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Magellan displays 3 new 1400 series GPS units at CeBIT

The new 1400 series are part of Magellan’s fast growing GPS lineup. These new GPS units are very thin and designed to fit in the pocket and work as soon as you turn it on. Basically, these new GPS units all feature a 4.3-inch anti-glare touch screen, and a cool new interface called QuickSpell. This allows you to get the address you need without typing a whole lot. It also comes with SmartDetour, which does just what it says, it finds different routes in case there is a lot of traffic.

Overall, all of the GPS units in the 1400 series feature the following:

Navigon announces the new 2120 Max [Updated]

At CeBIT 2008, Navigon announced the Max Series which contained two GPS units, the 2100 and the 2120. Overall they are pretty similar except that the 2120 comes with maps of the United States and Canada where the 2100 only comes with maps of the 48 contiguous states. Otherwise, they are basically the same feature wise.

Navigon announces the new 2100 Max [Updated]

At CeBIT 2008, Navigon has announced a few new GPS models to add to their North American GPS lineup. The first of the few that they announced was the 2100 Max. One of the main things the Navigon touts about their 2100 Max is the widescreen display, but other than that, it’s basically your average GPS, coming with all the features you would expect a GPS to come with.

“Navigon is building on the same product strategy that drove our success last year. We are committed to providing GPS systems with features that are relevant to the navigation experience,” said Andreas Hecht, Navigon’s President for the Americas. “We believe we’ve raised the bar with a competitively priced, feature-packed GPS device.”

Navigon announces new map service, Fresh Maps

Usually, maps of any GPS don’t really get updated unless you’re willing to pay upwards of a $100 just for one measly map update that you might not even use. Dubbed Fresh Maps, this is the first GPS company to actually offer a map updating subscription service. With this new service, Navigon will be offering around 12 map updates over a 3 year period, all for only $79. Only problem is, this service will only work with a few of Navigon’s GPS units such as the 7100, 5100, and the 2100/2120 Max series.

Andreas Hecht, Navigon President in North America, had this to say about this new service:

Getac’s PS535E Windows Mobile handheld with built-in GPS

Getac has released their latest handheld, the PS535E, a Pocket PC that runs Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium. Some may be critical of the design, but it is a rugged product so what can you really expect. It has passed FCC testing, which means it is suitable for military and industrial use. It is very rugged more »

ASUS shows off new R70a UMPC at CeBIT

First reports on the new ASUS R70a UMPC indicates that it is not exactly a hot UMPC by any means, but it should still get the job done. It is pretty big and bulky machine, but otherwise it has nice features. One of the weird things is that it doesn’t seem to come with a more »

LG has 3 new phones on display at CeBIT

Recently, LG, a large cell phone manufacturer, has come out with a few new phones. However, they only released some information on basically 1 out of the 3 phones, the KF570, which you can see in the above picture. For the second and third phones – the KF240 and the KF300, LG has not released more »