Uniden, known for being makers of high end radar detectors for many years, has entered the GPS navigation system game. Upping the ante on all of the other GPS and radar detectors out there, they are releasing the very first GPS and Radar detector combo in 2008. They haven’t released the details of its features yet, but the combination looks promising.

Personally, if this radar detector and GPS combo will show me where the speed traps are in addition to showing my destination, I will definitely be an early adopter. I have wanted a radar detector to do that for years. Uniden hasn’t said anything about including that feature, but we can hope.

The unit will be called a MapTrax GPS navigator, and the radar will be built in to the unit. It seems to have a decent sized screen, judging by the photos shown online, which is nice. I had rejected some of the others like the Garmin and the Tom Tom because they were so small.

Where can you see this beautiful new machine? At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and on store shelves sometime in 2008. Each unit is reported to be BlueTooth compatible, offer text to speech functionality, preloaded maps and 2GB of map memory, have a TFT LCD day/night screen, and the backbone NavTech system. Uniden is also claiming to have improved the windshield mounts currently on the market for better grip and no slip. Here is one of the proposed models:

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Entry was posted on Sunday, December 30th, 2007 at 9:08 pm under Navigation, Technology.

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