GPS is another one of those tech categories where I’m about as knowledgeable as a blogger who doesn’t know much about GPS. Uhh, yeah. Anyway, my lack of a GPS and car navigating background doesn’t hinder my ability to appreciate shiny. The high-res shots of maps are pretty awesome. A lot of GPS units look alike to me, but this UI looks positively usable and lovable. It’s apparently their first system to use a 3D map via NASA terrain data – resulting in the wicked cool map you see below:

The unit will retail for $599 this November on online retailers.

Check out the full press release after the jump.

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Today, Navigon introduced their first GPS for the rest of us, with the entry level 2000S.  This easy to use GPS navigator offers many of the features for which Navigon has become known, including: Reality View Pro™, Lane Assistant Pro™, and advanced text-to-speech.  Additionally, weighing in at 3.5 inches, the 200S is among the thinnest GPS navigators on the market today.

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Yeah, I know there are about a Brazillion ways to navigate the roads – but how about navigating the roads with free, live traffic updates? Yeah, do you like that? Navigon hopes you do!

The new NAVIGON 2200t retails for $229 and helps you out by showing a real-time traffic view of the area you’re driving through. No more getting stuck in a jam. This feature is ready right out of the box (although you should probably put it in your car first – unless you open it there), and there’s no need for a subscription or a sign-up. The feature lasts for the lifetime of the product. Just set it up and evade traffic like the sly, super driver you were meant to be.

Other features include stuff you’ve heard about before: turn-by-turn instructions over voice, fewest clicks to a final destination, and favourite locations as Points of Interest on the map.  So if you’re looking for a new GPS unit, but don’t wanna be tethered to a subscription for traffic updates, you might just wanna take a look at the 2200t.

For the rest of the details, hope over to the Navigon site.

Sony has just unveiled the NV-U44 ($250), NV-U74 ($300), and NV-U84 ($350) navigation systems. These bad boys don’t just offer improved Point of Interest GPS navigation. That would be boring. Higher tier models also offer photo viewing and search functionality, too! Just in case you wanted to show off your vacation pics (on your Mem Stick Pro Duo) to guests before driving them to the Steakhouse (Turn left here). All models feature a touch-screen and POSITION plus, which help you navigate in areas without a signal by tracking your movement and comparing it to your last solid GPS location.

If that’s not enough for you, the super duper model, NV-U94T ($400), isn’t even really a GPS system anymore. It handles music non-DRM AAC and mp3’s on your Mem Stick, as well as a2dp, hands-free, and a big ol’ 4.8 inch screen. It’s like the Soby’s of GPS systems, except they changed the ‘b’ to an ‘n’. And it’s not a supermarket.

Hit the press release for more specs, photos, and details.

I have written quite a bit about the Navigon line of GPS devices.  I’ve been extremely impressed by the offerings in the past.  This latest entry, however, has the potential to complete blow me away.  In addition to all of the fantastic features Navigon has offered in the past, they are now introducing Landmark View. 

Landmark View3 joins Reality View as part of the unique 3-D interface that Navigon GPS devices have always offered.  Landmark View will display hundreds of richly-textured 3D landmarks across the U.S. and Canada like the Empire State Building and the White House.

The new Navigon 7200T is expected to be available in the United States and Canada in October 2008.  It will retail for $449.

For more information, visit www.navigon.com or www.experiencenavigon.com.