Kenwood maps a new direction

3D sat-nav maps are all well and good but 3D maps with buildings and lane markings? Now that’s impressive. Kenwood’s the company that’s managed it, if the screenshots from its latest Far East head units are anything to go by anyway.Our Japanese isn’t too hot but the release put out by the company in Japan definitely shows the trick being pulled-off on the streets of Tokyo. Other details garnered are that the all-in-one entertainment devices have 7in displays, play MP3s and spin DVDs.The two models detailed both have 40GB hard drives with the top-end 990 getting a TV tuner. Now if we can just load up the maps from The Getaway PS3, we’d have the ultimate London sat nav.

Kenwood HDV-790, HDV-990 Price: £TBA On sale: TBA Contact: Kenwood Related stories: NavPix does your Christmas shopping AA guides itself onto PDAs

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home