We haven't heard from
Clarion since June, and as fate would have it, it was then when the company told us to expect a
GPS-equipped MiND in the foreseeable future. Fast forward a few months, and here we have the formal (re)introduction of the ClarionMiND. Definitely dubbed a
MID, this Atom-powered handheld is currently scheduled for release in US / Canada this November, while Europeans will have to wait until January 2009. Outside of the oh-so-fresh CPU, you'll find a 4.8-inch (800 x 480 resolution) display, 512MB of RAM, a 4GB SSD, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, a SiRFstarIII GPS module and a rechargeable Li-ion good for two hours (four hours with the optional extended cell). You'll also get a pair of USB 2.0 ports, a microSD card slot and optional real-time traffic support. The just described "standard" model will demand $649.99; the way-more-delicious Premium version doesn't yet have a price, but it should be out next Spring with integrated 3G.
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posted Sep 27th 2008 8:45AM
Interesting
But can it play crysis?
The low rank button is the red one in the top left corner, go ahead push it.
Strange, that looks like a dark gray original gameboy, not a low rank button. And it doesn't low rank you when I push it. Dang it.
You tricked me into closing my Mac OS X window!
FUGLY
If MIDs are supposed to be affordable, etc, why are they so goddamn expensive? $649.99?
For that price you might as well go get a (crap)top from Best Buy or something that has better specs.
Whoever said that MIDs are affordable - they lied.
Dammit I was hoping for a decent car stereo. Like one that has a high rez display, doesn't look like crap, where the UI doesn't look like it's from 1987, and that can do iPods without breaking the bank. I was shopping for such a product recently and found that car stereo makers are still struggling to provide a decent iPod interface. Most are simply garbage, whereas others are so-so. The best ones are still fugly and cost $1000.
Instead, we got more evidence as to why that is so.
Quote: "ClarionMiND also is equipped with a user interface that automatically locks pre-selected functions when the vehicle is in motion". Translation: "We couldn't figure out how to make it easy enough to use so we decided to cripple functionality". Fail.
The functions are locked for similar reasons that you can't talk without a headset on your cell or text message while driving in CA....some people are too stupid to do two things at once. =)
why is it shaped like a pyramid?
I dare say, that is no pyramid!
Here: ▲
That should clear things up...
Let me know if anyone actually buys one of these...I thought not.
I think I will buys one...it´s a good thang to hear internet radio while cruizin through....easy to integrate to car audio...so I will have internet in my 95model ford...;) I like this..more car oriented
Yeah, right, I am gonna buy nore gizmo's from theses guys? They have been promising maps for my nav system for more than a year and can't deliver on that... I call the mind vaporware at best, based on their reputation.