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Mio's Knight Rider GPS Now Available For Pre-Order
Posted by Sean Fallon at 6:48 AM on August 12, 2008
The Knight Rider GPS that everyone was drooling over a few months ago is now available for pre-order on the Radio Shack website in the US and Sears in Canada for US$270 and US$290 respectively. The device is set to ship on September 24th. [Radio Shack and Sears Thanks Will!]
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Slipstream
Posted August 12, 2008 10:04 AM
My pre-order is complete. Just counting down the days now, I can't wait!
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 7:12 AM 12/8/08
So incredibly tempted ... but it doesn't really go with my car.
GeekyNerdGuy
mikejonas
Posted 7:50 AM 12/8/08
Dammit, it was either this, Ultimate Wall-E, or the Ion Drum Rocker as my ridiculous $300 gadget purchase for the month, and the drums won out.
mikejonas
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 7:33 AM 12/8/08
I want to make my Garmin a Mr. T GPS. I figure all I need is his voice, and paint my Garmin to look like the Van. Think someone will run w/that idea?
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 8:18 AM 12/8/08
@bandit: There was video when it was announced. The lights sweep, and you can program it to say "Good morning (your name)."
GeekyNerdGuy
bandit
Posted 8:05 AM 12/8/08
This could be great or lame. Do the lights sweep or just blink? Need some video, please.
bandit
QB8Young
Posted 8:25 AM 12/8/08
@mikejonas: Good choice on the drums!
QB8Young
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 8:23 AM 12/8/08
@bandit: The first link in the story has a video clip in it.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
urbanturban666
Posted 8:47 AM 12/8/08
did they have to sell it in the shittiest stores to buy electronics from?
urbanturban666
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 9:39 AM 12/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: "I pity the fool that don't make a right a the next light. "
Yes I would buy
BiZarRroBALlmeR
WolframNerpy
Posted 10:16 AM 12/8/08
To Chowderfacial, On the Tomtom you can get real celebrity voices from Navtones, like the Mr. T voice. The thing that makes the Knight Rider GPS so cool is that it is powered by Navtones, making the voice the real K.I.T.T. Can't wait!
WolframNerpy
ChowderFacial
Posted 10:06 AM 12/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: Get a TomTom...I have the GO720 and have Knight Rider, Mr.T and John Cleese...just not all at the same time.
ChowderFacial
pokebud
Posted 12:40 PM 12/8/08
So...it doesn't say street names? even my dinky little VZ navigator says street names
pokebud
strider_mt2k
Posted 12:38 PM 12/8/08
Where's my Judd Hirsch "Taxi" edition?
+ Watch video
strider_mt2k
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 12:33 PM 12/8/08
@ChowderFacial: I just bought a Garmin. I'm happy b/c I can drive a Tron Light Cycle, the Tumbler, the 1960's Batmobile, or the Mach5.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 12:32 PM 12/8/08
@BiZarRroBALlmeR: When you end a bluetooth call, it tells you to "quit your Jibber-Jabber". If you program in your mothers house or as mothers day approaches, it plays this video:
+ Watch video
The possibilities are endless.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Ezzy77
Posted 3:57 PM 12/8/08
Technology Preview video:
[uk]
+ Watch video
Ezzy77
strider_mt2k
Posted 1:14 AM 13/8/08
Wow. No Text to Speech. That's a bummer.
Good thing my name is Michael so setup is a breeze there.
I wonder how hackable it is?
My Mio C230 is an AWESOME PMP after applying an unlocking package that's out there for it.
They've made changes with the newer models so I don't read as much about them being opened up.
Either way this looks neat for the fans.
At least you can turn much of the frippery off for the non-fans you're traveling with if they aren't entranced by it.
strider_mt2k