When the Taiwanese company MiTAC announced the Mio 168 last fall, many in the U.S. were unhappy to learn that there were no plans to distribute this device outside of Asia. For a while it looked like Americans weren't going to be able to get their hands on the first Pocket PC designed for consumers to include a built-in GPS receiver.
People interested in this device will be happy to learn that it will be available in this country after all. The online retailer Mobile Planet is now taking pre-orders for it. The price is $500 and the retailer says it will be available March 12.
The Mio 168 runs Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC on a 300 MHz Intel XScale PXA255 processor. It has 64 MB of RAM and 32 MB of ROM.
This model includes a 3.5-inch, 65,000-color transflective TFT LCD screen at 240 by 320 pixels. It has an SD/MMC memory card slot that is compatible with SDIO.
Of course, the Mio 168's most significant feature is its built-in GPS receiver. This appears to be similar to Garmin's iQue 3600, in that a large antenna is mounted to the back of the device. This can be swiveled up when the GPS receiver is in use, or flipped down to get it out of the way if it isn't needed. It comes with maps of the continental United States.
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