Today Nokia announced the introduction of its first dedicated in-car personal navigation device called the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation. The 500 utilizes Nokia Maps to provide turn-by-turn, spoken directions, integrated hands free Bluetooth calling and the ability to listen and view multimedia.

The navigation software provides spoken directions which can be enhanced through an on-board FM transmitter and sent through your car stereo. The directions also include the spoken street and city names and the system can identifying points of interest along your route.

These points of interest can then be called directly through your Bluetooth-enabled phone connected to the 500 Auto Navigation, or you can get directions to addresses stored in your phones contacts. The GPS device also has a Traffic Message Channel service which provides a real-time overlay of traffic upcoming on your route and can help you re-route to avoid traffic jams.

It also supports playing music, watching video and viewing pictures which can help with long trips or times when you still somehow end up stuck in traffic. The sound from media can also be played through your car stereo via the FM transmitter.

Nokia says the 500 Auto Navigation will initially be available in Europe for 300 Euros ($408) this fall and will be expanding to other markets after the launch, which will likely include the US.

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