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iPod Touch Now A PND

By Amy Gilroy -- TWICE, 11/11/2009

Heathrow, Fla. - Dual Electronics will ship later this month one of the first kits to convert an iPod Touch to a portable navigation device.

Dual's new GPS cradle converts the iPod Touch into a PNDThe kit is designed to enable the estimated 24 million iPod Touch devices in the marketplace to receive a GPS signal for turn-by-turn directions and to also use other location-based service apps, said Dual president and CEO Jim Braun. TomTom's recently introduced GPS kit, for example, only works with the iPhone and not the Touch.

The Dual system includes a snap-on module and a window mount kit plus a GPS app. The module snaps on the back of the Touch and includes a GPS receiver and rechargeable battery. It also has a built-in speaker to amplify voice prompts for turns, and it includes a mini USB port and audio-out jack to connect to a car stereo. It uses a NavAtlas turn-by turn app that is based on the GMap app and also comes with a windshield mounting kit.

The Dual system, called the GPS Navigation & Battery Cradle, offers text-to-speech pronunciation of street names, maps of the full United States and Canada, and 2 million points of interest at $179.

By comparison, TomTom's iPhone GPS kit carries a price of $119 plus $99 for the navigation app.

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• There's no point of paying that much for this when you can get a great GPS for the same price or even less. The point of adding capablilities to the iPod Touch is to make the product more desirable. There is no added benefit when the add-on is nearly the cost of the product.

  
  Joe - 2009-11-11 22:17:43 EST

• i like the idea but for 179 its like buying an other ipod touch. with that money you can buy a gps and not have to take it out of the car and use your ipod touch for other stuff

  
  juan mtz - 2009-11-11 13:05:55 EST
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