The world’s first touchscreen fuzzbuster from Cobra

Cobra has jumped the gun on CES and announced their new line up which includes a touch screen radar detector. While illegal in some states, radar detectors do their best to keep drivers from law officer entanglements in the escalating radar arms race. Like most technology, these devices continue to shrink and become more useful.

The Cobra XRS 9970G features a full-Color, customizable, touchscreen ExtremeBright DataGrafix™ display. Cobra believes the hardest part about owning a radar detector was setting it up and selecting different options. The addition of the touchscreen is aimed at removing these frustration points allowing users to quickly and confidently select the options they seek and move on.

Beyond it’s 15 laser/radar bands alerting duties, this device features a GPS chip. Using the AURA database, the XRS 9970G will alert drivers to fixed traps such as traffic cameras, dangerous intersections and known speed traps, all based on GPS location.

The new Cobra XRS 9970G is roughly 5″x3″x2″ and weighs a mere 6.5oz. The unit sells for $389, roughly the equivalent of one nasty speeding ticket.

Product page: [Cobra]