Mio launches the Explora K70: beauty, 3G, and GPS abound

Mio's rumored Explora K70 is sitting pretty at CeBIT, and while we wait for the full hands-on treatment, we thought an introduction to what appears to be a stunningly loaded GPS phone was in order. Network connectivity is a blow out in the K70 with quad-band GSM, triple-band HSDPA / HSUPA, Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS which is handled by Qualcomm's gpsOne chip. The 3.5-inch touchscreen display is a 400x240 WQVGA number, a 3 megapixel camera hides around back, a jog dial's included for quick scrolling, and it is all powered by Windows Mobile 6. Looking at the spec sheets it seems there will be two different SKUs, a handset-only package and a "Full SKU" that includes in-car charger, device mount, and so forth. We're suitably impressed, expect more news including dates and pricing as soon as we can get them.

[Via GSMArena]

[Onashi608 Posted Mar 3rd 2009 4:16PM]

...Explorachola?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEZEosWNWso

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 6:42PM]

looks nice actually, i just dont really wanna run Windows on my phone, not to big on the jog dile either, i mean isnt that what the touch screen good at, swiping throu alot of text or numbers with the flick of a finger

[Electromodo Posted Mar 3rd 2009 7:31PM]

I always liked Mio products. Inexpensive and well built, also with a touch of style!

(their support for older models suck though - no new maps to update/purchase)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 9:04PM]

nice