.6×32.8 mm (4.1×3.5×1.3 inches)
• weight:280 grams (9.9 ounces)