Globalsat announce the GV-201 all in one GPS system

MikeB

When we visited CES in Las Vegas earlier this month we saw a large range of new devices that Globalsat ware preparing for the market. One of these was a new Personal Navigation Device (PND) appropriately designated as the Globalsat GV-201.

This new device has similar specifications to the original Globalsat GV-101, but it is far smaller, and has much better styling. Gone are the CF interface and the external BT Handsfree module. Bluetooth hands free is now built into the PND as standard.

Featuring and ARM920T processor running at 266MHz and 32Mb ROM 32Mb ROM. The screen is 4 inch diagonal with 65536 colours and of course it touch sensitive. It also has an internal Lithium-ion battery and mono loudspeaker. There are also 3.5mm sockets for external headphones and microphone. The main feature of the device is of course the SiRFstarIII GPS Chipset which is by far the most sensitive GPS chipset available today. Should you have a car with a coated windscreen then there is a socket to connect a MMCX active antenna.

Based on the Windows CE.Net 4.2 platform the navigation software provided is Netropia IntelliNav, as featured on the Globalsat GV-101. There is also an MP3 Player and a Digital Photo viewing application.

Dimensions are 135mm x 90mm x 24.8 to 29.4mm.

mcewena · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject:

The thing that makes me nervous about this class of device is the lack of updates.

Navman will sell you their latest SmartSt for the 510/520 (will they install on the others?)

The Mio Map software that comes with their 136 is fairly old now, where do you buy the next version? (it's not listed on their euro website)

Same with the Medion/Navigon clone ?....

Will this be the same?

geofflowe · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:57 am Post subject:

Looks like they are trying to copy the Nuvi with all those features. It will take a very good attempt to better it I would imagine.

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