After releasing the Harman / Kardon
Guide + Play a few months ago to positive reviews,
Harman International looks like it's diversifying its
GPS offerings here in the States with the introduction of a US-spec
Becker Traffic Assist Highspeed 7934 GPS. The 6.5-ounce box features a 3.5-inch touchscreen with night mode, 64MB of memory expandable via SD, 400MHz processor, built-in NAVTEQ maps of the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and a speed limit display that can alert you when you get a little too exuberant. Other frills include a WMA / MP3 player and JPEG viewer that hopefully no one will ever use while driving, and optional bicycle mounting kit. Becker's giving this one exclusively to Office Depot, and it looks like they're already in stock for $299.
posted Aug 3rd 2007 6:40AM
That's a very respectable price, I'll have to look further into this product.
Berlin! Berlin! Jump! Jump!
Very nice product for the price. The data on the card has to updated though for US.
SSB
My son bought the Becker at OD for 199. He showed it to me and of course I just had to have one. It was listed for 299 but the next day I was listed for 199 on the OD website so they credited me back 100. The unit works well. It is very fast. When using it in town I like to use it in "Truck" mode. This keeps me on main streets. I used it the first day to go to work and it took me that way I always go once it told it I did not want to take the freeways or toll roads. I also wanted it to stick the SD card in from my digital camera and show pictures. The MP3 player is nice for a backup player. It has a auto complete when typing in a address. That is also cool. I also like the 2 year warranty. It will also keep your last 50 addresses in memory. This is my first GPS. I just turned it on and started using right away. Very small learning curve.
Well, at least I found out that the Becker GPS uses Navteq maps for US and Canada here, but can anyone tell me if the Becker GPS uses WAAS and SiRF technologies? That information seems to be hard to find on the internet to me.