In an announcement today in Japan Sony reveal that it's [JP] the “nav-u NV-U35″, is more than just a portable navigation system. This device can be use as a music or video player. It is packed with a 8GB of internal flash memory, a 3.5-inch LCD screen with QVGA (320×240) resolution. It also supports video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (Baseline Profile), MPEG-4 (Simple Profile) and WMV (VC-1 Main/Simple Profile) formats.
You also have options to listen to music in numerous formats MP3, AAC, WMA, ATRAC, HE-AAC and linear PCM. While the NVU35 has an array of pictures as JPEGs.Consumers can also get a 1W mono speaker, a USB port and a Memory Stick Duo slot.
The device is water-resistant (IPX 5), comes equipped with a powerful navigation software (that’s only useful within Japan though), features Sony Blu-ray recorder connectivity and after a full charge has a battery life of about 4 hours.
Sized at 112×17.8×79mm, the NV-U35 weighs just 176g. As for now this device will only be on sale in Japan on March 13 for $410.Unfortunately for the rest of us Sony hasn’t said anything yet about international sales, but does offer those navigation systems outside Japan, too (
this one, for example), which means a release in the US is possible.
