It is lowered to $199.99 again on 1/25/08.
# 4.3" screen with a 800x480 resolution - to be compared to the 480x272 of the current 4.3" AIOs like the Garmin 6xx/7xx and TomTom x20
# 600Mhz Centrality Titan DualCore platform - this is the new generation of Centrality platforms with a built-in GPS module. The 600Mhz Titan is rated at an equivalent of 2 Million correlators, to be compared to the 200,000 of the SiRFstarIII chipset and 200,000 polygons in OpenGL
# "Autonomy" feature - on-board autonomous calculation of the ephemeris data normally broadcasted by the actual GPS satellites and required to compute a position. Downloading live ephemeris data requires a good signal level and always takes a minimum of 30 seconds when the transmission isn't interrupted by loss of signal (buildings, trees, etc...). Up to now, a workaround was to download the ephemeris data from a server, like SiRFinstantFix or NEX do, see this topic for more about that. With "Autonomy", they are computed directly on-board to get rid of the connection requirement, something that's made possible by the power of the CPU.
# 3D Navigation - Judging by the screenshot above, the map rendering seems very advanced, with genuine 3D, something only available in Japan up to now. It even seems more advanced than the upcoming Nav'n'GO/MioMap 2008 that will be limited to well-known landmarks and terrain model
UPDATE - based on the video linked above it appears that the software is customized version of Nav'n'GO v8 (i.e. Miomap 2008) and will not have full 3D rendering, only certain buildings
# Built-in RDS TMC in Europe
# WinCE 5.0 OS
# 2Gb flash memory
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Here is a positive review with tons of photos.
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/ipaq310.php
There are software/firmware updates available here
There is a long discussion on this unit at gpspassion. They are favorable about it and the price has dropped in half since the first of November. It has way more features than anything else in this price range.
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