Mio GPS at GPS Gazette

After the Mio A701, the Taiwanese company Mio is preparing another GPS-enabled Pocket PC Phone, the Mio A501. Designwise the A501 is quite different from the A701 and to be honest I prefer this new design. A501 according to the reports will be using the (surprise, surprise) SiRFstar III GPS chip. Other features and specifications include Edge GPRS (no 3G), 2.7″ QVGA screen, 64/128 RAM/ROM capacity, quad-band GSM, Bluetooth 2.0 and 2MP digital camera. Finally, it is (or will be) powered by a 201MHz TI OMAP 850 processor and it will be running Windows Mobile 5.

It is expected to hit the stores sometime this March with a unknown as of yet price tag.

[Via PocketPCThoughts]

Pocket-lint posted a review of the Mio H610. Although the H610 has been around for a while, it received quite a bit of press attention at the CES and in my opinion it deserves it. It is an elegant portable GPS Navigation unit that uses the SiRFStar III chipset, is powered by the Samsung S3C2440 (400 Mhz) CPU processor and has PMP functions as well. The verdict of pocket-lint’s review is quite positive giving it a score of 8 out of 10. You can read the entire review here

Mio H610 Images

We have posted earlier abouT the Mio DigiWalker C520 but at the time of the post no images were available. The guys at Engadget have posted a nice picture (the one above). The design in my opinion is really nice and stylish. Let’s wait to see when more information about this GPS device will be posted.

With a press release today Mio announced that it will be showcasing at it’s CES booth a new GPS device the Mio DigiWalker C520. According to the press release it will have a widescreen 4.3″ screen and Bluetooth support. Another interesting feature is the split-screen display, which will allow for address lookup or route information while the map is visible. I also expect it to have rich multimedia features since the call it “widescreen portable navigation and entertainment device”
The C520 is expected to become available in the first half of 2007. No information on pricing yet.
Now the people attending the CES go get some pictures and more information (North Hallbooth #6330)

We have previously reported about the Mio H610. Now Mio has officially announced the H610 and more information about its specifications. The H610 is a GPS with PMP capabilities. It’s specifications include:

GPS Receiver (SiRFStar III) with internal antenna
CPU: Samsung S3C2440 (400 Mhz)
Windows CE.net 4.2
2,7″ transflective screen with a resolution of 320*240 (65k colors)
64MB RAM
Port MMC-SD I/O
MP3 Player (18h battery life)
Video player

This new GPS receiver will come with preinstalled maps of 24 European countries form TeleAtlas and a city guide.
No information yet about availability and pricing.

Mio has officially announced the Mio A701, a blen of a GPS device, PDA and mobile phone that runs on the Windows Mobile 5 platform. This new device has some really nice specifications that you can see below:

CPU: 520MHz Intel Xscale PXA-270
OS: MS Windows Mobile 5
GPS Receiver: SiRFStar III
Screen: 2.7″ TFT LCD (240*320) with 64k colors.
Memory: 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM
Tri-Band
SDIO Expansion slot
1.3MP Digital Camera
USB 1.1
Bluetooth 1.2

For more information you can visit the A701 MiniSite

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According to the previous report we mentioned about the new Mitac’s Mio products from Mobinaute, Mio in addition to the P350 ans P550 is going to showcase two new GPS devices the Mio C210 and the Mio H610.

The Mio C210 that you can see in the image above is will be using the SiRFStar III GPS receiver. Its form factor looks a lot like the TomTom GPS receivers and Sony’s latest NV-U series. The C210 will come preloaded with European maps from Teleatlas and will be using Windows CE .Net 4.2.

The Mio H610(pictured above), besides it’s navigation capabilities is reported to also have multimedia features. According to the report it will be able to playback both movies and music. Like the C210 it will use the SiRFStar III GPS receiver and Windows CE .Net 4.2. It will come preloaded with maps of 25 European countries and tourist guides. Finally it is said to have an impressive battery life of 17 hours.

There are no reports yet about the hardware specifications of these two devices.

It looks like Mio is trying hard to become one of the major players in the GPS market in the years to come.

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Mobinaute, a French site has posted images and details of Mitac’s Mio P350 P550, two new Pocket PCs with integrated GPS. The P550 will be powered by a 400MHz processor and will have integrated GPS using the SiRFstar III chip. Other features include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, an SDIO/SD/MMC slot. According to the reports it will use the Windows Mobile 5.0 as an operating system. The P350 is a lower end device compared to its big brother the P550. The main differences are that it won’t have Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities. These two new products are expected to be showcased at the CeBIT next month.

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Mio has introduced two new GPS devices the Mio C710 and the c310. The C710 the higher end unit and has a wealth of features. Some of them include

Bluetooth connectivity
Lifetime traffic monitoring
3.5-inch TFT LCD
Video playback functionality
2 GB of flash ROM
300 MHz CPU
Voice directions
SD/MMC reader
Photo viewer

If you add to those the stylish design it seems like a very nice device.
The c310 has all the features of it’s big brother except the bluetooth connectivity and the lifetime traffic monitoring which however is available as an add on purchase.
Let’s wait for the first reviews.

Just in time for Christmass Mio is launching a new PDA GPS the mio A201. This new little gadget is expected to be released in a few days. It is based upon the mio 168 with a few improvements. One of the features that make it stand out is the rotating GPS antenna. This feature allows it to support both landscape and portrait display modes. When the antenna is rotated the system will auto switch to landscape/portrait screen mode.


Some of it’s main features and technical data are.

CPU: Intel PXA270 312 MH
Operating System: Microsoft Windows®5.0
Display: 3.5″ Color Transflective LCD, LED Backlight
Resolution: 320 × 240, 65K colors, QVGA resolution, portrait
Memory: 64 MB Nand (Msystem) ROM
64 MB SDRAM
GPS Module: SiRFstar III
Built in Bluetooth connectivity
MP3 player