NaviGadget

At Sony Media Experience 2007 the Japanese brand presented a new range of personal navigation devices.

Nav-U82 and Nav-U92T both have a 4.8″ screen which is quite unheard of in portable GPS navigation electronics. Most main stream brands only go as big as 4.3″. Anything larger is usually made for in-dash systems.

Both devices feature “Position Plus”, which helps improve your location info by considering acceleration, in order to interpret the position of the vehicle for places without proper GPS signals such as tunnels.

Other new characteristics of Nav-U82 and Nav-U92T are their slim design only measuring 2cm’s thick (0.8 inches) and a new windshield mounts which are much smaller than their predecessors.

Just like Nav-U51 and Nav-U71T, these new PNDs feature “gesture commands” which by drawing a preset symbol on the screen makes it possible to directly reach functions such as “go home” or “find nearest gas station”.

Common features of Nav-U82 and Nav-U92T:

• Integrated GPS Receiver with GPS SiRF III
• 4.8″ touch screen with 32K colors at 480×272 pixels resolution treated with anti-reflecting material and an automatic light sensor to adjust brightness
• Intel PXA 270 processor at 300 MHz
• Hands Free Bluetooth Kit ??
• integrated 512MB flash memory for Nav-U82 and 2 GB for Nav-U92T
• Memory Stick Duo Port
• 1200 mAh Lithium-Ion Battery for 3 hour run-time
• Mini USB 2.0
• RDS-TMC traffic receiver integrated into windshield mount (Standard on Nav-U92T, optional on Nav-U82)
• A customized version of Navigon MobileNavigator 6 as navigation software
• Navteq maps
• Weight: 250 G
• Dimensions : 14.5 x 8.7 x 2cm

While the specs are not finalized both are expected to include hands free bluetooth kits. It’s a shame that the Japanese giant still chooses to use their proprietary Memory Stick Duo and not the new SD memory standard.

The Nav-U82 will be provided with maps of certain European regions depending on where its sold. On the other hand Nav-U92T is provided him with maps of 21 countries of Western Europe, namely Germany, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, San Marin, Sweden, Switzerland and the Vatican.

Both will be available in Europe in May 2007 and will be sold for 349€ for the Nav-U82 and 499€ for the Nav-U92T… via

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