We have a few examples below in the TomTom ONE XL @ $159, which is being replaced by the TomTom ONE 330 XL. The Garmin 300 series and 600 series are now officially discontinued and they will be moving out of the picture.

Standard Screens - 3.5-inch

• Garmin Nuvi 200 at Amazon - $159 - Best Seller today at Amazon. No Text to Speech, Continental US Maps, solid interface and routing. See My Full Review - Nuvi 200 for more info.


• Garmin Nuvi 350 - Still $199 this week; very hot prices point for this unit. North American Maps, Text to Speech, and 5+ Million Points of Interest. Want Bluetooth? Get the Nuvi 360 that adds Bluetooth Handsfree, for a few bucks more at - $224


• TomTom ONE 3rd ed. - $137 and Free Shipping at Amazon; Entry Level TomTom with Maps of North America, no Text to Speech.


• Garmin Nuvi 260 at Amazon - $208 ($269 at Best Buy) Text to Speech, Maps of North America, solid interface. Same quality routing as Nuvi 200, just adds more maps and text to speech.


• The Mio Digiwalker C230 is $99 at Staples this week. A second tier brand that offers reasonable performance for the price. Has text-to-speech and US maps pre-loaded. See my Full Review of the Mio C230 for more information.
  

Widescreen Models

• Nuvi 760 - $378 - Thin design with Text to Speech and Maps of North America. Route Optimization - plug in multiple stops and let the unit optimize the route for fastest planning, adds Bluetooth handsfree and built-in TMC traffic. See My Full Review of the Nuvi 760.
• Nuvi 750 - $318 Thin design with Text to Speech and Maps of North America. Route Optimization - plug in multiple stops and let the unit optimize the route for fastest planning. Doesn't have the Bluetooth, or the Traffic capability that the 760 has. (Also available at Circuit City for $399 this week!)
• Garmin Nuvi 780 - $454 Has MSN Direct 2, with traffic and gas prices sent to your GPS. See My Full Review of the Nuvi 780 for more information.
• Garmin Nuvi 260W - $255 at Amazon; Text to Speech and a dead easy interface.
• Nuvi 650 at Amazon $249. Text to Speech, North American Maps, See My Full Review - Nuvi 660, which is the same model with the addition of the TMC Traffic, which is the main feature not included on the Nuvi 650.
• Nuvi 200W at Amazon $205 - No Text to Speech, Continental US Maps. See My Full Review - Nuvi 200W.
• Nuvi 660 at Amazon $299; still best seller at Amazon - Down $30 in recent weeks - Text to Speech, North American Maps, TMC Traffic Capability included. See My Full Review - Nuvi 660
• TomTom ONE XL 330 - $229 - Is the new Basic Widescreen for the TomTom line, Maps of North America, new Easy Port fold flat mount, and no text to speech - Move up to the TomTom ONE XL 330S for Text to Speech at $251
• TomTom GO 730 - $399 -New IQ Routes, Text to Speech, and more. Maps of North America.
• TomTom 920 - $330 - great value for the money. The recent upgrade allows TomTom to offer the older GO 920 for low money. Text to speech, maps of North America, and more - See my Full Review of the TomTom GO 920

Cooler Weather time to get out and exercise! The Forerunner 405 is still very hot, and Garmin announced recently that this reinvigorated Fitness line grew sales by 50% over year ago.

• Garmin Forerunner 405 is available now at $349. - the watch-like GPS enabled fitness device has a smaller design with all kinds of functionality, including wireless sharing.
  
• Forerunner 305 - $214 at Amazon - Heart Rate Monitor with wrist-mounted GPS Receiver, tracks distance and keeps your speed and pace. Syncs to computer for training records.
  
• Forerunner 205 - $145 at Amazon - Wrist-mounted GPS Receiver, no Heart Rate Monitor. Tracks distance and keeps your speed and pace. Syncs to computer for training records.

Spotted at CEDIA this weekend, were these new table radios from Tivoli Tangent Audio of Denmark. First we have the Model One Uno, a retro styled AM/FM model with analog tuning selling for $120 $199. The Model Three Duo $299 $279 adds an analog clock and alarm so it becomes a clock radio. Then there's NetWorks Tangent Quattro $599 $399, which can tune in thousands of Internet radio stations using either WiFi or an Ethernet connection.

Other models include the Cinque which includes a CD player, and the Uno 2Go portable.

