Navman MY50T
Written by Zoe Hellar Tuesday, 08 September 2009 10:32
The Navman MY50 has a huge 4.7” LCD Touchsreen and is one of the largest on the market. It also offers the option of Tap or Slide operation depending on your personal preference.
Built-in Live Traffic Updates inform you of delays or accidents along your planned route, give you an estimated arrival time then helps you reroute if you’d rather find a better way. Premium Safety Alerts, speed & red light camera warnings, School Zone alerts and more, keep you out of trouble and completely aware of your surroundings.
And when you’re looking for something special outside of the 600,000 built-in points of interest, you can even use a Bluetooth compatible phone to connect your MY50T to TrueLocal.com.au or Google to find exactly what you’re after. Quick, easy searches, thanks to the Smart Find Keyword functionality, make this the GPS that’s really going places.
Features:
* 4.7” Tap and Slide Touchscreen
* Smart Find™ Keyword search
* Live Traffic Updates – Built-in
* Premium Safety Alerts
* School Zone Warnings
* Navman Connect - Live Local Search powered by Truelocal and Google
* Live Weather Updates
* Advanced Lane Guidance
* 3D Junction Views
* Location and Trip Capture Button
* Australian Spoken Street Names
* Digital Logbook
* SOS shortcut for emergency services
* Petrol and Parking Shortcuts
* Up to 600,000 Points Of Interest (POI)
* Optional Travel Guides
Navman MY50T Reviews
CNet.com.au writes has this to say about the Navman MY50T "An annoying trait we've discovered in GPS devices fitted with Navteq maps is a peculiar fondness for illegal turns and u-turns. This presumably is because many traffic restrictions, like no right turns, blocked median strips and the like, have yet to be captured by Navteq into its mapping data. As with any GPS device there's a fondness for main roads and sometimes confused positioning in the CBD, where the satellite signal is obscured or bounced off tall buildings.
Phoneme information included in Navteq's maps allows the text-to-speech engine to more accurately mimic Australian pronunciation for common or popular street names, like Parramatta or Macquarie, but some still slip through the net. Volume range for instructions is good and the voices are clear and comprehensible.
Traffic light locations are included with the package and make driving without looking at the screen a more frequent occurrance — being told to "turn left at the traffic light" is considerably easier to understand while on the move than "turn left in 300 metres". Unfortunately, this information isn't used in route calculation; often times, when we ventured off the preferred route, the Navman would guide us back on to a major road via a right turn that doesn't employ traffic lights.
Conclusion
Thanks to its larger than normal screen, good looks, keyword destination searches, banishment of swipe to scroll and the inclusion of traffic messaging at AU$400, the MY50T warrants inclusion in any GPS shortlist. If Navman had decided to use Bluetooth for hands-free communication, rather than internet searches, we'd be talking about an Editors' Choice award."
Australian IT awarded the Navman MY50T 8.5 out of 10 and says "NAVMAN has a 12-year pedigree when it comes to designing GPS devices and that experience is evident in the MY50T. One of a new range of MY units, the 50T packs a hefty portfolio of features into its 13cm by 8.5cm case.
Setting up the unit is easy and a brief onscreen tutorial steps you through the basics. The home screen is a series of brightly coloured menu icons that give direct access to maps, settings and navigation features.
Once installed on its windscreen mount, the 50T took less than a minute to lock on to the GPS satellites and get a location fix. Tapping the Find icon allows you to choose a state and then enter the street address you're seeking. It's a shame the search doesn't first ask you to narrow things down to a city first. Searching for "Smith Street" in NSW, for example, brings up more than 99 options to trawl.
Once the destination is locked in, the map is clearly displayed on the unit's 4.7in touchscreen. You can choose between a 2D or 3D view and have spoken directions in either a male or female voice.
The 50T also holds useful information such as speed and school zones and emits a warning beep if you happen to be exceeding the limits, but don't rely on this as the review unit consistently got speed zones wrong during a series of trial drives. A Bluetooth connection also allows the unit to connect to your mobile phone, giving access to a range of search and local information services.
It does not, however, allow hands-free calling."