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Sanyo EasyStreet NVM-4370 GPS could save your child's bike
When it comes to name recognition, Sanyo doesn't quite rank up there with the Garmins and Magellans in the GPS market. But, for the "right features at the right price" crowd, we think the newly official EasyStreet NVM-4370 will do just fine. It offers a 4.3-inch touch-screen, 4GB of memory plus an SD slot for expansion, text-to-speech in three languages, Bluetooth and mic for hands-free calling, an input for a TMC traffic receiver, and an FM transmitter for beaming voice prompts and MP3/WMA/WAV files to your radio. Plus, there's an input for a rear-view camera, which isn't exactly common in a $300 GPS. Mind you, the camera itself is likely to set you back another couple hundie, but if your driveway is frequently littered with toys (or kids), that may be a sound investment.
Sanyo intros a pair of new "Easy Street" GPS units
We first caught sight of these way back at CES, but it looks like Sanyo is just now rolling out its NVM-4070 and NVM-4050 "Easy Street" GPS units. They don't appear to have gone under any significant changes in the ensuing months, however, boasting the same 4-inch touchscreen, built-in Bluetooth, MP3/WMA/WAV support, and pre-loaded maps of the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Taking things up the the NVM-4070 will give you a few added benefits, including Traffic Message Channel support for real-time traffic data, added support for JPEG photos and MPEG-4 videos, and a built-in FM transmitter to pump tunes through your car stereo. Both should be available immediately, with the NVM-4070 setting you back $500 and the NVM-4050 running $400.
Sanyo announces two new "Easy Street" GPS receivers for the Easy Rider
It looks like after only three months Sanyo is already bumping up its Easy Street series with the release of two new models -- the NVM-4050 and the NVM-4070. Both devices feature a 4-inch touch-screen, North American and Canadian maps preloaded, support for playback of MP3 and WMA audio files via an SD card, a headphone jack, and 2GB of internal memory. Additional features specific to the NVM-4070 are real-time traffic data via a separate subscription to the Traffic Message Channel, Bluetooth, built-in FM transmitter (so you can listen to all your stored tunes through your car's stereo system), and the ability to view JPEG images and MPEG4/DivX videos. Both devices should be available come April.
Sanyo's EasyStreet NVM-4030: an all purpose GPS navigator on the cheap
If you thought the Medion GoPal GPS navigators were cheap, then check Sanyo's WinCE-powered EasyStreet NVM-4030, Jack. At just $400, this pup significantly undercuts TomTom's, Garmin's, and Mio's products offering that same GPS-triple-play line-up of turn-by-turn and voice navigation, digital audio playback, and Bluetooth hands-free calling when coupled with your cellphone. The NVM-4030 features a 4-inch TFT touch-screen for viewing NAVTEQ US map data stuffed into the bundled 1GB SD card. Drop in some MP3/WMA/WAV files and the media player kicks in with a headphone jack fitted to the device for music on the go. We don't know when it'll be shipping, but pre orders will be "accepted shortly." Good to know.[Via BlueTomorrow]
