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Mio P520G netbook with GPS

Oct 9, 2009 gps navigation, mio, umpc

You know how Mio likes to embed GPS receivers in their netbooks such as with Mio Litepad N890. Well they’re continuing the tradition with this new Mio P520G netbook.

Mio P520G netbook comes with a SIM card slot right under the battery so you’ve also got the 3G modem as an option.

Here are some more specs on P520G:

• Integrated GPS receiver
• Intel Atom N270 CPU @1.6GHz
• 1GB DDR2 RAM
• WiFi
• LCD 8.9″ WSVGA resolution (1024×600 pixels)
• 3G (optional)
• Bluetooth
• Webcam
• 3-cell battery

We don’t know when Mio netbooks are going to come to the States side but we can’t wait. We’ll be sure to let you know…

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Mio Moov M300 and M400 now in States

Sep 19, 2009 gps navigation, mio

The two relatively new GPS navigation systems from Mio, M300 and M400, we announced back in July for the European market was just announced for the U.S. market today. As you’ll below the specs are pretty much identical to what the Europeans are getting but obviously we’re getting the maps for all 50 US States and Puerto Rico. The features of M300 and M400 include text-to-speech, lane guidance, and 4 million POIs. M300 will have a 3.5″ screen and cost $120, and M400 will have a 4.3″ and cost $150.

With these prices you really don’t have much to lose. The new Mio’s will be available starting this month.

Here are the specs for Moov M300 and M400:

Mio V505 TV

Aug 19, 2009 gps navigation, mio

This is the latest from Mio. It is actually called Mio Navman Spirit V505 TV. As you may have already caught on, one of the most advanced features of the Mio V505 TV is that it comes with a digital TV receiver. What this means is that you’ll be able to watch digitally broadcast channels on the go.

Another features of the V505 TV is that if you connect it to your PC you’ll have the ability to plan your trips on Google Maps, and even sync your already geotagged pictures.

V505 is great but currently it is only offered in the U.K. No word on if it’ll ever come out here in the U.S. We doubt it though. Do not expect any similar things in the U.S. until digital TV is big here.

Mio Moov M300 and M400

Jul 28, 2009 gps navigation, mio

After its recent sat nav systems such as Spirit Moov series Mio just announced two new GPS navigation systems: Moov M300 and M400.

M300 is the smaller of the two and offers a 3.5″ screen with 320×240 pixels resolution. The numbers are 4.3 inches and a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels for the M400.

The M300 incorporates a map of France and is currently marketed at a price of 99 €. The M400 incorporates maps from 23 countries of Western Europe and is available at a price of 149 €.

Both come preloaded with speed radar locations and 1 year worth of free upgrades. Beyond that, it is € 30 per year for France.

The M300 and M400 also come with “local” Mio which lets you search for addresses, including restaurants and shops, from your PC with the Yellow Pages and load them directly into your GPS.

The M400 also offers the NavPix photo navigation: with its integrated photo album, you can view photos of tourist sites, beaches, hotels and restaurants and then be guided directly to the chosen location. You can also retrieve for free from sites NavPix and Flickr, offering more than one million geotagged photographs.

Also worth mentioning is that the M300 and M400 do not have the latest software – Moov Spirit – that is available on the Spirit Moov 300, 500, HF 500 and Moov Spirit V505 and V735 TV TV.

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Mio Moov V700

Jun 8, 2009 gps navigation, mio

Mio Moov V700 is the big brother of Mio Moov V500 we just mentioned. Instead of a 4.7″ screen Mio Moov V700 offers a huge 7″ screen. You’ve still got the digital TV receiver, microSD card slot, Spirit user interface, text-to-speech, and the other usual features.

Here are the specs:

Both Mio Moov V500 and V700 are expected to be available in third of quarter of 2009.

Mio Moov V500

Jun 8, 2009 gps navigation, mio

Mio Moov V500 has just been showcased at Computex 2009 in Taipei. Moov V series differ from S series with the addition of digital TV receptor. It still has the Spirit GPS navigation interface and offers pretty much the same set of features.

Mio Moov V500 has a 4.7″ screen, runs on a SiRFprima processor buzzing at 600MHz and even has a microSD card slot.

For extra POI content Moov V-series users can take advantage of the Google Map “Send-to-GPS” service. Users can search for a business, a POI or an address in Google Maps and send the information directly to their devices for navigating. By clicking the “Send to” link within the Google Map page, users can download the search results to MioMore Desktop 2, the software application for Mio GPS devices, to save it to “My Place” for route planning or map viewing. MioMore Desktop 2 also allows users to download free geo-encoded photos from Flickr and then transfer them for navigation.

Mio Litepad N890

Jun 5, 2009 gps navigation, mio, umpc

Mio has jumped into to the netbook market with two great looking netbooks. The N890 and the N1210. Mio Litepad N890 is of more interest to us because that’s the one with GPS.

Mio Litepad N890 has an 8.9″ display and offers 3.5G broadband and WiFi, comes with GPS receiver and MioMaps, and even rotation sensor to help you read stuff in portrait mode.

Here is the thing, we’re glad to see a company specializing GPS navigation systems to include a GPS receiver in their first netbook attempt. Can’t wait to see the price when it comes out. $400 maybe?

Mio Explora K85

Jun 5, 2009 gps navigation, mio, phones

Yes, we just talked about K75, but also on display at Computex 2009 in Taipei was the Mio Explora K85. Very little is known about the Mio Explora K85 so far.

But here are some specs we do know. It will come with a bigger 3.6″ touch screen with 480×800 resolution, a 5MP camera, and a front facing camera for video conferencing and such…

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Mio Explora K75 GPS phone

Jun 4, 2009 gps navigation, mio, phones

If you remember we had talked about the Mio Explora K70 a while back. Well, times have changed, and now we also have the Mio Explora K75 GPS phone.

K75 will be the first smart phone from the company to include their new Spirit GPS navigation software, and when combined with its 3.5″ screen, it sure will replace your stand alone GPS navigation system.

Mio Explora K75 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, includes Wi-Fi, quad band GSM and 3.5G network support, bluetooth, 3MP camera, and even Office Mobile.

Also of interest is that Mio Explora K75 just got the Best Choice Award at the Computex Taipei 2009.

There’s no announcement on pricing or availability just yet. Here are some more Explora K75 specs:

• Size: 4.5″x2.4″x0.6″
• Weight:115g
• CPU: Qualcomm MSM7201A 528Mhz
• GPS: Qualcomm gpsOne
• Display: 3.5″ 400×240 WQVGA
• MicroSD card slot
• Secondary camera: VGA CMOS
• Rotation sensor

Magellan Maestro 4700

May 23, 2009 gps navigation, magellan, mio

Magellan, which was recently acquired by Mio is about add a new system to their Maestro series called Magellan Maestro 4700. More than likely the device will feature a 4.7″ touch screen, have live traffic update, bluetooth connectivity, text-to-speech, FM-transmitter and maybe even more. We have very few details right now so you’re going to have to wait until it is put up on the Magellan Maestro site… via