AA Navigator's budget-priced Vive! GPS
The definition of a budget-priced GPS navigation system is, like most such undefinable definitions, an ever-changing one -- currently sitting somewhere around the $300 mark --which AA Navigator just manages to squeeze under with its latest unit, the Vive! (or, le Vive!, if you prefer). This one's strictly for the European market, pre-loaded with maps of the U.K. and Ireland (including over 50,000 POIs), with a pricier option also available that'll add a 1GB SD card filled with maps for guiding you throughout all of Western Europe. The unit's specs look to be respectable enough given the price, including a 3.5-inch touch screen (apparently the only form of input), Centrality Atlas II 300MHz processor, 256MB ROM and 64MB SDRAM, an SD/MMC slot that'll accommodate cards up to 2GB, and a promised three hours of juice from the internal rechargeable lithium ion battery. The one thing that's not clear is the type of GPS chipset in the thing, although given the near-ubiquity of the SiRFstar III, we wouldn't bet against it. You can snag this one now direct from AA Navigator for £150 (or $280), with the aforementioned upgrade tacking an extra hundred pounds on top of that.[Via Navigadget]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Louis @ Nov 18th 2006 7:16PM
That looks exactly the same as the device i just baught from Asda (Owned by Walmart) in the UK.
The device is Evesham Nav-Cam 6200 and is priced at 99 yes only 99 pounds - it too comes with uk maps etc etc exactly the same spec
The only thing that looks different is the navigation software.
What I can tell you about the device is that the device is a Win CE device and LiteOn have made the boot loader and it plays music and has a photo viewer
Centrality commentator @ Nov 19th 2006 8:55AM
This device uses Centrality's Atlas II processor, which is a Dual Core Arm9 processor with the baseband GPS integrated on-chip. The GPS technology is therefore Centrality's [GPS V3] (22 channels and high acquisition and tracking sensitivity). The GPS V3 technology has been optimized for faster TTFF when compared to competing solutions, even in tough conditions (tinted windshield, urban canyons, and without external antenna).