GPS news from Berlin

IFA, billed as the world’s largest consumer electronics show, is about to wrap up in Berlin. While I’m not there to report directly , I do have some odds and ends of GPS news related to the show:

• The Blaupunkt Travel Pilot 700, shown above, has an integrated video camera on the back, capturing live imagery of the road ahead. Navigation instructions are then superimposed on the imagery on the screen of the device. Drool-worthy? Yes. Destined for the U.S.? No; not yet anyway.Via Navigadget.
• The rumors about the TomTom GO x40 LIVE series with Google Local search were true. Once again though, only Europeans will see these devices in the short term; there has been no announcement about bringing them to the U.S.
• Trusted Reviews is reporting that the new Garmin nuvifone target date is April 2009, and that it will be distributed through a single carrier.
• Navigon is going to make lifetime traffic "standard on a wide range of its new products this fall." They haven’t said what this means for products purchased now, but they do say it will be included on entry-level models and across their entire product suite.