Navman has announced that it will be launching a supersized satnav device later in the summer that will include a Freeview tuner so you can watch TV when you aren't trying to find out where you are going.
Claiming to the be the world's first Satnav with built-in TV, it will be called the Navman Spirit TV and come in two sizes; a 4.7-inch screen model and a massive 7-inch screen model.
Aside from the ability to pick up television channels when in a decent Freeview area, the unit will be a fully-fledged Satnav that comes with all the latest features as sported on the company's newly announced Spirit range, the Spirit 500, 300 and Spirit Flat - so Postcode support, Bluetooth, Google local search, walking mode, Points of Interest and the such like.
The unit is expected to cost between £200 and £300 when it eventually does land in the UK.
The catch? Even Mio/Navman themselves are dubious about getting a good TV reception everywhere; "I can't get Freeview where I live," Pocket-lint overheard a spokesman for the company telling a journalist at the UK launch, before omitting that the device "won't be for everyone."
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