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Since

navigators have almost completely merged with the tablet, then their characteristics more similar to the description of “tablets”. With one exception (rather indispensable item in the description) – the presence of detailed maps of the area where the device is sold. As a minimum.

fact, without this navigator and would not be who he is. Even with an abundance of features. Of course, the industry has long been moving further: we recently had the honor to tell you about the GPS-navigator, combined with DVR Explay Onliner 1, and it is a completely different device classes. But today the guest of our program is the usual navigation functions with an entry-level tablet, the hallmark of which is including and small screen size – five inches.

Explay SLK5

Less – Is More

it good or bad? It depends on how you look. On the big screen and can see everything better, but it takes place and more. A small screen will not be very obscure visibility windshield, but people with low vision will have to increase the scale of the displayed map. A large screen (seven inches and above), however, relieve the load to the eye, but is, accordingly, a little more space and visibility. On the other hand, high resolution small screen enhances the clarity of the displayed image.

type screen with a simple SLK5 (TN-matrix), but with a WVGA-resolution 800×480 – which is sufficient for five-inch navigator, even such a permit (low by the standards of tablets and smartphones fabletov) will help more precise control and a clearer picture display . Such authorization, by the way, is really quite comparable with smartphones budget price segment. Of course, we can say that the resolution of the screen – not the most important indicator of GPS-navigator, but, you see, with high values ??of this parameter, life on the road is much more pleasant.

Specifications Explay SLK5

Model
GPS-navigator	Explay SLK5
reference system
OS	Android 4.0
Processor	Cortex-A8 BOXCHIP A13 1GHz
Graphics Processing Unit	Mali MP400
RAM	512 MB
Internal memory	4GB
Memory Cards	microSD up to 32 GB
wireless communication standards
Wi-Fi	yes, the standards a / b / g / n
3G	Yes, support external modems
Screen
Specification	5 “TFT touch
Resolution	480×800
Navigation
Maps	card iGO Primo Russia, complete with high-grade pedestrian and bicycle navigation
Extras	ability to install maps of Europe through Naviextras
Mediafunktsii
Video formats	MKV, AVI, WMV, RMVB, RM, MOV, FLV, MP4
Audioformats	WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, AAC, AC3
Image formats	JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Text Formats	TXT
Power
Battery	2000mAh
Navigation time	to 4:00
Interfaces
USB	2.0
Dimensions
size	134.9×86.9×12.6 mm
Weight	190 g

Before we move on to the story about the specifications must be noted that these modest parameters can not be approached with the criteria for tablets, despite the great similarity of the two segments . That is formally SLK5 can be called extra-tablet (if you count the “average” some quad unit with HD-TV), but it’s still a navigator, as we remember and ask.

Externally

GPS-navigator Explay SLK7 looks quite modest, it comes in white or black housing version, and it can be described by the word “box” without any particularly outstanding design refinements. That is itself easy to hang on the glass and do not attract too much attention.

Basic controls are concentrated on the left side, where we see the slot mini-USB, an open slot for microSD-cards, the headphone jack of a mini-jack and a pair of LEDs. The speakers are located below the power button – top, ducts, and a reset button located on the back end.

Options SLK7 necessary and sufficient: in a simple cardboard box we find the user manual, car charger, car holder is the same, USB and OTG-cable and car charger. Charger from the normal supply is lost, but thanks to the standard parameters can be used to charge the phone.

Speck

way, that’s the name – SLK – also an allusion to the automotive topics. If another navigator of the brand that we have overlooked previously, Explay GTI 7, drew parallels with racing or rally-raids its name, the SLK – it is something more solid, as is the name of one of the classes of cars Mercedes-Benz. More specifically, it is a class of small roadsters that can also be attributed to the subject gadget, describing it with the words “small and fast”: his heart is a processor core with Boxchip A13 Cortex A8, running at a clock frequency of 1 GHz. This is complemented by the RAM of 512 MB. At first it may seem that it is not enough, however, recall that it is still on the car navigator, not the tablet, and for the Navigator features such very good. Because it really is a great power (for now, at least) for these devices are not required. And gigahertz “stone” so far is more than enough.

Explay SLK5 available in two body colors

device has internal memory of 4 GB, which is, and so is more than enough, but it can be increased by another 32 GB through a slot for microSD. Of course, this is not 64 GB that you see in modern handheld gadgets today – but, again, not with the tablet, we are dealing with, and with the navigator. Why is this memory? Well, in addition to new maps, which you can download, you can use it to store all kinds of information, such as music.

And even as a navigator SLK5 already boasts its own G-sensor that monitors and changes its position in space (so that it can be positioned horizontally or vertically – as anyone who is more convenient).

But that’s not all: additional features also speak to the larger kinship with tablets. In particular, a module devaysa Wi-Fi 802.11 (b / g / n) and the ability to work with external devices, such as 3G-modems. But with other distant relatives – MP3-player – SLK5 unites FM-transmitter, which allows you to transfer data from the browser to the FM-player car on one of the VHF frequency range. That’s it for this, and it will be convenient to use the additional gigabytes of memory card. As for the battery, you can not call something as important in the browser, as in “pill”. Mainly because this class of devices is powered mainly from car. But even this “unimportant” item already yielded 4 hours of battery life in SLK5 in navigation mode (with the capacity of 2000 mAh) – before, as we have enough battery navigators, at best, a couple of hours. But this is not related with even greater coalescence with the segment of tablets, but rather with the opening of new horizons.

New Horizons

In this case, we are referring to the software component. First, it is the OS Google Android 4.0 ICS, and secondly – the very thing for the main navigator – built-in maps iGO-Primo c map of Russia and pedestrian and bicycle navigation. It is from this point of view, increased battery life seems quite reasonable, as well as the small screen size: fix the navigator on the handlebars and go, checking the map, much more interesting than just.

Interface Explay SLK5 traditionally on the side of

Interface

Since

navigators – and if more specific, SLK5, – more like a tablet, then the interface devaysa already quite well, “tablet”. We see the standard Android desktop with icons for major applications, including Yandex: tapom can start navigating the appropriate icon iGo, which is almost right in the middle of the desktop. Conveniently, there was placed and FM-transmitter. Lock screen contains a “wheel” with three customizable icons (for easy access there can be placed just navigator and transmitter).

application is actually very small, limited exclusively to all necessary programs, but no one is stopping you to put what you need – the operating system allows. However, if you turn the navigator to the plate, it is easier to buy an ordinary tablet.

Almost

tablet

is what you get in a fairly typical for such devices (in the sense, GPS-navigator) price of 3999 rubles. In this price range is the lion’s share of navigators in the Russian market, but Explay SLK5 features for high resolution five-inch screen, larger than its competitors runtime module, Wi-Fi, which gives the ability to download maps and music directly to the device memory, G-sensor , FM-transmitter and OS Android 4.0. In general, a large list of differences.

interface cards look very friendly

In fact, we are dealing with a “sharpened” to navigate the entry-level tablet. But for 4000 rubles you get a very average tablet (not to mention about the Chinese), while the navigator – more than good.

Here is such a paradox.

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