Navman Wireless has added truck-specific routing to the M-Nav 750, the latest incarnation of the Glenview, Ill., company’s handheld GPS unit for fleet users.
The 750 is Navman’s upgrade to its M-Nav 650 device. Besides truck-specific routing, new features for the 750 include a more durable outer casing and a larger touch screen — 4.3 inches, compared with 3.8 inches on the 650.
The 750 also has a “Driver ID” feature that can identify individual drivers and track their performance, Navman said.
Driver ID lays the foundation to collect automated hours of service data from the M-Nav 750, though no such capability exists yet, Navman said.
“Driver ID enables timecard reporting,” said Renaat Ver Eecke, vice president of Navman Wireless North America. “There is no HOS capability yet, but it is on our roadmap,”
Navman’s M-Nav 750 is only the third off-the-shelf handheld GPS unit to include truck routing as a standard feature. ALK Technologies, Princeton, N.J., released a handheld GPS unit in November that included truck routing. Garmin Ltd., Olathe, Kan., followed suit in March.
The Navman and Garmin units use maps, data, and truck-routing features provided by Navteq, Chicago. ALK uses its own maps and routing data for North American devices.
