V7 lets loose budget-priced NAV730 and NAV740 GPS units
by Donald Melanson 
posted Oct 31st 2007 at 5:03PM
Ingram Micro's V7 subsidiary looks to have recently kicked out another pair of budget-priced GPS units, with its new NAV730 and NAV740 model each keeping things under $300 while still maintaining some fairly decent specs. On the slightly higher-end, the $299 NAV740 boasts a 4.3-inch WQVGA touchscreen, along with text-to-speech capabilities, the usual range of PMP functions, and maps of the US with 11 million POIs pre-loaded on the included 2GB SD cards (other maps are also available depending on where you buy it). If that's more than you need, the $199 NAV730 will still get the basic job done with a 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen, those same PMP features, and some maps without any POIs on the bundled 1GB SD card. If that'll do, you can grab either one right from all the usual sources right now.
Filed under: GPS
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Suey25 @ Nov 1st 2007 12:43AM
These devices are very slim and slick looking. Truly portable. The interface is very graphical with top of the line map display. The menu is very easy to use. A big surprise was also the number of video formats and quality. Better than any others I have played with near these price points.
drgandhisj @ Nov 1st 2007 1:49AM
exiciting information
Freetolio @ Nov 1st 2007 3:10PM
My 740 is arriving from newegg today!
tarikida @ Nov 30th 2007 9:41AM
My main dissatisfaction was the sync-up time. It took average 6 minutes daily to get Satellite signal daily.
OhYeahRight @ Jan 20th 2008 9:39PM
I have the Nav730 which ALSO includes text-to-speech just like the 740 - they both do. The main differences are the screen and the POI entries. I really like the 730. You can get it at FRY's for $139. Mine worked right out of the box and guided me home from Fry's - text-to-speech and all! It's well worth the money! Look around the web and you'll find a few hacks for it that increase its capabilities too.
On another note, thank god Apple doesn't make a GPS device or we'd all have to hear the lemming Fanbois troll the forums telling us that their piece-of-you-know-what device is better than all the rest. I hope it stays this way.