Pioneer annouces way cool in-dash navigation units |

Pioneer over the weekend announced new additions to its line up of AVIC-F advanced in-dash navigators. These new offerings, which join the AVIC-F500BT shown off at CES, are the AVIC-F700BT, AVIC-F900BT and Premier branded AVIC-F90BT. Pricing is set at $850, $1,100 and $1,200, respectively, and all units will be available in June.
Pioneer is describing these in-dash units as going “beyond navigation” by offering “enhanced navigation and entertainment features paired with sophisticated voice control.” While you may read that however you choose there is no doubt Pioneer has packed these units with a ton of features, including “Apple iPod connectivity, Bluetooth, MSN Direct, HD radio, XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio, single CD, DVD video playback and compressed audio and video playback through USB and SD memory devices.”
For the full details, check out the press release after the jump. These Pioneer units definitely look to be the cause of many wonderful distractions as you cruise down the open roads.








FunkWerk Americas is an outfit I’ve not heard of before but from the looks of the products at their Web site the company seems to be doing some pretty cool things with regards to mobile accessories and Bluetooth. It is taking the CTIA Wireless show this week to make some announcements about upcoming ventures.

Motorola unveiled this week a new mobile television which also offers navigation and other features. It is called the Mobile TV DH02 and there was no specific pricing or availability information announced as of yet.
Sony Europe is setting its sights on a new in-car CD tuner which offers multiple ways to listen to digital music. It is known as the Sony MEX-BT3600U – no pricing has been announced as of yet.
GPS maker TomTom earlier this week revealed some new GPS models outfitted with new routing technology which takes into account average speeds on a road when creating a route. These models – the Go 930 and Go 730 – will be available by the end of April.

