Navman adds new S100 to S-Series

With iPhone-esque touch interface

Navman adds new S100 to S-Series. Car And GPS, GPS, Navman 1 View more images

9 October 2008 9:00 GMT / By Chris Hall

Navman today unveiled their latest and greatest addition to the S-Series range of satnav devices, the S100.

The unit has been redesigned from the ground up, resulting in a super-skinny device you’ll want on the dash of your car. Measuring only 13.5mm thick, but still offering a 4.3-inch flat widescreen display. A brushed aluminium back completes the exterior styling.

The headline feature here is the incorporation of Glide Touch, which takes a strong lead from the iPhone style of touch interface, with large distinct icons and menus that can be scrolled with a dragged finger, making navigation around the device itself intuitive and simple.

The new model runs on the latest SiRFInstantFixII chipset and brings in the latest 2008 editions of Tele Atlas maps. It comes with a host of POIs pre-installed, including "safety cameras" on a year’s free trial.

Along with familiar Navman features, such as incorporation of geotagged NavPix through the NavDesk suite, the S100 provides the most intuitive satnav experience yet. Charles Smith, senior product manager, told Pocket-lint "traditionally PNDs have been about A to B; this is all about plan, go, do, with much more emphasis on the planning and the doing".

Besides the normal route finding options, there is now a new "Explore" option, which can highlight points along your planned route, making it easy to pick out a restaurant, fuel stop or other interesting feature along the route.

"This is really for planning and for passengers", Smith pointed out. "This feature gives you a greater sense of where you are, and what is around you, rather than just where you are going."

A discreet home button sits in the bezel, meaning you are a single press from the home page at any time and you also get a "capture" pin button for creating POIs on the fly.

The S100 will be available in November, costing £199.

Full tags
Car And GPS, GPS, Navman
UK Shopping
Amazon.co.uk, play.com, pixmania.co.uk, Currys.co.uk, Dixons.co.uk, 7dayshop.com, ebay.co.uk
US Shopping
Amazon.com, bestbuy.com, ebay.com

share Subscribe to RSS feeds email story save story print story pdf

Comments

(Will not be published)

  (Next time sign in to bypass captcha)

Latest in Car And GPS

Latest on Pocket-lint

Top 10 Broadband

Compare 50+
broadband packages

Home Broadband »

Pocket-lint poll

Q. Do you use the same password for everything?

Vote YES Vote NO

» LAST TIME
When asked Do you check emails, twitter or surf the internet in the loo? 65% said yes and 35% said no

About Pocket-lint

Pocket-lint is your one stop shop for gadgets, technology and consumer electronics, bringing you the low-down on the latest televisions, cameras, phones, GPS and much more. Whether it's learning about what's hot in the world of Apple, finding out about the latest home cinema kit from Samsung and Sony or merely seeing what not to buy, we have you covered. So check out our reviews, news, comment, hands-on photo galleries and videos. Enjoy.

Top products

tip us on news

reviews hub

Rss feed

Follow us on Twitter