Navman

The company struggled to turn a profit, and a mass exodus of senior management staff ensued.

[1] The Navman Marine division, which designs and manufactures fish finders, sonar, VHF radios, autopilots, and sailing instruments, was sold by Brunswick to the Norwegian company Navico in April 2007.

The Navman PND (Portable Navigation Device) division was sold to MiTAC in the first half of 2007.

[citation needed]Though market pressures and cutbacks meant, as of 2015, the now Taiwanese-owned company has just two staff in New Zealand, with operations now transferred to an Australian affiliate.

[citation needed] Navman Wireless was a global GPS-based technology and SaaS provider dedicated to developing better ways to capture and apply location, behavior, and diagnostic data from assets and people in real-time to pursue informed, intelligent, and profitable decisions.

A leading designer and manufacturer of the Jupiter branded GPS modules, Navman Wireless OEM Solutions provides GPS modules, tracking devices and messaging terminals to thousands of companies worldwide for integration into their products and solutions.

Its products are also compatible with OEM Data Deliveries Fuel Monitoring and Distribution control systems for heavy equipment.

[4] As well as the UI changes, a number of new features were introduced such as 3D junction views, 3D landmarks, and advanced lane guidance.

SmartST v7 (with MapCore 1.50) The UI has changed, with a significant simplification of the main menu, and the removal of the "dockable windows" concept.

Key features of the F15: 3.5" Touch Screen, New UI based on the MioMaps GPS software by MiTAC owned Mio Technology, Maps of US and Puerto Rico, SiRFInstantFixII, and preloaded POIs.

Based on the existing F20 unit, these new models were bundled with a variety of external modules to add new features out of the box.

Replacing the iCN 300 series, the F20 is small, fully touch screen and includes the nearest petrol and parking buttons.

The F20 was essentially Navman's volume product, selling in great quantities, especially during the Christmas 2006 period.

The 550 introduced Navman’s unique nearest petrol and parking buttons, worldwide maps and real-time traffic updates.

The 300 Series is Navman’s original range of basic, in-car satellite navigation units.

NavPix was developed to offer users an alternative way to navigate, by selecting an image rather than entering an address or post code.

These images can be selected on the compatible Navman as an alternative way to define a destination or waypoint when planning a route.

The latest Navman sat nav, the S90i offers a 2.0 MegaPixel camera for taking NavPix.

The original core technology and product research and development centre that was Navman remains today intact in the Auckland, New Zealand operation.

Navman F20
GPS receiver module made by Navman's OEM division.