What happens when you combine a GPS device with a PMP player and then make it perform like laptop? That is easy you get the versatility a portable player with the flexibility of a laptop. The Clarion's MiND is a GPS navigator on steroids that brings in internet access for various things many of which would be rapidly outlawed for use within a car. The saddest feature of the device is its battery life, which makes keeping a backup battery mandatory even for a short flight. The device is called the Mobile Internet Navigation Device" or simply MiND, the device features. · Display: 4.8" WVGA Touchscreen display (800 x 400) · Capacity: 4GB SSD memory plus microSD expansion · Processor/OS: Intel Atom Processor (800MHz) and Linux OS · Audio and Video: MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg, H.264, WMV, MPEG-4, and Real video · Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 · Internet: Full internet browser (Firefox) w/ flash support, Youtube and Myspace tabs · Apps: E-mail, Calculator, Wordpad, etc... · GPS-Navigation · Battery life: 2 hours from standard battery, 4 hours for extended battery

The Clarion Mind will be launched in the US and Canada in November at a price of $649, after which it will hit Europe on January 2009. A "Premium" model is also planned for a Spring 2009 launch, which will utilize the 3G network.

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