New Goodyear GPS: Includes GY130 and GY440
Filed under: Electronics, GPS | By: Mark
Posted on: November 19, 2008 | 3 Comments
NCC has just released new details of their brand new Goodyear GPS models, there are five of them to be exact and must admit they look pretty good. Three of them will be released this side of Christmas with a price range of $179.99 to $499.99.
The new entry-level and cheapest GPS is the 3.5-inch GY130 with 3 million Points of Interest which will cost $179.99 and the most expensive at $499.99 is the 4.3-inch widescreen GY440 featuring 14 million Points of Interest, Bluetooth Hands-Free Communication, custom POIs, Microsoft Outlook Contact Sync, MP3/Music Playback with auto pause/resume, Remote Control, MSN Direct Receiver, the GY440 model will be available March 2009.
The other models include the 3.5-inch GY135 with Text-To-Speech and 3 million Points of Interest for $189.99. Then there is the 4.3-inch Widescreen GY145 featuring Text-To-Speech and 3 million Points of Interest costing $249.99, plus there is the 4.3-inch Widescreen GY340 featuring 14 million Points of Interest, Bluetooth Hands-Free Communication, MP3/Music Playback with auto pause/resume, Remote Control, Microsoft Outlook Contact Sync, custom POIs, MSN Direct (optional) costing $349.99 (this model will be available March 2009).
All 5 models come with touchscreens, SiRF GPS receiver, Instant Rerouting and turn-by-turn spoken directions plus 3D view. Please visit Engadget for the photo gallery.
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Regarding the Goodyear GPS units - yeah, I agree that they looked pretty good. So I bought one just before Xmas - model #GY145C. Have you tried using one of these yet? They are, in my opinion, crap. The Points of Interest function is extremely limited, except for telling you where every tire dealer in the world is located. For example, it did not recognize, and therefore could not locate, any Best Buy locations in the US and Canada. I searched for nearby shopping, and I got several tire dealers nearby, and my local university’s bookstore was #2 on the shopping list. Also, it often cannot recognize a signal so the unit has to route from the “last known location”. I have good reason to support Goodyear and buy their units, but unfortunately, have to be wise with my money and return this for a refund. I’ll be purchasing a Garmin unit which I have had more success with.
I just got the very last goodyear GY130 at HEB plus, our local grocery store for 45 bucks! yay for after christmas markdowns, I absolutely love it, its better than my husbands 160 dollar unit. Great points of interest, shopping, restaraunts, all you need. Its simple, easy to use. I live in a rural area and it recognizes every dirt road back in the “boonies” as all my friends call it. Easy setup too, no computer required. It gets me exactly where I need to go, quickly. I cant wait for my next road trip, this thing will definitely be useful.
I purchased the goodyear gps for truckers. It is an awful waste of $500. It has extremely poor routing, refuses to use certain highways, and if you take a different route than it plans for you, it will try for 2 hours to get you to make a u turn (even on a two lane road), and frequently just turns itself off forno known reason. Thefirst one I got I thought was defective so exchanged it, the second one was no improvement. Now, three months after wasting my money on the goodyear, I have purchased the Rand-McNalley TND-500 Trucker GPS and am getting the functionality I wanted in a GPS.