http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/ Engadget Comments for Nextar rolls out 43LT nav unit with free live traffic updates 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/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/Jun 26th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/Jun 26th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/Jun 26th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/
I'd like to know how the live traffic works from a technical aspect. Satellites? Cell towers?]]>Jun 26th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/
It's traffic radio so more than likely it's off the traffic radio's that GPS units have been using for years for traffic updates. So it'll only work in areas that have the coverage and only when the coverage is operational. It's a marginally useful feature.]]>Jun 26th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/Jun 26th 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/Louisiana->Texas and back up. The traffic updates for big cities worked but most information was incorrect or possibly old information in smaller cities. It did reroute me a couple times through Dallas and from the looks of it, the GPS was correct in rerouting me.

GOOD: The lane signs (pictures above) worked really well and were correct all but a couple times. The street voice was a little robotic-sounding but that didn't bother me. The map software seemed to be updated. Comes with a stylus. BAD: Touchscreen responds slowly to touch input. No "current speed", or "speed limit" info will show when in you are in Navigation Mode. You can only pick a single point to navigate to! (Big bad for me) For instance, if you want to hit a restaurant in route to your destination it will remove your current destination and only route to the restaurant. you will then have to reload your original destination after stopping.

If you have any other questions, I'll try and answer them for you.]]>Jun 26th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/
Hi, I wonder what version of Nav 'n' Go iGo Amigo? And, your version has got US maps only or US + Canada? Thank you in advanced.]]>Jun 26th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/
Nextar Nav System 8.4.2.84285 (Apr 2, 2009). Looks to be US maps only.]]>Jun 26th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/
Thank you for the info. Then it is the iGo Amigo from Nav 'n' go. I have played with the iGo Amigo 8.4.2.81333 for a while but I still prefer the more robust / complete iGo 8.3.x To me, iGO Amigo is more straight-forward, less complicated to use but miss out some POI-related features.]]>Jun 27th 2009 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/nextar-rolls-out-43lt-nav-unit-with-free-live-traffic-updates/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymdZGw74V_I]]>Jun 29th 2009 5:29AM