American partner Raytel of German Funkwerk - will be showcasing the EGO Drive at CES 2008 next month in Vegas. This GPS navigator has a great design and comes with a remote controller knob that makes sure you keep your eyes on the road the whole time.

EGO Drive offers 3D maps, bluetooth capability for hands free calls, and a sharp 4.3″ touch screen that comes with a stylus. Ego Drive is a high end device and the features offered prove it. The on-board text-to-speech engine reads out your text messages for you, and it even has a light-sensor to adjust the illumination of the screen. It has internal memory - but in addition it supports SD cards up to 2GB.

Here are features offered just for the bluetooth function:

• Voice recognition (speech-to-text, no training required)
• Complies with all hands-free laws
• Integrates and mutes car’s stereo system
• Supports all Bluetooth mobile phone voice commands
• DSP technology for noise and echo suppression
• Reads out text messages (SMS text-to-speech)
• Shows text and picture messages (SMS and MMS)
• Accommodates up to 10 different user profiles
• audio streaming (A2DP and AVRCP)

Korean Reigncom just announced a new GPS navigation system called W7. Only expected to be available in Korea, W7 will have a 4GB and an 8GB version which will cost 238,000 KRW ($250) and 288,000 KRW ($305) respectively.

W7 features a 76.2mm (3″) wide LCD touch screen and comes with an electronic dictionary, flash, CSD viewer, and SRS WOW HD. There is also a W7 Car Kit sold separately for 99,000 KRW ($105) which includes a GPS cradle, power supply, dock, miniSD memory card, and a mini SD adapter.

Uniden will be coming out with a new GPS navigation system, possibly expected to debut at CES 2008 within a few weeks. What makes this new system - MapTrax 430 - unique is that it will have integrated radar detection capabilities. MapTrax also offers other high-end features like text-to-speech, bluetooth, and 2GB of internal memory.

Becker has revealed that it will expand its GPS offerings in the US to include a new widescreen model with an above-average feature set: the Traffic Assist 7827 will come from Europe with the same 4.3-inch touch LCD but will be specifically tailored to North American conditions: a relatively large 2GB SD card will hold maps and points of interest not just for Canada and the continental US but also Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

The mapping is detailed enough to include highway details and will recommend not just the overall route but the right lane. The extra space additionally supplies room for MP3s and photos to be used in between destinations; in an unusual step, real-time traffic warnings are also completely free, Becker promises. It should lastly have support for speed limit warnings on most roads and will be showcased in January at the CES expo in Las Vegas. Ship dates are unknown but should be set within the first half of the year at prices below the $500 mark of the European model.

Nüvi is a portable GPS navigator, traveler’s reference, and digital entertainment system, all in one. Combined with detailed maps, the nüvi provides automatic routing, turn-by-turn voice directions, and finger-touchscreen control, making it easy to find your way anywhere. The unique text-to-speech feature calls out turns by street name. The nüvi also offers a travel kit of useful travel tools to help keep any journey fun: MP3 player, audio book player from Audible.com, JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, and calculator.

Travelers can use the nüvi to navigate to an address or search points of interest (POIs) like hotels, restaurants, shopping, and tourist attractions. The nüvi automatically calculates the fastest route and provides voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions along the way. If you stray off course, the nüvi automatically calculates the quickest way to get back on track.

This premium $449 GPS features a slim design, Bluetooth connectivity, and a bright, 4.3-inch touch screen display, in 16:9 aspect ratio. The unit comes preloaded with maps for the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada, provides turn-by-turn navigation, and offers real-time traffic information in 50 North American cities via optional subscription. Navtek supplies both the traffic data and the millions of points-of-interest entries.

The Bluetooth connectivity lets you use this device as a speakerphone for hands-free calling. Plus, the multipurpose, multimedia-capable LN790 handles music, photo, and video playback.

MainNav is getting ready to introduce the new MG-950D at CES 2008. MG-950D is a bluetooth GPS data logger that has a lot functions that make it useful for hiking, biking, driving, and maybe even running.

It is similar to Garmin Edge 305 in terms of form factor but MG-950D also acts as a bluetooth GPS receiver, meaning you can share the GPS data with other devices. It uses a SiRF Star III GPS receiver and can store up to 120,000 waypoints. It can calculate speed and altitude while you workout and store that info so later on you can transfer it to your PC via the USB interface and view on Google Earth.

