Thursday, March 08, 2007

Garmin nuvi 200

Heard a rumour that Garmin are going to launch the nuvi 200 at CeBIT this year. This is going to compete head on with the TomTom ONE...I wonder what functionality they are going to take out of the 300 to reduce the price of it...

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Sat Nav with a Sim card


The new TomTom 715 is going to have an option to add a built in sim card. Interesting move, since some car companies tried this, and it did not take off. Basically, it is tricky to get your sim out of your phone etc...

This might be usefull for companies who have drivers on the road and do not want them to phone all their friends etc...it is probably easy to restrict the numbers that the TomTom can dial .

Still, I reckon it is more of a gimmick then an useful product.

Thursday, March 01, 2007

TomTom DUO


TomTom has a new nav product that is going to be launched in Cebit. It is called the Duo and is kinda like a grown up version of the TomTom ONE. This seems to have very similar features to the GO series, hands free calling etc...but can also connect up to the car radio using a FM transmitter. Looks like a nice device...but nothing spectacular from an innovation perspective...this is just like the nuvi 670.