LG LN740 Review
LG announced their new GPS units at CES 2007 earlier this year, and they are showing up on shelves just in time for the summer driving season. The large electronics firm, is more than dipping its toe in the GPS pond with a full line of flat nicely designed units, with the LG LN740 solidly placed as a mid-range GPS with text-to-speech (TTS) that helps define the middle road these days. The unit sports the cost of doing business high sensitivity receiver from SiRF; the SiRF star III chipset. This will help hold onto signals in tougher reception situations.
CNet has a review up of the LG LN740 and they seem to like the overall design of the unit and its interface. They do take issue with the viewability of the screen saying that it can wash out in sunlight. This type of screen may be OK when you are in the $200 price range (my opinion) it is not OK at twice the cost. The unit is also traffic capable with NAVTEQ’s traffic service. I am interested in how this works or what it is, as NAVTEQ recently bought Traffic.com and I would not be surprised if they start to package the map and traffic capabilities together. I’ll have to dig a bit more on how they can get their service broadcast, as the TMC traffic that most GPS receivers get is powered by Inrix data.
The bottom line on the LG LN740 from CNet is that at this price there are other GPS units that offer better capabilities. It’s a well-written review, so you should read the review in its entirety if you are interested in the LN 740.
LG LN740 Review at CNet
LG LN740 GPS available at Amazon
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Posted by Scott Martin at June 14, 2007 7:24 AM
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