Nextar, a designer and marketer of bold and new consumer electronic products with mass appeal, is offering updated maps for many of its popular GPS navigational units. Available on an SD card, information includes the most current maps for all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada as well as updated routes and 1.6-million points of interest. Its text-to-speech function provides directions in either English, Spanish, or French.

Installing the updated maps does not require a computer or internet connection. Users simply insert the SD card into the unit’s SD slot then download the card’s contents. Updated maps are available for the following Nextar GPS devices:

3.5" M3 Portable Navigation Series

Models accepting the new map upgrades are the M3, M3-02 and M3-06. Common features for the M3 Series devices include:

3.5" touch-screen display, maps of the 50 US states from NAVTEQ, text to speech, voice-guided directions; turn-by-turn voice prompts, instant route recalculation, 1.6 million points of interest, built-in speaker, 2D or 3D map viewing modes, day and night modes, MP3 playing & JPEG viewing and more.

4.3" Q4 Portable Navigation Series

The most popular members of the Q4 family including the Q4, Q4-01, Q4-03 and Q4-04 now have map upgrades available. Common features for the Q4 navigation units include:

4.3" touch-screen display, maps of the 50 US states and Puerto Rico from NAVTEQ, text to speech, voice-guided directions; turn-by-turn voice prompts, instant route recalculation, address book, 1.6 million points of interest, built-in speaker, 2D or 3D map viewing modes, day and night modes, MP3 playing & JPEG viewing and more.

For more information please visit www.nextar.com