Clarion to introduce GPS-equipped MiND, acronym guidebook lands another

Really, Clarion? You couldn't find it in your heart to just settle on UMPC or MID? Instead, what we've got is yet another combination of letters that really means nothing at all -- the MiND (Mobile internet and Navigation Device) is little more than a rather awkwardly-shaped UMPC with built-in GPS, which by our estimation, doesn't deem it worthy of its own moniker. All angst aside, the Linux-based machine will reportedly roll out in America later this year (and Europe the next), and while the standard version will come equipped with Bluetooth and WiFi, a premium iteration should be available with WWAN. Word from the Computex floor pegs the starting price at around $700.

[Via SlashGear]

[gad get @ Jun 6th 2008 10:04AM]

Not half-bad for a thoroughly unneeded and unwanted additional acronym.

[Greg Baz @ Jun 6th 2008 10:05AM]

way to expensive

[bohsocks @ Jun 6th 2008 10:06AM]

way to spell

[gad get @ Jun 6th 2008 10:07AM]

way to punctuate

[gad get @ Jun 6th 2008 10:09AM]

way to nearest Pizza Hut

[phanbouy @ Jun 6th 2008 1:25PM]

WAY TO GO

[bohsocks @ Jun 6th 2008 10:12AM]

way to piggyback zong by zing

[Frank @ Jun 6th 2008 10:18AM]

were there another way to make it more childish?
if you ask me it looks like a crossover between Nintendo DS and one of those toys parents buy to their children to make them learn how to use a PC...LOL!
http://www.webtlk.com

[hopenglish @ Jun 6th 2008 10:30AM]

Oh, you mean like those "Speak... like a Devil" devices.

I spell great. I talk like a freak.

A E I O U... I want to kill you.

"Mom, something's wrong with my voice..."

[Bondtastic @ Jun 6th 2008 10:25AM]

I call shenanigans! Just because you can't figure out some way to actually make your product stand out of the crowd through hardware or software ingenuity does NOT give you the right to come up with a stupid acronym!