Blaupunkt announces TravelPilot Lucca 3.5, 5.3 Editions

Aimed for Europe's roads (for now), Blaupunkt has announced the TravelPilot Lucca 3.5, a circular GPS unit that will probably invoke some love it / hate it style comments. Either it's a stylish looking unit, or its a waste of space (consider the square screen.) Either way, this thing features a 3.5-inch LCD, a Centrality Atlas III Dual Core 400MHz processor, detailed mapping of the UK and Ireland, major European roads, and detailed European mapping available at extra cost. It also has a SD/SDHC/MMC slot, and locations of speed traps to save you a ticket. If you don't fancy the circular 3.5, you can go for the new Lucca 5.3, which features a 4.3-inch rectangular screen and case, Bluetooth support, voice control, and external video input for rear view cameras. You'll undoubtedly see these models in Europe first, but for how much and when, we don't know.

Read - Lucca 3.5
Read - Lucca 5.3

[Mile @ Nov 4th 2007 4:30PM]

They should hire that company that can produce the round LCD screens.

[Jon Miller @ Nov 4th 2007 4:56PM]

Toshiba?
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/18/toshibas-new-circular-lcds-because-your-eyes-are-round/

[Jon Miller @ Nov 4th 2007 4:59PM]

Toshiba?
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/18/toshibas-new-circular-lcds-because-your-eyes-are-round/

[Mile @ Nov 4th 2007 5:15PM]

Yup, Toshiba. Thanx.

[Bloobie @ Nov 4th 2007 4:40PM]

Amazing waste of space.

[datac99 @ Nov 6th 2007 6:21PM]

3.5" The perfect size to slap right on top of your speedo, or the huge tach they put in mini's to make the prospective owners think that the car is fast.

[alex @ Nov 4th 2007 5:32PM]

Twiki from the 80's Buck Rogers series already did it.

[John @ Nov 4th 2007 8:44PM]

You mean Dr. Theopolis? The round LED smiley-face 'AI' that Twiki was always carting around?

[Jeff P. @ Nov 4th 2007 10:39PM]

God I hated Twiki! What was it that he always said? Wasn't it "meeni, meeini, meeni, meeni" or something like that?

[nd @ Nov 4th 2007 9:25PM]

hate it

[Alan Nolan-Davies @ Nov 5th 2007 4:38AM]

What a great concept.

Stick it in between the Speedo and Rev Counter and it will look great.

Sat Nav's are being put in more and more cars, but as they are portable they are being stolen just as quickly.

Integrate this one if with the dashboard and it will work great and not attract opportune thiefs.

[Galley @ Nov 5th 2007 7:32AM]

It's got a big blue dot on it. Get It? A big blue dot! (Blaupunkt = "blue dot" in German)

Sorry, that's all I could come up with; I didn't get much sleep this weekend.

[K_J @ Nov 5th 2007 3:51PM]

Perfect if you have a new mini