Sanyo Rolls Out the Easy Street NVM-4050 and NVM-4070 Portable Navigation Systems

The personal navigator devices' market is already extremely crowded but it looks like this won't stop an increasingly large number of manufactures from releasing their own products. And one of the latest manufacturers to come up with a GPS navigator is Sanyo, who has just announced the US debut of their Easy Street NVM-4050 and NVM-4070 PNDs, each of these devices providing users with quite an extensive number of navigation and multimedia features.

Thus, the Easy Street NVM-4070 offers a bright and large 4-inch, 16:9 widescreen LCD touch screen display, as well as text-to-speech and voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation. Moreover, the navigator is equipped to receive data from the Traffic Message Channel (TMC), which reports real-time information on accidents, road construction and other incidents that can affect traffic flow. The device also sports a Bluetooth module, which allows the device to be paired with mobile phones for carrying out voice conversations, receiving SMS messages and more. Moreover, the device also provides basic multimedia features, namely a photo viewer and a player for video and audio content, which can be stored onto an SD memory card (SD slot included).

The Sanyo Easy Street NVM-4050 is the "poorer" version of the 4070. It provides the same basic navigation and multimedia features as the 4070, but the TMC and Bluetooth modules have been left out, thus explaining the smaller price tag.

"With over twelve years of experience, SANYO is an established leader in Japan's portable navigation market, and the company is now rapidly advancing with products designed specifically for American consumers," said John Lamb, Senior Marketing Manager for SANYO's Audio Video Division. "The NVM-4070 and NVM-4050 Easy Street systems provide highly-desirable feature sets and exceptional ease-of-use that will appeal to diehard road warriors and casual travelers alike."

The Sanyo Easy Street NVM-4070 (black) and NVM-4050 (dark charcoal gray) are now available in the U.S. at an MSRP of $499.99 and $399.99 respectively, their respective prices being well within the market limits for this brand of devices.

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