Clarion NR1UB Mobile Internet Navigation Device
I'm not 100% sold on this and for about $650.00 I definately won't be owning one anytime soon.
That being said, I think that gadgets like this are become more and more mainstream. I first got a GPS in 2003 and it was quite a novelty at the time. Now it is not uncommon for a car to offer navigation as an upgrade or even standard equipment on higher end models. The GPS unit that I bought in 2003 (and still use today) is a Garmin GPSMAP 60CS it only has 64MB of memory for map storage. I can load most of northern Utah but I have to reload maps anytime I travel outside that area. These maps have not been updated since 2003 and cost an arm and a leg to buy from Garmin.
A few years ago Garmin came out with the GPSMAP 60CSx that takes a MicroSD card and can store most of North America all at once. But, again, these maps are frozen as of the time of purchase and will cost even more to update from that point on. The idea of having internet access means that the maps you have access to should be limited only to the provider update schedule and should be free (think Google Maps).
The Clarion MIND is probably not going to be my new GPS but I thought it was cool enough to share because I think it's headed in the right direction.
