I could name a bunch of GPS manufacturers out there trying to bring real life images to their GPS systems. Why do that? Well wouldn’t you like to see the actual street your driving on right there on the device’s screen while a robotic voice advises you to take the first curve to your right?

Blaupunkt is one of them and they have two Travel Pilot ingenious models, the 500 and the 700 which will deliver that exact experience to you. See all the streets live and get the updated travel information. How is that possible? The Travel Pilot systems have a video camera on the back that captures real time video of the current view. Information is then added over the live image. Quite a nice trick. But does it work smoothly?

Blaupunkt says it does. The GPS will also monitor speed signs and alert you whenever you’re going over. Well that’s going to be annoying very useful.

Both the 500 and 700 models have video navigation and interactive voice controls. There’s Bluetooth, DVB-T digital TV, live traffic reports and media player functions. The 700 has Internet access and unconfirmed WiFi support, email and VoIP client if you need it. The internal memory is 8GB and should be more than enough for both units.