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Another new Mio for people across the pond the is the new Mio Navman Spirit Flat. It comes pre-installed with maps of both Eastern and Western Europe and only measures 14.5mm thin.

• 4.7 super-flat widescreen
• Ultra slim, lightweight design (14.5mm thin)
• Pioneering ‘Spirit’ software with Slide Touch
• TruMap views with 3D landmarks
• 3D Junction views and lane guidance
• Google Local Search via Bluetooth
• Explore mode
• Wcities Travel Books
• Walking mode with 2D city maps
• Smart economical routing
• NavPix photo navigation
• Capture button
• Hands-free calling
• Roadside assistance
• AccuWeather weather info
• FM Transmitter
• MP3 player / Video player
• Pre-loaded safety camera data – free trial
• Text to Speech
• High speed GPS fix with SiRFInstantFixII
• Road speed limit data
• Built-in Traffic information with lifetime subscription
• Latest Western and Eastern European map data

Mio Navman Spirit Flat will go for about £200.

Mio Navman Spirit 500 was also just recently announced. It will be available this month for about £180. It will have three different version though: Hands-free Traffic Europe, Traffic Europe, and Traffic Regional.

Here are the features for Mio Navman Spirit 500

• 4.7″ widescreen
• Ultra slim, lightweight design (less than 14mm thin)
• Pioneering ‘Spirit’ software with Slide Touch
• TruMap views
• 3D Junction views and lane guidance
• Google Local Search via Bluetooth
• Explore mode
• Wcities Travel Books
• Walking mode
• Smart economical routing
• NavPix photo navigation
• Capture button
• Bluetooth Hands-free calling
• Roadside assistance
• AccuWeather weather info
• Pre-loaded safety camera data free trial
• Text to Speech
• High speed GPS fix with SiRFInstantFixII
• Road speed limit data
• Built-in Traffic information
• Latest regional / European map data

After acquiring Navman we thought the Navman name would slowly disappear but it doesn’t seem like it. Mio just introduced three new “Navman”s, one of which is the Mio Navman Spirit 300 for the European market. It used to be just called Moov Spirit S300. Here are the features:

• 3.5″ screen
• Pioneering ‘Spirit’ software with Slide Touch
• TruMap views
• 3D Junction views and lane guidance
• Local Search via MioMore desktop 2
• Explore mode
• Wcities Travel Books
• Walking mode
• Smart economical routing
• NavPix photo navigation
• Pre-loaded safety camera data – free trial
• Text to Speech
• High speed GPS fix with SiRFInstantFixII
• Road speed limit data
• Built-in Traffic information
• Latest regional / European map data

Mio Navman Spirit 300 is expected to cost £130.

We had already talked about the arrival of top-of-the-line GPS navigation system from Navman, Navman S300T. Today we have a review of the Navman S300T GPS navigation system. Before we share a few ideas from the review, let’s a have a general look at the feature and spec set. First off, S300T has a 4.3″ widescreen like the rest of the Platinum series. It is touchscreen and uses their ‘glide touchscreen’ interface. Some software features include advanced lane guidance, 3D landmarks and junction views, text to speech with an Australian accent, safety alerts for school zones, red light cameras, and mileage reporter.

More high end features on S300T include Live Local search, Live Traffic updates, bluetooth hands free calling with a compatible phone, and FM transmitter.

The reviewer thought having a single button on the device was a good idea just like excluding and useless features such as a digital camera. It was lighweight and slim, and the graphics were well drawn. The 3D views at complicated intersections was quite helpful, but the same can not said about 3D landmarks.

S300T came with lifetime traffic updates provided by SUNA traffic – however it was a bit too cryptic… read »

After announcing the first model S100 back in October, Navman is adding three new models to the S-series. S150, S200, and S300T. However do not get your hopes up so fast if you’re here in the U.S. since it looks like these new models will be for the Australian market.

The S150 has a 4.3” super slim and sleek widescreen equipped with glide touch technology making for smoother use. The voice guidance system is spoken in a true Australian dialect, which promptly informs and guides the user to his or her destination while warning about upcoming school zones, railway crossings, speed and red light cameras, and blackspots. And different from the earlier model S150 also adds 3D Landmark and Junction Views to help the user orientate themselves with their surroundings. Not only does it have Handfree Bluetooth calling, but through Trucall can provide listings of over a million businesses.

S200: The S200 has all the bells and whistles of the 100 and 150, but provides an awesome advantage over the other two. It is outfitted with an FM Transmitter/Receiver that allows the user to hear Navman voice guidance system through their car stereo. MP3s can also be transmitted and played from their cell phone via the Bluetooth technology.

