Yesterday the iGO 8 has officially been released. It is now in our pocket, it works, navigates, draws houses and overpasses have a shadow on freeways.
At last, we have this one. And we're taking it home.
Of course this is not everything that's not everything in what the completely renewed iGO is better. The press release covers all other new features, so we rather quote this:
iGO My Way 8 provides an integrated multimedia experience, with a built-in music and video player and travel guides. With an interface that is clear, intuitive and easy to use, iGO My Way 8 includes a ‘simple’ mode for less experienced users, and an ‘expert’ mode for advanced ones. The software comes with text-to-speech capability that offers directions with real city, street and highway names.
For the end users Nav N Go is launching in April iGO My Way 8 under the form of a Plug&Go multiple SD card, compatible with most mobile PDA’s on the market. The package contains the SD card, a Quick Start Guide and the DVD with all update tools. Additional maps and content will be available in retail shops in all countries served by Nav N Go distributors (www.navngo.com). The product comprises 42 European countries street level detailed maps in 30 different languages.
Furthermore, Nav N Go has some features for casual gamers too, namely three pre-installed Studio Game Packs from PDAmill Games, which contain such games as Bowling Burgers, Gamebox Boards and The Corsair.
Yesterday's announcement from Nav N Go, regarding their termination of their contract with Mio, will surely create much more unrest, but at the same time when iGO 8 was presented, it turned out that the company has already found a similarly serious partner, Asus. The R300 and R700 models from the Taiwanese company will be shipped with software based on the new iGO.
We shall be concluding a thorough test of the new iGO and will be putting out a complete review of it.
Translated by Szaszati
