Product and key features

The black colour Panasonic CN-GP50N GPS unit is the first of its kind from Panasonic in the European market. This is the first European product launch for Panasonic’s Strada car navigation systems, which has already well established in Japan and North America.

The product is a Portable Satellite Navigation system with

• Voice Command
• Extra large 5 Inch touch Screen
• Maps for 37 Countries
• Free live traffic information
• Full searchable post code digits
• 2D and 3D display
• Bluetooth hands free phone & touch screen dialling
• Speed limit warning
• Built in Microphone/Speaker
• Lane Assistant to get into the correct lane
• One year Warranty

Product Information

Panasonic CN-GP50N comes only in black colour and a more flat appearance. It is ready to fit in a car because it is a car navigational model in particular.

This GPS System can be used any where in Europe because it has maps of 37 European countries. POI’s are pre installed so you can plan your trip earlier. This product supports most of the European languages so that you can hear to the voice commands in any language of your choice.

They have introduced a facility called Lane Assistant with this Panasonic CN-GP50N, an arrow directed mechanism that will take us to the correct lane in an un-familiar road. But as a minor problem the arrows may appear late. Lane Assistant could have been a very nice function if it is voice based.

General Measurements

Weight: 275 g
Height: 8.7 cm
Depth: 3.1 cm
Width: 12.9 cm

These are the physical measurements of PANASONIC CN-GP50N. It is portable and weighs only 275g.

Display Specifications

Screen Type: Touch screen
Colour Support: Colour
Display Illumination: Yes
Screen Size: 5″
Resolution: 480 x 272
Display type: LCD - widescreen

It has colour supported 5 inch touch screen with display illumination sporting 480 x 272 pixels clarity. As the display section appears clean but some body have reported like they had to touch the screen more than one time to get a result. But that is only a minor disadvantage with this. Some times when the system gets busy there may be some problem like slow appearance of the maps. But that is not reported frequently. So let’s hope for the best.

Multimedia

This model supports Jpeg and Bmp formats and a digital player is also included. But advanced features like MP3 is not included.

Connectivity

This product has USB port connectivity with TMC (Traffic Message Channel) ready and has a built in antenna.

Memory

Panasonic CN-GP50N has 128MB internal memory. It can be extended up to 2GB using SD card.

Battery

It has an internal enclosure type lithium ion battery, which may run up to 4 hours.

Included Accessories

Car power adapter, USB cable and car holder are the accessories which come along with the unit. The company haven’t provided a carry case and a mains charger; if they could provide those two it could have been even better.

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This is one of the flagship products of Tom Tom for Great Britain but now it has started migrating to other parts of the world too. This is an extension to the TomTom One model. A typical car navigation model.  

TOM TOM ONE XL GREAT BRITAIN has the following general features.

• It has all the maps of UK stored in it.
• Gives clear visual and spoken instructions.
• Both 2D and 3D Display facility available.
• TOM TOM ONE XL GREAT BRITAIN has a wide display of 4.3 inches
• It has the touch screen facility, so all maps are only a touch away.
• Full Post code digit search is enabled in this model.
• Powered with SiRFStar III GPS Chipset.
• Free speed camera locations available.

Product

TOM TOM ONE XL is a handy and portable satellite navigation system weighing about 208g. It resembles its siblings, except for the display. It has a pretty much wider display than its earlier models. This model has both the 2D and 3D display facility so when it comes to display we can keep our fingers crossed.  The model has 4.3 inches touch sensitive wide screen with 480 x 272 pixels enabling clarity pictures. 

As its customary setting TOM TOM ONE XL GREAT BRITAIN has all the maps of UK stored in it, so we can roam any where in UK. The pre installed maps will help us in that area.

Has Millions of POI data in its database. It has optional traffic receiver because live traffic information is not provided with this particular product. You can purchase the traffic receiver if necessary.

You can plan your tour in advance as it has all routing, de tour and itinerary planning functions available like the other TOM TOM ONE models.

Though the product comes with all the essential features for a Satellite Navigation system, the lacking of Bluetooth hands free calling facility is a minor drawback.

You have the provision to connect USB and the plug and play facility, which will provide you a flexible connectivity option, is also available with this model.

This latest model of TomTom GPS System has 512MB internal storage and can be extended with SD card. However the memory capacity varies by region.

The battery duration is about two hours, but that is the average battery duration of this TOM TOM ONE class. It comes with a car charger so it won’t be a problem for most of the people. It has a standard warranty for one year.

 Specifications

• Highly sensitive SiRFStar III GPS chipset
• 32MB RAM
• 266 MHz CPU
• TFT colour LCD touch screen 4.3 inch with 480 x 272 pixels enabling clarity pictures
• 512MB of Internal memory with extendable SD slot
• Bluetooth™  version 2.0
• Lithium-Ion battery (Internal and 2 hours operation)
• The physical dimensions are 119 x 86 x 27 mm and 208 grams
• Working temperature: -10 °C to +55 °C

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Engadget received one of Psystar’s Open Computers, and played around with it for a few hours. They formed some opinions on it and they share it with their readers, along with a video. Overall it was a positive experience except the fan on the thing is way too loud. So loud in fact that they couldn’t see dealing with it on a daily basis. That fact alone probably makes me think twice about purchasing one.

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