Never take your eyes off the road again with this unit. S300T: The S300T is definitely their highest end GPS navigation system. It is fully equipped with all the features that come with the S-series with a few extra perks. It has premium safety alerts giving live traffic updates which warns of accidents, roadwork, and provides re-routing options. Using the Bluetooth Technology via Trucall the user can easily connect to all the businesses in the area and guide them to their favorite restaurant destination hands free. The S300T takes the entire headache out of traveling. *All Navman S-Series Platinum GPS navigation systems come with a 2-year warranty.
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The Navman F15 In-Car GPS system which is exclusively sold at Radio Shack is an excellent value. It has numerous features to choose from. The software is very user friendly and touch screen capability allows for quick function changes while driving. It comes fully loaded with current US maps as well as a variety of popular predetermined destinations such as gas stations, hotels, and restaurants. Installation in your car is a cinch by simply applying it to your dashboard with the very strong and durable adhesive strip, or placing it on your windshield with the mount provided.

Many consumers have found the Navman F15 to be easy to use. The screen is large enough to view easily, yet isn’t distracting. In addition, the overall functions of the unit are very easy to manage while driving down the road. If there is a drawback to this device, it is the signal from the satellite tends to be a bit slow in certain situations.

Here are some specs:

• 3.5″ touch screen
• New, easy-to-use software
• Latest US maps (including Puerto Rico)
• Works straight out of the box
• SiRFInstantFixII™ for 5 times faster GPS fixes
• Preloaded Points of Interest (POIs) including restaurants, gas stations, emergency assistance, hotels and more

It costs $100 at Radio Shack.

UPDATE: (oops radio shack link is no good – anyone knows where you can get a Navman F15?) read »

Navman just launched the new S-Series GPS navigation systems and the first new model in the series is the S100. S100 is only 13.5mm thick and has 4.3″ widescreen screen with no bevels. It has a few improved features such as 3D city landmarks, NavPix geo-tagged photo navigation, Local Search via Infobel, and true Pedestrian mode.

The S100 uses the new “Spirit” software, which utilizes a new Glide Touch user-interface.

Users simply tap and slide the touchscreen to open, dock, pan and scroll menus, similar to the latest MP3 players and smartphones.

Navman S100 also European Local Search in partnership with local directory search partner, Infobel. However you’ll have to do your searches on your desktop and download them to your device before taking off.

Here are the full set of features:

• 4.3″ Super flat widescreen
• slim, lightweight design (13.5mm)
• Mio Technology “Spirit” software with Glide Touch
• Infobel local search via NavDesk desktop
• NavPix photo navigation
• Junction Views
• Economical Routing
• MP3 player
• 3D landmarks
• Pre-loaded safety camera data – free trial*
• GPS fix 5 times faster with SiRFInstantFixII
• Latest Regional map data

The Navman S-Series S100 aka (Spirit S100) will be available in November 2008 for £199.

Today Woot is offering NavMan N40i GPS with 3.5″ touchscreen for $160. It sounds like a good deal since when we first talked about Navman N40i the price was around $500.

However, the most interesting feature of the NavMan N40i NavPix GPS is the integrated digital camera that saves what they call NavPix. You can make these NavPix of any place you like, creating the perfect rose-tinted memory, then calling up the route by image to find your way back any time you want. This could come in handy when the local riff-raff decides to send you away before you’re ready to leave.

Yes, we know, your phone can take higher resolution pictures than the onboard 1.3MP camera but if you’re looking into getting a GPS navigation system you probably already own a decent digital camera anyways.

Read the comments on Woot before you purchase!

Right after renewing its S series sat nav systems with S30, S50, S70 and S90i, Navman is adding a new member to its F series: Navman F10.

F10 will follow the form factor of the F series, and will look quite similar to the F20 which we had talked about here at NaviGadget. F10 is an entry level model and it uses a light version of Navman’s navigation software called SmartST 2008. As usual F10 also offers preloaded radar database. On the other hand, it does not come with a USB cable nor the Navman Desktop software, which is necessary for the update of the radars. It is an optional add-on for 15 €. F10 also is not compatible with live traffic information.

The maps come from Tele Atlas and dates back to April 2007 and it is stored on the 512MB internal storage like the S series. F10 comes with a SiRF Star III GPS chip and has a 3.5″ display.

Navman F10 will be offered at 150 € (appx $213).

The recent S series from Navman we talked about few weeks ago also offer a basic model called S30 which only cost about £ 146 in the U.K. It is truly an entry level system – with only extra that comes out of the box is pre-installed safety camera data which is about to become a standard for sat nav systems offered in Europe.

There’s no word if the Navman S30 will make it to the States side just yet.