Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition navigates, stays cheap

Unless you're talking about a carrier-branded solution like VZ Navigator, turn-by-turn nav is still a pretty rare offering on featurephones -- let alone low-end ones -- which makes Nokia's new 2710 Navigation Edition an interesting announcement. Billed as Espoo's "most affordable navigation device ever," the simple candybar features a digital compass, 2.2-inch display, 2 megapixel cam, FM radio, and the all-important 3.5mm headphone jack for those times when you're not blaring voice guidance over the loudspeaker. The company says we can expect to see this one launch both in developing and developed markets, one of the first times we've seen a nav-centric device cross over like that -- and at €110 ($163) unsubsidized, we can see the appeal. Look for it to ship in the second quarter of next year. Follow the break for Nokia's promo video.

[lockstocked Posted Dec 7th 2009 1:18PM]

niceeeee. way to look out for the low end markets.

also the maps can be uploaded for free for many different countries. so its not data intensive

[therodt Posted Dec 7th 2009 3:43PM]

Why Nokia? Whyyy

[praetor87 Posted Dec 7th 2009 4:28PM]

@therodt Because they love the quantity and forgot the quality. When you need a GPS with a small screen? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? The Google Maps enough for this and you don't need hold many worthless data on the memory card.

[num0 Posted Dec 8th 2009 3:14AM]

Unbelievably smart choice... Turn-by-turn on 2xxx devices!
Not so sexy for smartphone users but it'll sell. At $160 you could hardly pick a good one up from rather shrinking PND market.