Mio's Moov S501 and S401 finally go legit

After Mio basically non-confirmed / confirmed these to us in April, letting us know the pricing was off, but saying nothing else about the leak, it was really just a matter of time until the two navigators broke into the realm of officialdom. The Moov S401 and S501 bring 4.3-inch and 4.7-inch displays, respectively, along with a new "Spirit" interface and some new functionality like Google Send-to-GPS, NavPix for pulling location from geo-tagged photos, text-to-speech for spoken street names and MioMore 2 PC software for calculating mileage and fuel economy. The S501 is Mio's thinnest PND ever at 0.64-inches, and includes 12 million POIs, while the S401 is inexplicably thicker at 0.71-inches, with 4 million POIs. They go for $200 and $180, respectively, and will go on sale in June.

Mio's Moov S501 and S401 finally go legit

[wenuell Posted May 13th 2009 11:13AM]

Garmin #1

[solmar Posted May 13th 2009 11:29AM]

I really envy people in the US who can buy GPS devices for dirt cheap. Where I live, the positively ancient and featureless Garmin Nuvi 200W sells for around US$350. You *have* to buy at this price, since buying it from the US (at less than half the price, when it's *not* discounted) won't get you the local maps. All other GPS devices are similarly priced, as in sky high.

Are we paying for the hardware? No, it's the same. The maps? No, the local maps cover around 1/20th the area of the US, with way fewer POIs. We're just paying, period.

[(Unverified) Posted May 13th 2009 9:21PM]

Where on earth is this place? Greenland?

[z0phi3l Posted May 13th 2009 2:09PM]

Does anyone know if this has MSN traffic alerts? It would be worth picking up if it does

[ChillyCat Posted May 13th 2009 4:54PM]

Can't imagine you're gonna get MSN at a $200 price point.
I did have the POS Garmin model w/MSN , Dunno which
was worse.....the Garmin or the MSN. Ebay took care of
me by offing it off to an unsuspecting future Garmin hater.
Mio's come a long way in the past 3-4 years. Goota admit,
these new new units looking sharp.

[(Unverified) Posted May 14th 2009 3:37AM]

I still wonder if they are running WinCE/WinMo on these like the older DigiWalkers. I have one and I use it as a second monitor on my PC right now and also use it as a PDA/Portable gaming on the go as well as the GPS functions.