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6/3/2009 Update
I've been using the method for a few weeks now. It has a lot of potential and things can be done, but many applications/features lack the quality of a old-fashioned product: inconsistent and evil interface, missing features etc.
Major issues:
1. Tiny POI database. Only 2 mln POIs, and so far, no procedure to win or import additional POIs. Enormous pickle for me, and no easy contrivance around. Finding missing POIs using Google at home takes longer than on a regular GPS unit with built-in POIs. You cannot consume Google on the road (or it is powerful more difficult) . Some GPS devices have 6 or more millions of POIs; you can really bask in it after using the cramped 2mln Clarion's database.
2. POI search accelerate can be from 10 seconds to 3 minutes!!! depending on user's entry. 3 minutes - it is unprejudiced an absurd number. It must be fixed.
3. No Bluetooth hands-free calling. (The GPS is supposed to work with a phone. Why not hands-free calling? I need a BT headset? How many more electronics should I carry? )
4. Bluetooth dial-up network (DUN) doesn't work with my phone. I was surprised because it was one of the major selling points. Clarion provides only a list of compatible networks and my network is on that list. No list of compatible/supported phones.(My phone's DUN works with my other devices)
My hope is that Clarion will maintain releasing updates and improving its functionality.
Written before 6/3/2009
The great:
1. Integration with the Internet:
a) You can send POIs from the Internet to ClarionMiND. Even with edifying GPS units finding POIs may be difficult: you either don't acquire it or you procure too many. ClarionMiND lets you view your scamper on your computer at home using Google Maps, and send POIs to the design. Broad feature!!!
b) Astronomical desktop-class Internet browser. You will be able to do everything you can do on your desktop at home, including Flash videos.
c) Google search, and it is integrated with navigation.
2. Navigation (I will update this review on route quality after I spend the unit more) :
a) So far routes behold pleasurable.
b) Lane succor. It shows which lane on a multi-lane road you should bewitch.
c) Nice job with shriek directions. For example, it tells you something like, "go to the good side of the road" in order to prepare you for honest turn.
d) All info needed for navigation is on the screen: compass heading (N, NE, E...), arrival time, distance, next and modern street.
e) auto-zoom.
3. POI
a) Very mercurial search
b) You can preview POIs on the blueprint. This is something nice and unusual. You can assume a single or a group of POIs and contemplate them on a temporary design.
4. Address entry
a) Very speedily.
b) QWERTY keyboard
c) Predictable entry. Only suitable keys are active. As you hold entering data, it shows what was found at the top of the camouflage.
d) It remembers previous entry, and lets you re-start search from any level: set, city, street.
5. Hardware:
a) Graceful, high-resolution, gargantuan screen
b) Touchscreen works well. It is responsive.
c) Dedicated hardware buttons for Home, Top Menu, Music/Sound.
d) Broad to fill in hands
6. Free Internet traffic. So far, I didn't rep if it is integrated with navigation. There will be an option for radio traffic which, most likely, will be integrated.
7. Internet weather, news, email etc
8. Expeditiously GPS lock. Less than 30 seconds.
The bad:
1.POI database is miniature. I couldn't secure retail stores like, Walmart, Target, Costco etc
2.The car mount is poor. It is a few 100s dollars plot with a "$1" mount. Very difficult to mount/dismount.
3.After you mount the method, it automatically limits its Internet functionality. Result: you cannot employ the Internet in your garage when the method is mounted. You have to dismount it 1st, check the Internet, mount it again. Dreadful!!! If they wanted to build it salubrious, they should detect vehicle race from the GPS.
4.Addresses are not displayed in the American format (number street, city zip), but as zip city street number.
5.Keyboard
a) Inconsistent keys. Sometimes, it is character-only; sometimes, characters and digits.
b) Inconsistent behavior: to procure, sometimes you have to click "Succor", sometimes "Enter"; sometimes something else.
6.Too many keystrokes needed to peep the route overview.
7.New time is not displayed during navigation.
8.The intention gets very hot.
9. Video player doesn't glean many video formats.
The bottom line:
It is a sizable navigation device: very hastily, detailed spoken commands, plenty of details on the conceal, stout method, trustworthy routes. The method could be a perfect GPS but they have to add more POIs, BT hands-free calling, and polish the interface. ClarionMiND works very well with the Internet: it will have more or less of a practical meaning for different people.
I have passe this unit for a few weeks. The navigation share is fine. Google search is useless without Wifi. POI is a joke...it cannot even come by Walmart down the street. In order to win any usefulness in searches, I had to setup Wifi in my car. Traffic integration is abominable. The traffic applet cannot zoom. You have to switch screens to examine traffic. This cannot be done if you mount the unit. Mounting the unit switches it to car mode. The traffic receiver NK1U works okay if you earn a signal. Peer my review. Overall, the unit is composed very rough. I am hopeful that with software updates, traffic can be updated via Wifi instead of the Docking situation. I had a Scuttle Tell prior to this unit, but it got stolen. The Plod Exclaim had better traffic information...I miss my now stolen and stupid (company is on skeleton crew) Scurry Boom.
I was very disappointed with this for several reasons. I bought it primarily for a GPS unit, which worked gorgeous, but I was really disappointed to look that it does not feature the Bluetooth hands free calling. This was one of the features I was told (by an Amazon tech) that it had prior to my assume. The unit has a "Contacts" setting to store your personal contacts, including telephone numbers. What's the point of this setting, if you cannot call through the GPS via Bluetooth? As far as the internet, I do not have many Wi-fi connections in my region, so the Bluetooth connection feature was intriguing. However, even though I have an internet connection service on my Verizon cellular phone, I realized that to connect to the internet through this procedure, it would cost an additional $50/month for this service. What a joke! Because of this, I was unable to play with the additional online features of the unit. The unit is on its diagram aid to Amazon and I concept on purchasing a beneficial Garmin GPS with bluetooth hands free calling. I hope my two cents will assist someone with their future GPS buying decision.
