garmin nuvi 5000
Jan 3, 2008 garmin, gps navigation
Apparently Garmin is about to release a new giant sized GPS navigation system called nuvi 5000 featuring a 5.2″ screen and lacking battery. Nuvi 5000 will have an expected retail price of $857 and will have new features such as the video in port for backup cameras, ability to create favorites in a browser and transfer to device via USB, and the digital elevation maps.
Perhaps Garmin is targeting truckers with such a big screen and the exclusion of an internal battery – planning they would have the device embedded in their dashboard permanently.
Nuvi 5000 will have an SD card slot, dual speakers, and auto-dimming back light…via
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January 27th, 2008 at 9:00 am
No battery…probably due to the size of the screen? Who knows but now will look at the nuvi 880 or a magellan. We want bigger screens but then they always lame duck ya in some way….no battery in this case. Also, truckers would use more features than this machine has for tracking a truckers expenses etc.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:01 am
and what is with the sd slot….lame
January 28th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Actually this is not a bad idea. We are looking at these for installation in our service trucks. They will not be needed as a handheld device, and with the addition of the composite video input, we can atach our rear-facing cameras to them – pretty convenient. The SD slot is nice for swapping installed maps, etc. Plus, it lets you put your audio books etc. on there. Pretty handy actually.
Every GPS unit has some kind of drawback, and I can think of a couple here, but they are not worth mentioning. This device obviously targets a strictly vehicle-bound market. We sure can use them.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
would like to travel mexico,any maps for that country????
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