Looks like Westerners are on the losing end again, with the iNavi G1 coming with everything but the kitchen sink. Not only does it look easy on the eye, the iNavi G1 comes with GPS navigation capability, rendering maps in 3D including the buildings, night sky, and mountains in the background. A geomagnetic sensor steps in whenever GPS signals are weak or nonexistent. Entertainment options include a DMB receiver, Picture-in-Picture capability, and support for a wide range of audio and video formats. The lack of a hard drive is compensated with an SD memory card slot and a USB port. Just when you think those are more than enough to keep you occupied (and happy), the iNavi G1 is also equipped with a karaoke machine - truly making this one of its kind in the world.

The Quickcam Pro for notebooks contains an optic and a hardware equivalent to its sibling: the Quickcam Pro 9000. Its mounting system is different because users can clip it on the top of their laptop’s display, although I wonder how this is going to work with relatively thin displays like the one on my Vaio SZ? Full review coming soon…

Just like the Quickcam Pro 9000, the image quality is very good and you’ll be able to have fun with Logitech’s famous video effects, including 3D avatars that tracks your facial movement. It ships in July.

At this week’s “Sneak Peek” event, Logitech unveiled 2 high-definition (HD) Web cameras: one for desktops (the QuickCam 9000) and one for laptops (QuickCam Pro for notebooks). Both at about $100 each.

Both Web cameras will ship in July and embody:

- a Carl Zeiss lens/optics (under an exclusive agreement);

- a super silent autofocus system;

- a 2 mega-pixels sensor that can capture an 8 megapixels photo using software interpolation;

- support for 720p HD video format at a resolution of 960×720;

- Logitech’s RightSound technology that now adds background noise cancellation in addition of echo cancellation;
- and the fun Video Effects software that now includes 10 “fun filters”, in addition of 3D avatars and face
accessories that mimic actual facial expressions and motions!

Watch the video presentation on UberPulse.