Tivoli Tangent Audio

While few audiophiles have even heard of Professional Home Cinema, this Huntington Beach CA company makes the kind of speakers you might find in Tom Cruise's home theater. Using the same type of horn technology you'll find in commercial theaters, the systems are actively driven using thousands of watts of digital amplifier power. Here designer L Paul Hales stands next to a new model that could probably be used for building demolition. During a demonstration at the Denver Athletic Club during CEDIA, Hales used the much smaller SCR-15s to shake and rattle everything that wasn't tied down on the third floor of the club. Despite that smaller model's 130 decibel capability, the sound was amazingly clear and undistorted. Price? Think upper five figures for a 5.1 channel surround rig.

Professional Home Cinema

But Best Buy is doing it, sensing a potential revenue stream from frustrated computer users who hate the endless plethora of demo software and AOL installations that are damn near impossible to remove without an MSCE degree. I mean, other than serious cheap skates and those who already own a copy of Vista, who won’t jump at the chance to add another $30 to the bill for a clean computer? I know I would if I bought computers in a brick and mortar anymore.

Best Buy isn’t the first company to offer such a service. Sony announced earlier in the year a premium charge to ship their Vaio laptops without what they termed as “extra-ware.” And that’s a great thing. It means that computer manufacturers and retail companies are listening to their customers and giving them the choice of having a clean machine, even if it’s at an extra charge. But just consider it an upgraded model.

Now if we could only get them to sell PCs without Windows and OSX installe instead.

Hat Tip – Gizmos for Geeks

[ Best Buy to remove bloatware for a price copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Here is the first external solid state disk USB drive in the world from Buffalo. Measuring 89mm x 57mm x 14mm and weighing at 60grams, the MicroStation is a tiny storage device that is curently available in 32GB, 64GB and 100GB capacities. The storage device connects to the PC via USB 2.0 with a maximum data transfer speed of 35MB/second. The 32GB model is priced at £115, while the 64GB and 100GB models retails for £230 and £344, respectively. [electricpig]

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This LG will sport a VGA camera with video recording, an MP3 player with FM radio, A2DP Bluetooth and 60MB of internal memory space upgradeable via microSD cards. There's an FM radio alarm and an anti-theft mobile tracker. USB charging is also possible besides data transfer.

The phone will cost you just 4,390 Rupees in India or about $100. There's no news on international pricing yet.

LG has more or less finished their sequel to the Prada, unimaginatively known as the Prada II. This model will come with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard in addition to the following specifications (something we lacked in our earlier post) :-

Quad-band GSM/EDGE, dual-band HSDPA (850MHz/2100MHz) 950mAh battery 240×400 3.0? screen 5 megapixel autofocus camera with flash and VGA recording Bluetooth 2.1 connectivityWi-Fi connectivityInfineon MP-EH + M180 chipset Motion sensor FM radio

Hopefully the operating system is something worth using, as the iPhone has already proven - hardware specifications aren’t as important as the user experience and ease-of-use, just take a look at the DS Lite.

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Buffalo wants to lay claim to owning the first external solid state USB drive in the world - the MicroStation. This tiny storage device will come in 32GB, 64GB and 100GB capacities, connecting to your computer through USB 2.0 that is wrapped around its body neatly when not in use. It has a maximum data transfer speed of 35MB/s, measuring a bag friendly 89mm x 57mm x 14mm. Guess you won’t have any worries of your data inside getting corrupted whenever you drop the MicroStation, eh? The pricing might cause people to stay away still though, since the 32GB model will go for £115, while the 64GB and 100GB models will retail for £230 and £344, respectively.

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Epson has lifted the curtain on three new LCD projectors at the CEDIA expo that support 1080p resolution for all your high definition needs. The three projectors would be the PowerLite Home Cinema 6100, PowerLite Pro Cinema 7100 and Pro Cinema 7500 UB. The flagship Pro Cinema 7500 UB is Epson’s pride and joy, featuring the following :-

75,000:1 dynamic contrast ratioC2Fine software and FineFrame technology12-bit 3LCD driver 2.35 or 2.4 aspect ratio viewing

The remaining two projectors are less capable, although that doesn’t mean they aren’t good enough for the average home. The Pro Cinema 7100 comes with a 18,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 1,800 lumens of brightness and a Day and Night mode. As for the PowerLite Home Cinema 6100, that model boasts a 18,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a Dynamic Iris system and a 200W lamp. All three models will feature a trio of HDMI 1.3a inputs, S-Video, composite and VGA connectivity. You can pick up the PowerLite Home Cinema 6100, Pro Cinema 7100 and 7500 UB for $1,999, $3,000 and $4,500, respectively.

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