http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/ Engadget Comments for Insignia's NS-CNV10 "Connected GPS" unit gets unboxed, examined http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Oct 20th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Oct 20th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/
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These databases coexist on the GPS with the actual map data itself.]]>Oct 20th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Dec 24th 2008 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Oct 20th 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Oct 20th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Oct 20th 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Oct 20th 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/
My Geek Squad UPS, made by Cyberpower. We also carry Cyberpower UPS units.
My Insignia upconvert DVD player, made by LG. We also carry LG dvd players.
There is a Rocketfish heatsink made by Coolermaster, but the surface looks horrible and needs lapping badly. Other than that, I'm sure it's a decent heatsink.

But yeah, a lot of it does suck. The TVs aren't that bad, but stay away from small CE stuff. The mp3 players are average. We just released Insignia digicams and flash HD camcorders, which look beyond cheap. I'll look to see who this GPS is made by tomorrow. Probably some contract Chinese factory.

However, considering we get Tomtom and Garmin stuff 50% off, I'll be staying away from this.]]>Oct 21st 2008 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/Oct 21st 2008 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/insignias-ns-cnv10-connected-gps-unit-gets-unboxed-examined/
My honeymoon with the device was over very soon after unboxing it.. Here are a couple of issues you all should be aware of if you consider buying this device:

1. Google searches are very inaccurate. Doing the same search for the same location on CNV10 and local.google.com produce *entirely* different set of results. I'm not sure how that is even possible, if the device uses google search engine correctly. Worse yet, the results get exponentially worse as you scroll down the list. In several cases the search results had entries >600 miles away from my location! Local.google.com didn't produce any results beyond my local area, which is expected.

2. GPRS signal can fade out from no apparent reason. While I had solid coverage on my cell phone, the GPS unit had lost connectivity to the towers. When the signal was recovered, I had to sometimes power off/on the unit to restore access to the google servers.

3. The touch screen interface needs a lot of help. Sometimes a single tap produces multiple taps, sometimes none (even though the unit makes a clicking sound to indicate it registered the tap).

Did I find anything positive with this device? Yes, BestBuy took it back without charging me the 15% restocking fee.

Please, consider twice (or more if necessary) before buying this unit, at least until it has matured a bit.
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One thing I found is that by clicking on the GPS signal icon you get a raw lat/long display. So far I have found no other back doors. Has anybody else found anything?]]>Feb 1st 2009 8:26PM