Hot on the heels of England posting
SAT NAV warning signs to help motorists rely less on their GPS and more on the read ahead of them comes Pioneer latest, are the firm is unleashing a UK-based
head unit that does a little navigatin' while holding down your multimedia demands. The AVIC-D3BT is a double-DIN unit that boasts a 6.1-inch touchscreen display,
Bluetooth for handsfree calling, and a slick "iBus" iPod interface that actually gives users an on-screen
scroll wheel to mimic the control scheme Pod users know so well. Additionally, it'll come bundled with
European maps, 12 million POIs, multicolor illumination to customize the glow, and will play nice with MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX and even DVD discs. Slated to hit British stores in mid-March, the AVIC-D3BT is listed at £1,300 ($2,538), but savvy shoppers should it a few hundred pounds cheaper if snooping around.
[Via
Pocket-Lint]
posted Feb 22nd 2007 5:29AM
Is it just me or does the product name say Debt in leet?
Uh, something is very incorrect about this. Look closely at the picture, even on the linked site, why would a UK product need XM NavTraffic?
Hurray, an article regarding the UK that doesn't display any of the normal ignorance or Americo-centric bigotry. Considering we are the US staunchest allies, it seems a shame that many seem to know so little about us.
sorry to break it to ya, but this is just the D3, not the D3BT.
and the retail for the us market is 1000.
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v3/pg/product/details/0,,2076_310069681_369264980,00.html
That has go to be one of the poorest written articles I have ever had the misfortune to read.
Words are missing, sentences don't make sense, words are written in singular when they should be plural.
The quality of the writing in the articles seems to have nose-dived recently.
You should be ashamed, proof-reading of a one paragraph article takes less than a minute and yet you call yourselves journalists.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Hear, hear!
(Sorry about the double post, but I forgot to reply)
"That has go to be one of the poorest written articles I have ever had the misfortune to read."
You really should read your posts before you send them...
7/10 try harder next time...
Uh, it makes perfect sense.
What variation of the English language do you speak? Considering it's talking about a British product it should be of no surprise that the article is written in British English.
Do they actually call themselves journalists? I thought this was a blog.
Hear, hear!
I wonder if Pioneer had to get permission to use a virtual looking click-wheel. Cool idea nonetheless.
great touch screen click wheel..... so there will be a million scratches in a small circle on the screen... hooray!
It's not "click wheel", just a touch screen. Volume knob is on the left. I finally can upgrade my car stereo with a Pioneer now that they added red lighting as a color choice.
"Uh, it makes perfect sense."
I hope for your sake you are joking.
Take a look at these bits and then tell me again that it's written in good English:
"[here] comes Pioneer latest, are the firm is unleashing a UK-based head unit that does a little navigatin' while holding down your multimedia demands."
"but savvy shoppers should it a few hundred pounds cheaper if snooping around."
It's careless and lazy, it's missing joining words all over the place among other things.
In such a popular, industry-leading world-read 'blog' there is really no excuse.
Your comment that this is 'British English' (I am British) is ridiculous. The basic rules of English still apply (regardless of 'variation')and this article fails on a number of them.
Eric @ Feb 22nd 2007 10:48AM
It's not "click wheel", just a touch screen.
exactly... thanks for reinforcing what I already stated....