Mio Technology has developed a new GPS navigation system called Mio Hammer V700. It will be available starting on this November 12, 2009 and comes with the longest windshield mount we’ve ever seen so you won’t have to stretch too far.

Mio Hammer V700 has a 7″ screen, a stylish high quality black frame that only measures 16mm thick. The big 7″ display can provide 800×480 pixel resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio and can play various multimedia content such as audio and video. It has a GPS receiver that can track 64 satellites at once and can get traffic updates with the TPEG receiver. Read the rest of this entry

Samsung, Giorgio Armani, and Microsoft have just released the new Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone. It operates on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5, has a two step tilt hinge. This Samsung-Armani smartphone features 3.5″ AMOLED touchscreen with a QWERTY keyboard.

The new smartphone also sports 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 5.76 Mbps HSUPA and Wi-Fi connectivities. Since it’s a MS of course supports push e-mail with Microsoft Exchange. Other features are a 5 MP camera, audio and video player, 8 GB of internal memory and an extendable microSD slot up to 32 GB. What most important of the features the new Samsung-Armani has is its capability as GPS navigation.

The Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone will be first available in Italy, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, China, and the UAE (Dubai).
Some other features include Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR/USB 2.0 high-speed, TV-Out / micro USB, A-GPS support, FM Radio, and 1500mAh battery.

Samsung Armani Smartphone

Clarion MIND finally hit online stores. The Atom-powered Clarion MiND Mobile Internet Navigation Device is now able to part with their hard-earned $650 at Crutchfield, with a choice of black, red and white colors to choose from. Features of this MID include :

* GPS navigation
* Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity
* 4.8″ WVGA touchscreen display
* microSD memory card slot
* 4 GB SSD
* Firefox-based web browser

Clarion MIND

Would you fork out that kind of money for a MID, or would you prefer to settle for a high-powered netbook? After all, many handsets these days already come with GPS navigation capability.