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August 23, 2005

Review: Mio DigiWalker 269 GPS mp3 player

The DigiWalker is mainly a GPS unit for car navigation, but it also features an internal mp3 player. As for it's music capabilities, the review by mobilemag sums it up as:

"The Mio DigiWalker 269 also has a built in MP3 player with 500MB to fit your MP3 music on. The player is accessible from the main menu and looks like any interface that you would expect to see on a portable video player except all the buttons are activated via touch screen. You can set up play lists through the device, adjust the equalizer, and select the play style (random, repeat, straight through).

This is all fine and dandy except for the lack of MP3 playback support during navigation. I was kind of let down by this since being a portable navigator with a music player built in is one of the major selling points. Well, in actual fact, it is a personal navigator OR an MP3 player. Not both at the same time."

Specs:

CPU: Intel® X-Scale 300MHz
OS: Microsoft® Windows® CE .Net 4.2 Core version
Display: 3.5" 65K-color 320x240 landscape Transflective TFT LCD, LED Backlight
Memory: 32MB Flash ROM and 64MB SDRAM
Storage: Built-in 1" 2.5GB harddisk drive
GPS module: Built-in GPS module (SiRFStarII chip with XTrack) with integrated GPS antenna
Audio: 3.5mm stereo earphone jack and built-in speaker (mono) x 1
Input: Touch screen input (Stylus pen/On-screen Keyboard)
Expansion Slot: For MMC and SD cards, capacity up to 1 GB
Input/Output: USB 1.1 client support (mini-USB connector), InfraRed for remote control
Indicator: Dual color battery charger LED
Buttons: 4-way navigation pad, 6 operation buttons, volume control wheel, power on/off button
Battery type: Fixed, rechargeable Lithium-Ion 1350mAh battery pack
Other: power connector jack
Dimension: 138 mm (Length) x 72~78 mm (Width) x 26mm (Height)
Weight: 232g

For a full review go to mobilemag.

Posted by mp3fan at August 23, 2005 7:10 PM