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Many new and exciting GPS units will be making debuts at CES, all of which have cool new features. Raytel, is the American partner of the German company German Funkwerk. Now, one of the great features of the EGO Drive is that it comes with this remote controller knob which enables you to keep your eyes on the road, and in turn hopefully prevent accidents.

Additionally, the EGO Drive comes with 3D maps, Bluetooth for hands free calling, and a nice 4.3-inch touch screen display - with a stylus. A cool feature is the on board text-to-speech interface, which can read your text messages out loud for you. It even comes with a light sensor, which will automatically adjust the brightness of the screen to make sure you can always see it. Furthermore, it comes with an unspecified amount of internal memory, and it supports SD memory expansion up to 2GB.

Picture: EGO Drive

Finally, there are many features offered with Bluetooth:

• Voice recognition (speech-to-text, no training required).
• Complies with all hands-free laws.
• Integrates and mutes car’s stereo system.
• Supports all Bluetooth mobile phone voice commands.
• DSP technology for noise and echo suppression.
• Reads out text messages (SMS text-to-speech).
• Shows text and picture messages (SMS and MMS).
• Accommodates up to 10 different user profiles.
• Audio streaming (A2DP and AVRCP).

Unfortunately, no word on pricing or availability at this time.

Via [NaviGadget]