Australian and New Zealand golfers are about to be offered the latest in a portable navigation device which will give them access to up to 35000 pre-loaded courses world-wide. They’ll know not only how to play the course but how to get there.

On-Pin GPS and Expresso Satellite Navigation Ltd have released the AG50 device, which will feature automotive GPS plus golf and a fully-functional portable media player.

Jointly developed by Expresso and On-Pin, the AG50 will deliver an exciting array of features including:

• Navevo turn-by-turn directions on the road;
• Mapping by IGolf;
• portable media player;
• wide-mobile HD touch screen;
• dual stereo speakers;
• automatic portrait and landscape switching;
• dual SD card slots;
• articulating screen;
• 533MHZ Samsung processor; and
• Five-way easily adaptable mounting capabilities.

Expresso Satellite Navigation managing director Mike Aroney said the company was excited that the AG50 had created an entirely new category of portable navigation products. “We created a light pocket-sized device with numerous built-in mounting capabilities and a battery capacity of more than 500 miles (800 kilometres) of navigation.”

Responsible for the automotive navigation portion of the device, Navevo had contributed their award-winning easy to use GPS software allowing unrivalled features, combined with leading map database. Premium mapping is optional and can be downloaded for a small upgrade fee.

Mr Aroney said Expresso Satellite Navigation was the world’s first maker of portable GPS navigation devices created specifically for the “active lifestyle” consumer.

A spokesman for On-Pin GPS said all Australia and New Zealand courses would be pre-loaded. “If the consumer wants the 35,000 international courses, they can go to iGolf.”

The AG50 SD card also has the capacity to store 40 movies. The AG50 GPS, which was jointly developed by Expresso and On-Pin GPS, has been released to the Australian market and carries a price tag of $A299.