Garmin prepares new Nüvi launch

Not much is known yet, and Garmin refrains from commenting on the subject for the moment, but take it from us that they will release a couple of new PND's to the market pretty soon. The new series in question will be the completely new 600-series in the Nüvi range.

Based on a first photo which we were able to lay our hands on, the unit in question will be called the Nüvi 660. We also expect a Nüvi 610.

4 inch

Most important novelty compared to the current generation of Nüvi PND's is the use of a 4 inch (480 x 272 pixels) screen. Of course this will make the device a bit more wide: 12,4 cm as opposed to 9,8 cm now. The height (7,4 cm) and depth (2,3 cm) will more or less remain the same as with the current Nüvi's. Based on the info we've created an Artist Impression of what we think the new Nüvi will look like. You can click on this image on the bottom of this newspost for a larger view.

Other specifications we were able to find out about the new unit are it's weight of 164 grams, the size of it's internal memory (700 MB) and the fact that it will ship standard with an integrated FM Transmitter and TMC receiver.

Price are of course still a big question mark, but in the United States the most commonly whispered price is a bit less than $ 1.000,-. Which wouldn't be all that bad a price, considering the still very recent Nüvi 360 sells for $ 890,- over there.