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Navman slims down for S-series

Navman has acted to keep up with the lead pack by revamping its sat nav range and coming up with the new, slimmer S-series.

There are four models in the new series, from thetop of the range S90i at £300 to the budget S30 at £150.

Navman claim over 500 enhancements including new maps, PIN codes, anti-glare widescreen displays, new slimline designs, spoken voice directions, auto dimming displays, traffic information and the now ubiquitous bluetooth connectivity.

All but the cheapest model also features Navman NavPix technology which allows you to upload geotagged pictures and download geotagged images from Flickr.

The full range:

Navman S90i: (£299.99)
- Stylish, intelligent design
- Safe, easy to use menu
- Brilliant, sharp 4.3-inch high quality touch screen
- Latest 2007.4 European maps pre-installed
- Built in real-time traffic receiver – sub free
- Integrated Bluetooth hands-free calling
- Text to Speech (TTS) – speaks “next turn” road names
- Preloaded safety camera data – free trial
- Route traffic overview
- NavPix technology – navigate to pictures
- Integrated NavPix camera
- New Navman Desktop Manager inc. Mileage reporter
- PIN code lock

Navman S70:  (£199.99)
- Stylish, intelligent design
- Safe, easy to use menu
- Brilliant, sharp 4.3-inch high quality touch screen
- Latest 2007.4 European maps pre-installed
- Real time traffic information (optional)
- Integrated Bluetooth hands-free calling
- Preloaded safety camera data – free trial
- Route traffic overview
- NavPix technology – navigate to pictures
- New Navman Desktop Manager inc. Mileage reporter
- PIN code lock

Navman S50: (£179.99)
- Stylish, intelligent design
- Safe, easy to use menu
- Brilliant, sharp 4.3-inch high quality touch screen
- Latest 2007.4 Regional maps pre-installed
- Real time traffic information (optional)
- Integrated Bluetooth hands-free calling
- Preloaded safety camera data – free trial
- Route Traffic overview
- NavPix technology – navigate to pictures
- New Navman Desktop Manager inc. Mileage reporter
- PIN code lock

Navman S30: (£149.99)
- Stylish, intelligent design
- Safe, easy to use menu
- Crisp clear map display on 3.5-inch touch screen
- Latest 2007.4 Regional maps pre-installed
- Preloaded safety camera data – free trial
- Intelligent day / night display
- New Navman Desktop Manager

Source: Sat Nav Reviewer

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Palm Linux OS is delayed

There are reports that the new Linux-based Palm OS will not see the light of day until the end of 2008 at the earliest.

Palm this week told the Guardian “it will be 12 to 18 months” before the new OS arrives. This may well see it slip into the psychologically-damaging territory of 2009.

Half of Palm’s product lines use the ageing Garnet OS while 50% are currently running on Windows Mobile. With little chance of Garnet keeping up with progressions in smartphone technology, Palm will be relying on Windows Mobile to plug the gap for some time.

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O2 wins iPhone deal

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