Alpine’s 2008 catalog is out in the wild and it looks like they’re releasing a couple of new GPS navigation systems in addition to their older Blackbird models.

The new models are PND-K3msn and PND-K3 and the difference amoung the two as you may have guessed is that one of them has support for MSN Direct and the other doesn’t. Here are the features:

• 4.3″ wide high resolution touch screen
• Pre-loaded maps of USA & Canada (including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands)
• Cradle with MSN Direct provides up-to-date traffic, weather, gas price info and movie showtimes
• Fast routing and map zooming
• 6 million POIs with selectable map icons
• Auto map zoom
• Multi-language menus and voice guide
• Customizable map and menu colors
• Animated menus
• Easy to use windshield and dashboard mount
• Built-in SD card slot and speaker for use with music player
• Announces street names during guidance
• Built-in Bluetooth for convenient hands-free calling

We do not yet know how much the new PND-K3 series will cost but we’ll be certain to visit their booth at CES 2008 to get some more information… (more…)

Original post by Dave Rubert