October 6, 2007 6:00 AM PDT
7. Alpine IVA-W205
Editors' rating: 7.7
The good: The Alpine IVA-W205 makes use of an innovative design to combine portable and in-dash navigation with real-time traffic capabilities. Its intuitive digital audio navigation interface and advanced audio customization options make it an attractive standalone media playback device.
The bad: When used with the Blackbird PMD-B200, the IVA-W205 suffers from some minor usability glitches as the portable can be difficult to extract. Map quality is less than state-of-the-art.
The bottom line: The innovative in-dash Alpine IVA-W205 provides a decent range of media playback options, as well as a useful navigation service and a good Bluetooth calling interface when connected to Alpine's portable Blackbird GPS device.
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Price range: $718-$1,000
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