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They may not have been the highlight of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/live-from-sony-ifa-2010-press-event/">Sony's IFA 2010 press conference</a>, but the company's new XNV head units deserve a place of their own, given they integrate full-blown <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/TomTom/">TomTom</a> GPS units and audio/video playback into their 7- and 6.1-inch WVGA touchscreens. Presently destined for Europe, the XNV-L77BT, XNV-770BT, XNV-L66BT and XNV-660BT will ship in November with TeleAtlas maps of 45 nations for a number of undisclosed prices, with each <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/sony-s-mex-bt5000-car-stereo-with-bluetooth/">sporting Bluetooth</a>, auxiliary and USB jacks, DivX playback and a DVD drive. The presumably-more-expensive "L" models also come with the usual array of traffic and weather alerts plus a Google-powered local search function, and all four decks sport a music recommendation engine that reportedly changes track based on your mood... though how the system measures your emotional attentions, we're not quite sure, and hope to find out soon. Press release after the break.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Sony's head units Xplod into the infotainment scene with TomTom GPS on in-dash screens</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/">Sony's head units Xplod into the infotainment scene with TomTom GPS on in-dash screens</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:38:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19617005/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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They may not have been the highlight of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/live-from-sony-ifa-2010-press-event/">Sony's IFA 2010 press conference</a>, but the company's new XNV head units deserve a place of their own, given they integrate full-blown <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/TomTom/">TomTom</a> GPS units and audio/video playback into their 7- and 6.1-inch WVGA touchscreens. Presently destined for Europe, the XNV-L77BT, XNV-770BT, XNV-L66BT and XNV-660BT will ship in November with TeleAtlas maps of 45 nations for a number of undisclosed prices, with each <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/sony-s-mex-bt5000-car-stereo-with-bluetooth/">sporting Bluetooth</a>, auxiliary and USB jacks, DivX playback and a DVD drive. The presumably-more-expensive "L" models also come with the usual array of traffic and weather alerts plus a Google-powered local search function, and all four decks sport a music recommendation engine that reportedly changes track based on your mood... though how the system measures your emotional attentions, we're not quite sure, and hope to find out soon. Press release after the break.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Sony's head units Xplod into the infotainment scene with TomTom GPS on in-dash screens</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/">Sony's head units Xplod into the infotainment scene with TomTom GPS on in-dash screens</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:38:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19617005/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/sonys-head-units-xplod-into-the-infotainment-scene-with-tomtom/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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