New Navman S-Series at the Motor Show

By Derek Fung on 11 October 2007

Tags: motor show | navman | s-series | yes | 480 | october | mid | 899

What's a show without booth babes?

Today at the Sydney Motor Show -- or the Australian International Motor Show to give it its rather windy full name -- CNET.com.au pushed its ways through a bevy of booth babes, not to mention gawking journos, to get our hands on Navman's new GPS range, the S-Series.

Aside from the new, far more pleasing, aesthetic, the S-Series features the latest 2007 (R14) Sensis maps, as well as speed and red-light camera information. During our brief time we found the screens of the S50, S80 and range-topping S90i to be sharp and bright, with pleasing clear graphics and text.

All models, except the price-conscious S30, have NavPix, a feature that allows you to navigate to geotagged images on Flickr. You'll have to download these photos in advance, though, unless you stump up AU$899 for the S90i. The most expensive model has a built-in 2-megapixel camera, allowing you to take your own geotagged images during your travels.

	S30	S50	S80	S90i
Price	AU$399	AU$499	AU$699	AU$899
On sale	Now	Mid-October	Mid-October	Mid-October
Screen size	3.5-inch	4.3-inch	4.3-inch	4.3-inch
Resolution	320 x 240	480 x 272	480 x 272	480 x 272
Bluetooth hands-free	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
NavPix	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Text-to-speech	No	No	Yes	Yes
Built-in camera	No	No	No	Yes, 2-megapixel

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samcabrica1939
25/07/2008 07:01 PM

I have Navman 50 s series, Has been used to tour Australia, how do I program it if I use it in Europe?

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