GPS Navigator in INDIA!!!!!
CE Info Systems, a New Delhi based company designed MapmyIndia navigator, a in-car Global Positioning System(GPS) navigation system.
The device comes loaded with maps of Indian roads, both state- and national- highways, linking together 55,000 towns and villages, complete with landmarks. It can be placed on the dashboard or windshield of a car, and functions via a satellite system.
MapmyIndia navigator has real-time voice support for each and every road turn that instructs the driver about current location as well as locations to be arrived at.
The device offers entire details of streets, localities, landmarks, ATMs, hospitals, and cafeterias, based in 18 major cities, including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Mohali, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Thane, and Pune.
Presently, CE Info Systems is outsourcing the MapmyIndia navigator device from Delphi and Amax. It’s available in two variants; Delphi NAV 200, and Amax 06GP5A with built-in GPS (SirfStar III) having 3.5-inches color touch-screen backed by Samsung 400 MHz processor. The touch-screen even allows playing music, games, and viewing movies and photos.
Rohan Verma, director of CE Info Systems, said that the market for in-car GPS navigation systems is rising across the world. Last year, 20 million personal navigation devices were sold in the US, and another 30 million in Europe. In India, the product has been introduced only two years ago, and is slowly catching on.
MapmyIndia navigator is priced at Rs 21,000 in Delhi, and Rs 22,000 outside Delhi, and can be purchased through the MapmyIndia.com Web site.
-Source www.techtree.com and also www.mapmyindia.com to know more details and also to watch a demo of the navigator
My Comments:
I am really curious to get a feel of the navigator. I just hope they come up with voice support in Indian languages very soon, which might attract more consumers. The concept itself sounds interesting right :D.
The customer can also entertain himself by listening to music, playing games and also watching movies in the navigator. I want to see a person watching movies or playing games in his navigator and also driving at the same time and that too in India ;).