We have no information on pricing or where/when it will be available but we’ll investigate at CES 2008 for you.

Amcor, Inc. introduced an entire new line of GPS products that will be on display at the upcoming CES 2008 in Las Vegas. The new product line features six new models which range in price from $149.99 to $279.99 MSRP. Features of the new GPS product line include dynamic 3-D graphics of buildings, topography, landmarks, and dual mode screens that automatically switch to night screen graphics for easier viewing. Several units offer text-to-speech in 28 languages, tracking logs for recording of past itineraries, navigation by contacts data base or pictures, calendar appointment reminder, integrated traffic, Bluetooth and up to 12 million points of interest.

AMCOR Model 4400 - $179.99

• 4.3″ Color TFT Touch Screen
• 1 GB Flash Memory
• Preloaded Maps of the Entire USA & Canada
• New 3-D Building, Landmark & Topography Imaging Software
• Rechargeable Li-Ion Internal Battery
• 1 Million points of interest
• DC Power Adapter
• USB Cable
• Windshield/Dashboard Mount

AMCOR Model 3960 - $199.99

• 3.5″ Color TFT Touch Screen
• 1 GB Flash Memory
• Preloaded Maps of the Entire USA & Canada
• New 3-D Building, Landmark & Topography Imaging Software
• Rechargeable Li-Ion Internal Battery
• 1.6 Million points of interest
• Bluetooth Support for Hands Free Calling
• DC Power Adapter
• AC Power Adapter
• MP3/MP4 Playback Capability
• USB Cable
• Windshield/Dashboard Mount
• Manual & Quick Start Guide

AMCOR Model 4800 - $229.99

• 4.3″ Color TFT Touch Screen
• 1 GB Flash Memory
• Preloaded Maps of the Entire USA & Canada
• New 3-D Building, Landmark & Topography Imaging Software
• Rechargeable Li-Ion Internal Battery
• 1.6 Million points of interest
• Bluetooth Support for Hands Free Calling
• DC Power Adapter
• AC Power Adapter
• MP3/MP4 Playback Capability
• USB Cable
• Windshield/Dashboard Mount
• Manual & Quick Start Guide

AMCOR Model 4880 - $249.99

• 4.3″ Color TFT Touch Screen
• 2 GB Flash Memory
• Preloaded Maps of the Entire USA & Canada
• New 3-D Building, Landmark & Topography Imaging Software
• Rechargeable Li-Ion Internal Battery
• 12 Million points of interest
• Bluetooth Support for Hands Free Calling
• Text-To-Speech
• DC Power Adapter
• AC Power Adapter
• MP3/MP4 Playback Capability
• USB Cable
• Windshield/Dashboard Mount
• Manual & Quick Start Guide

AMCOR Model 4890 - $279.99

• 4.8″ Color TFT Touch Screen
• 2 GB Flash Memory
• Preloaded Maps of the Entire USA & Canada
• New 3-D Building, Landmark & Topography Imaging Software
• Rechargeable Li-Ion Internal Battery
• 12 Million points of interest
• Bluetooth Support for Hands Free Calling
• Text-To-Speech
• DC Power Adapter
• AC Power Adapter
• MP3/MP4 Playback Capability
• USB Cable
• Windshield/Dashboard Mount
• Manual & Quick Start Guide

Priced at 479,000 (KRW), Inkel’s Wide Touch W-700 GPS Navigation sports an integrated T-DMB receiver (for watching satellite broadcasted movie), a TPEG (Transport Protocol Expert Group support (for receiving real-time traffic information), and SiRF III chipset. It is powered by a 360Mhz (+300Mhz) dual-core processor and a 128MB of DDR SDRAM, both guarantee a fast and powerful perfomance. Other features include a 7-inch 800×480 (WVGA) display, Mappy United map software, text viewer, and digital photo frame functions.

Hyon introduced its new dual-DMB navigation ‘D5′ in Korea market. Unlike the company’s previous model with two separate modules for T-DMB and S-DMB, the D5 has the world’s first integrated DMB module to support both while maintaining 22mm-thick compact design.

It features MagicEyes MP2531F(MMSP2+L) CPU, Samsung WVGA Digital LCD(800X480, SirF III GPS engine, 1.5W speaker(2ea), and integrated DMB antenna. Suggested price is 490,000(KRW) for 2GB and 530,000(KRW) for 4GB model.