Now this is one really high-end GPS portable navigation system. The new Blaupunkt TravelPilot 500 and 700 actually has a map mode that displays a video feed captured from an integrated camera and superimposes the navigation directional arrows onto it!
This gives you a better idea of where exactly to make your turning, assuming the map data matches the road layout precisely and things don’t change often. The device can also detect speed limit signage and display the current speed limit on the screen to remind you of how fast you can go legally on the current stretch of road.
When you’re not on the move, it can even function as a DVB-T television, or playback DivX videos or any other formats such as MPEG2, Quicktime, WMV, and even audio files ranging from AAC to WMA and nearly everything in between!
Apparently the 700 model also has an email client and a web browser to go together wit hits Wifi support. Truly madness, so much packed into one device!
Look after the jump for a video of the TravelPilot in action.
VIDEO: Blaupunkt TravelPilot 500 & 700
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Woah. Cool device. Wonder when this device will be reached to Malaysia.
10 years later
snatch thiefs are waiting patiently!
cool!
but berapa satu ah? abang, saya takut ada orang curi!
1k-2k? or even 4k?
wa.. very canggih leh..
my garmin cannot fight wiht this one laaa.
errrrrr how is this useful when u’re driving? look at the screen while driving? isn’t that dangerous?
Droll -
where have you been? GPS have been around for ages and widely used in many parts of the world already. It is useful for urban ares where your driving speeds are lower. If you are on the highway, just look at the signboards!
droll, go and try using gps…then you will know how useful it is
man.. my kancil definitely needs one of this
car_craze – true, but i still disagree. in urban areas like downtown KL or Singapore, people tend to drive at 50-70km/h and taking your eyes off the road for brief moments at these speeds can still be dangerous.
60km/h head on impact with a child can be life threatening.
whenever i use GPS devices, i always rely on the voice prompts. the map visuals on the device are useless to me.
anyway, just gotta be careful whenever you take your eyes off – GPS or not.
is it as good as the tomtom
Bosch invent for life!
Now, the japaniiii would try to copy them.
nice…
IsaacVky said,
October 24, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
Bosch invent for life!
Now, the japaniiii would try to copy them.
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japan’s gps system is actually the world’s best
yes, japanese GPS best! you can even enter a phone number and it will lookup the location for you!
vey nice device, now wait malaysia maps are placed in there…that will take longer time
droll said,
October 24, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
yes, japanese GPS best! you can even enter a phone number and it will lookup the location for you!
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its 3d plus it even has the billboards ad on it
yeah…. but checkout the latest navi system by german automaker, Mercedes-Benz !!!! , though it doest have billboard add and some stuff, but definitely io find it better than the one from jap[anese !!!
I saw it has speed trap detector… how nice. can floor the padal on the plus highway and not worry about getting saman.
Tom Tom Bak?… he he he
S9E said,
October 25, 2008 @ 9:14 pm
I saw it has speed trap detector… how nice. can floor the padal on the plus highway and not worry about getting saman.
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no, get that speed trap jammer, even better
this surely will help me a lot… cant forget last week try to find my fren wedding in bandar baru bangi… got lost until went through kajangand finally found it…because of wrong lane take after some turns…lol…BTW im from ipoh and using gps from gopher…hehe….
Paul, U know anywhere where i can get this gps device?