DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w and PN-60 GPS Receivers

by Sze | Filed under GPS

DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w GPS Receiver with SPOT Satellite Communicator

DeLorme showcased two new PN-series GPS receivers, the Earthmate PN-60w and the Earthmate PN-60, at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show. These two devices share many of the features except the PN-60w comes with SPOT Satellite Communicator, making it the fist handheld GPS with Type and Send outbound text satellite messaging.

Delorme Earthmate PN-60 GPS Receiver

Both devices include GPX file support for flexibility in managing and saving waypoint, geocache, and track files; an elevation profile tool that pinpoints user location; new power management, and 3.5GB internal memory for storing maps and aerial imagery. The PN-60w and PN-60 are equipped with 32-channel GPS chipset, a color display, dual-core processor and are pre-loaded with DeLorme Topo North America GPS maps. They are ruggedized, waterproof (IPX-7), WAAS-enabled.

Thanks to the SPOT Satellite Communicator, PN-60w can send text messages to recipients’ cell phones and email addresses, and to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter..etc, even it is beyond cellphone range. The PN-60w is available for pre-order at Amazon while the PN-60 is available for $362.08.