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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 12:04a
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Woot has a new Plenio VXA-3000 7-inch Touchscreen GPS with 2GB SD Card + remote controller for $149.99 + $5 shipping.

I Want One

Warranty: 1 Year Plenio

Features:

* 7” Touch screen display with integrated SiRFstarr III GPS module
* Provides point-to-point vehicle navigation with local street level maps, turn-by-turn voice guidance
* Contains TeleAtlas maps of North America including Canada Peutro Rico and Hawaii, on a 2GB SD card that is powered by Smart2Go
* Audio player plays back MP3, WMA, WAV, and OGG music files
* Built in FM transmitter, transmit audio to your car stereo on channels 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, or 88.7
* Plays back video files, and displays GIF, JPEG, and BMP image files
* Comes with Cutycuty a jewel swap puzzle game
* Auxiliary functions to display external A/V sources such as DVD players or gaming devices
* Comes with hand brake connection cable, so you can only display video when the hand brake is engaged

Specifications:

* OS: MS Windows CE.NET 4.2
* CPU: ARM9 Core
* RAM: 64 MB
* Flash: 64 MB
* Display: 7” TFT LCD (Touch Screen)
* Audio: Internal Speaker (1W), Lineout, Wireless FM Transmitter
* GPS Module: SiRFstar III GPS engine, internal type
* GPS First start sensitivity: -135dBm
* GPS Restart sensitivity: -153dBm
* GPS Sensitivity in motion: -156dBm
* Input Power: 12V, 1A
* Size: 190mm x 125mm x 33mm

In the box:

* Plenio VXA-3000 GPS Unit
* Remote Controller
* SD Card Memory
* Aux Cable (AV in terminal)
* Test Jack
* Cigar Jack 12V Power cable
* Stereo Output Cable
* Hand Brake Connection Cable
* Suction Cup Mount
* DVD-ROM

Watch it in action

User Manual

More Info

This was $599.99 when it came out in April of 2007.

Message edited by: iceui2 on 2008-08-23 19:20:36 CDT
   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 12:05a

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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 1:53a
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Poor Reviews at Amazon

Message edited by: PatelForIndia on 2008-08-23 01:55:13 CDT
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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 1:56a
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PatelForIndia said:Poor Reviews at Amazon
I found this in the Woot discussion:

SilverStar830 said:I've been Googling and researching this unit for the last hour and a half since the item change over. I noticed some things during my cursory online research into this unit.

Almost all of the terrible reviews are old. It seems that this unit went through some trials and tribulations when it was first released in 2007. However, starting just a few months ago, the unit started getting very good reviews by consumers. There were OS updates and map updates, even some hardware updates, and a sorely needed user-manual translation update. That seemed to make things peachy keenier. The most recent reviews I read were all very good with the occasional exception here and there.

No, this unit doesn't have a built-in battery. But, unless you're out and about on foot or bike, you don't need one. It may be a pain if you make a lot of stops when using the unit because of the reboots, but it saves all your most recent activity to its flash memory. It will take only a few moments at most to get back on track when you head out again. The other added features are pretty nifty too...

FOR A $150 GPS UNIT

The Garmin 7" , also without a battery... and no inputs/outputs, no built in FM transmitter, no DivX player, etc, costs 800 bucks. You could buy 4 of these and have 200 bucks left over for gas money for the cost of one 7" Garmin.

So, I'm in for one. For the price, you can't beat it. If it breaks, you have a one year manufacturer warranty which is pretty darn long.


Also keep in mind they've paid $350+ for theirs. A 7-inch GPS for $155 shipped is almost unheard of a year ago. This is obviously not the best in its class, but the price makes it very appealing.

I can pretty much say that this is the cheapest deal for a 7" GPS right now. Plus, you get a 2GB SD card.

Message edited by: iceui2 on 2008-08-23 19:16:19 CDT
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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 1:57a
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Interesting deal for a 7" screen but the mixed reviews at Amazon and Newegg plus no built in battery would make me think twice.

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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 6:59a
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Just curious of anyone else noticed the blurb in the last Woot! E-mail?

PS: With football season coming up, I'm pretty excited by what's looming ahead on the schedule for Monday.


Woot-off! perhaps for 08/25/08?

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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 7:33a
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Seems you're on to something!

harlock001 said:Just curious of anyone else noticed the blurb in the last Woot! E-mail?

PS: With football season coming up, I'm pretty excited by what's looming ahead on the schedule for Monday.


Woot-off! perhaps for 08/25/08?

Message edited by: Haifa on 2008-08-23 07:33:55 CDT
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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 8:14a
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in for 1

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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 6:58p
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Plus, this isn't any of the refurb crap Woot usually does.

It comes with a 1-year warranty!

To sum it up, there are 3.5" GPS's that are twice as expensive as this.

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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 7:07p
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anybody know the resolution of the 7 inch LCD?

thanks
Update: found it: 480*234. A piece of trash.

Message edited by: dealseaker on 2008-08-23 19:07:48 CDT
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   posted: Aug. 23, 2008 @ 7:17p
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dealseaker said:anybody know the resolution of the 7 inch LCD?

thanks
Update: found it: 480*234. A piece of trash.

Keep in mind it's 67 pixels/inch vertically and 79 pixels/inch horizontally, a fairly good pixel density. Also 65,536 colors.

It looks pretty sharp on YouTube.

Message edited by: iceui2 on 2008-08-23 19:20:20 CDT
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   posted: Aug. 29, 2008 @ 4:32p
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Got this today, GPS works great, configured to my area very fast picked up signal even faster and the directions took me to work a completely different direction than i usually go, but it chopped off 6 minutes.... so i'd say it was pretty good. The screen is so sexy it's huge and looks great. The audio player's really cool looking too, it's like one of the $700 indash gps/decks i like it, i like it alot

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   posted: Aug. 29, 2008 @ 6:15p
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Grafstein said:Got this today, GPS works great, configured to my area very fast picked up signal even faster and the directions took me to work a completely different direction than i usually go, but it chopped off 6 minutes.... so i'd say it was pretty good. The screen is so sexy it's huge and looks great. The audio player's really cool looking too, it's like one of the $700 indash gps/decks i like it, i like it alot

So which route are you planning to take now?

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