Navman have obviously put in some heavy design work developing their new S Series car GPS navigators having made 500 individual improvements. The S50 and S70 both have an attractive, smart look with a silver casing finish with generously curved edges, slim form factor (20mm) and a widescreen LCD touchscreen set in a thick black border.

Specifications for the Navman S70 and S50 are identical except for the maps pre-loaded. The S50 is sold with only regional maps for the location/country sold in while the S70 has European maps covering 21 countries in Western and Central Europe, including major roads leading into Eastern Europe.

All Navman S series car GPS navigators have a SiRF Star III chipset receiver which has the advantages of: faster fix times (acquiring its location), higher signal locking and tracking sensitivity and low power requirements

The Navman S70 and S50 both have a 4.3 inch touch screen widescreen display with a 480 x 272 pixels resolution for navigating the attractive redesigned interface and menu system of the S series. There is ample memory capacity with 2GB internal Flash memory, 64 MB SDRAM and an SD/MMC card slot for memory expansion. Up to 5 hours of power are available from the rechargeable, integrated Li-ION battery.

The Navman S series have an interesting talking keypad feature for easier inputting of text, addresses and postcodes. Automatic display dimming provides improved night time display viewing.

A sensible feature, common to other mobile devices is the security password lockout. For personal security, Navman have included an SOS button which displays local emergency services and can also call the nearest one, if required, utilizing a Bluetooth connected mobile phone.

Navigation and Mapping

The S70 and S50 models have integrated Real-time Traffic information service for navigating around traffic congestion. The S series navigators come with a free lifetime subscription. Traffic information is provided by the RDS-TMC (Radio Data System – Traffic Message Channel), an FM based radio signal, which provides alerts on known problems such as accidents, congestion and road works. The Navman S Series provides you with Route Traffic Overview to see in advance what’s ahead and select a re-routing option if considered necessary.

The Navman S series GPS navigators utilize constantly updated Tele Atlas mapping information. Feedback on mapping inaccuracies can be forwarded using Navman’s iUpData service.

Safety camera locations are available through the S series navigators and a free 12 month safety camera data trial is included. The S Series GPS navigators will intelligently warn of cameras based on direction of travel and your speed relative to the local limit at that location. The iUpData database allows motorists to enter details of any new or inaccurate safety camera locations.

Navman’s S Series Promotional Video

Navman S Series Bluetooth Hands-free Calling Plus

The Navman S70 and S50 provide the safety and convenience of hands-free calling using a Bluetooth connected mobile phone however, there are other useful bundled features as well;

• multiple pairing allows you to connect up to 5 different phones
• phone’s address book synchronizes automatically every time you connect
• the caller’s name is displayed on the screen
• phone numbers linked to millions of preloaded points of interest (POI) can be used to call your chosen destination eg. to make a motel reservation.

Navman NavPix Navigation Feature

A unique Navman S series feature is NavPix which allows users to navigate using NavPix photos – images which have been geotagged with their grographic location. Photos become convenient navigation tools. A NavPix download library of thousands of hotels, restaurants and landmarks throughout Europe are available from the Navman website and can be used for such purposes as planning a trip.

NavDesk Software

NavDesk is a free software package including features such as:

• Activation and management of maps, safety camera subscriptions and PIN security
• Web interface to selected Navman sites
• Image search powered by Flickr, including an interface to the Navman NavPix Library
• NavAlbum to manage images both on your PC and your GPS navigator
• Custom POI management
• Voice file transfer
• Mileage reporter

Further Reading

Other car GPS navigators in the Navman S series and the premium S90i unit and the entry level S30 unit. A detailed feature comparison between the Navman S series car GPS navigators can be found below.

To compare the Navman S30 Car GPS Navigator features with other models in the series have a look at our feature comparison of Navman S series GPS models.

Navman S70 and S50 Series Car GPS Navigator Specification

Hardware
Weight	198g
Size (mm)	80 (H) x 140 (W) x 20 (D)
Processor	Samsung 2443 / 400 MHz
Memory	2GB internal Flash memory 64 MB SDRAM
Memory Expansion	SD/MMC
GPS receiver	SiRFstarIII
Battery	Rechargeable integrated Li-ION battery-up to 5 hrs life (depending on usage)
Display size & type	4.3 inch touch screen
Display resolution WxH	480 x 272 pixels
Integrated Real-time Traffic information	Built-in traffic receiver with free product lifetime subscription
Software features
Software: Smart 2008 navigation software
Pre-installed Safety Camera Data: Free trial
Integrated Bluetooth: Hands-free calling
NavPix: Navigate to pictures
Navman Desktop Manager: Mileage Reporter, NavPix album
POIs (Places of Interest)
Voice-guided instructions
Multiple route options
Improved address search
8-digit postcode search
Navigation views
Turn-by-Turn
Route Summary
3D moving map
2D map view
Mapping
Tele Atlas map data 2007.4
Regional maps (S50) or Western European maps (S70) pre-installed

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