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It only took less than a day to verify my previous post about the new Navman GPS systems including the Navman F30, F40 and the Navman F50 was right. Navman has now posted details about the new F Series systems on their site.

The tech specs of the F30 are the ones we have posted about earlier. The main difference of the F30 compared to the F20, Navman’s first model of the F series is the subscription-free, real-time traffic updates (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands).

The Navman F40 has also similar specs but also has a Bluetooth connection feature (to pair compatible phones for safer, hands-free calling) and 1.5GB of integrated memory with European maps preinstalled in addition to what the F30 has to offer. However, it lacks the subscription-free, real-time traffic updates.

Finally the Navman F50 combines what the F30 and the F40 have to offer in one device.

What I like about the product pages of these GPS Systems is that they all contain the following:

The Fxx contains a wealth of features previously only found on much more expensive GPS navigation systems.

The pricing of these systems is:
F30: £199
F40: £229
F50: £249

Official Announcement

It appears that Navman is preparing 3 new GPS devices for it’s F series the Navman F30 F40 and F50. Let me first of all tell you how I found about these new GPS systems and why this isn’t just a rumor. From time to time I search using most big search engines for products that haven’t been announced yet. I guess the naming of these products by looking at the past naming trends of the company. Most of the times I find nothing but sometimes a company uploads information about the products and leaves these pages crawlable and search engines find them and if I am lucky I find them as well through the search engines. The pages where I found this information are no longer available but there is always Google cache (links at the bottom of the post).

UPDATE: Navman F30 F40 and F50 have been officialy anounced after just about 12 hours of this post .

Now back to the point. The details about these new GPS Systems by Navman that I was able to find are:

Navman F30

The Navman F30 will be the lowest end of these three new units as the naming after all suggests. It will feature turn-by-turn voice guided instructions, 3D moving map and 2D Mini map view while the software will include Tele Atlas 2006 and SmartST™ navigation software for Navman F-Series.
The hardware specifications will be:
Processor: Intel PXA 255-200MHz
Screen: Anti-glare high resolution 3.5” (89mm) colour touchscreen
Memory: 32MB Flash
Weight: 200g
Dimensions: 116mm x 79.5mm x 24mm
GPS Receiver: SiRFstarIII™
GPS accuracy: Fix to 5 metres 95% of the time

Navman F40

I wasn’t able to find any information about the features and specifications of the Navman F40.

Navman F50

For the top of the line system of the F series the Navman F50 I was only able to find a list of features. Which are:
Subscription-free, real-time traffic updates
Bluetooth connection to pair compatible phones for safer, hands-free calling
Large 3.5” touchscreen
Reliable, accurate GPS navigation with SiRFstar III™ technology
Nearest Fuel and Park buttons to alert you to the nearest petrol station or car park
Advanced Motorway Navigation
Route Summary View and Pause Journey functions
Spare SD card slot for additional maps
POI import capability, so you can add your own places of interest (POI), such as safety cameras, using the optional connectivity kit
Drive-Away™ so it’s ready to use out of the box
Automatic re-routing with Back-on-Track™
Pre-installed regional map
Wide range of accessories

A bit more information about these new devices you can find at the links below and of course even more and images when they are officialy announced.

Navman F30 Google Cache
Navman F50 Google Cache

Yesterday, Navman besides the iCN 720 and iCN 750 has also announced a new model in the iCN500 series, the iCN 530. This new Sat-Nav device is using the second generation SiRFStarIII and has a 3.5inch touchscreen. Some of the other features of the Navman iCN530 include the back-on-track technology, 3D-map view and turn-by-turn voice instructions and an optional traffic pack that enables the iCN530 to iCN530 receive live TMC traffic updates.

The iCN530 is expected to start shipping in April with a price of 399€ (£299).

Via PocketGPSWorld

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Navman has announced today three new devices of the iCN series. The two top of the line are the iCN720 and iCN750. Those two new units have 4 inch (480×272 pixels) LCD widescreen displays and use the second-generation SiRF Star III chipset. The most impressive of all the features of the iCN720 and the iCN750 is that they feature a new technology called Navpix. So what is NavPIX? Both the devices have an integrated 1.3 MP camera that allows the user to take pictures of any place they want. This pictures are tagged with the coordinates of the place that the photo was taken and can be used as custom POIs. Users can upload their Navpix pictures at Navman’s website and share them with each other. This is a brilliant idea in my opinion and as the database of these Navpix POIs gets larger it will be an extremely useful resource for travallers around the world.

Both the units are expected to start shipping in May with a price of 599€ (£399) for the iCN720 and 699€ (£549) for the iCN750

Via PocketGPSWorld

Navman Europe has announced a new entry-level Sat-Nav System, the Navman iCN330. This new GPS system is a in car, portable, pocket sized GPS device.
Some of the specifications of the iCN330 include:

SiRFStar II eLP chipset
2.83 inch TFT LCD color screen (240*320)
SiRF XTrac™ GPS technology
Turn-by-turn navigation
Door-to-door navigation using pre-loaded software
3D moving maps to help you navigate more easily
Multiple routing options, including postcode search and shortest/fastest routes
Next manoeuvre warnings
Voice-guided directions
Progress bar and distance indicator
Back-on-Track automatically re-routing after a missed turn
Tele-Atlas maps preloaded (MMC-card)

This new Sat-Nav system will start shipping this month and it will be provided with a car suction mount, cigarette light adaptor and a rechargeable battery and will cost 199GBP.

Read the press release here (PDF file)

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Volker Weber over at vowe dot net has posted a review of the Navman iCN 520, Navman’s upgraded version of the iCN510. Some of the key features of the iCN include:
iCN 520 key features:

· 3.5’’ high definition colour touch screen

· Downloadable speed camera locations

· Portable & user friendly

· 3D door-to-door navigation

· Voice-guided directions

· Rechargeable battery

Volker Weber reports:

What I am missing most is an advance A-B routing. How long would it take from point A to point B and how long is the distance. This feature has only been added to TomTom more recently so maybe Navman has something like this coming up.

Summary for now: Much better than expected. I will keep an eye on updates and new devices as they become available.

However, Navman at the iCN’s 520 page claims:

SmartST™ also provides deliver ongoing journey information including ETA (expected time of arrival), Distance to go for journey, Distance to go to next turn, Time to go and Miles/Km to go.

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