Insignia’s NS-CNV10 GPS, the second connected GPS device to hit the United States after the Dash Express, has been reviewed by the fine folks at GPSLodge and, well, it doesn’t quite live up to the excitement. First of all, $399 for a GPS device, connected or not, is far from mainstream and should you have to return it to its carrier Best Buy you’ll be paying a 15% re-stocking fee.
Featuring a 3.5-inch display, sad 2 hour battery life, SD card slot, USB power connection and of course a SIM card slot, the CNV10 offers the interface usability of a Garmin PND combined with the rough look of a Window CE display. Obviously then I don’t need to tell you the unit runs on the Windows CE platform. Its integration with Google Maps is quick and precise, but using Google Search for local POIs seems to result in a lot of misses, although the Gas Buddy Fuel Price Search seems to be a little more effective for finding the cheapest local gas provider.
Navigation looked to be precise and on time for turn-by-turn directions, but the text-to-speech engine looks pretty basic and the computer simulated voice sounds far from human. We’re still really interesting in knowing whether deCarta provides the Connected Navigation Engine (CNav) for the NS-CNV10 and while deCarta never did confirm it’s the only connected device that’s been released in the US lately and GPSLodge feels the features seem to confirm the rumor.
The verdict? The interface sucks, but overall it’s a ‘good’, but steeply priced device.
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