Under glass at CES, Mio showed off a concept device that is reportedly, “pretty cool.” Mio ususually shows off some concepts that they are working on. For example, last year Mio showed a cell phone that is still on the back burner but being considered for the European market. Mio describes this device as a more »

As the recession in the United States continues and hits many companies hard, it has recently hit Magellan especially hard. We can’t say we didn’t see this coming, like the auto industry, Magellan just wasn’t making products that the public wanted. As a result, they’re forced to give up their products to MiTAC. MiTAC, as you may or may not know, is the parent company of Mio, so it makes sense that they bought Magellan out.

For the time being, not many details have been released on this acquisition, although we do know that it will take place in January 2009, but the financial terms have not been disclosed. Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

Recently, Mio announced their new Moov 500 GPS series in Europe, within the 500 series are 8 nice GPSs. Unfortunately, for the time being, these GPSs will only be available in Europe.

Some common features in all of the 500 series are a 4.7-inch touch screen, TeleAtlas maps, and Bluetooth connectivity. The 560 and 580 come with text-to-speech capabilities, live local search using Bluetooth. The 500 and 510 have local search from desktop, the 510 and 580 come with real time traffic updates, and the 580 comes with an FM Transmitter.

More information on the GPSs after the break.

If you are a big fan of Mio’s GPS’ and live in the United States, then you will be happy to know that these new GPS’ are almost ready for shipment. In the Moov lineup comes the Moov 200, 210, 300, and the 310. Basically, all these GPS’ are pretty similar as they all feature more »

Recently, Mio announced two new GPS units under the name of Moov, they are the Moov and the Moov XL. Some speculation is that the name indicates something along the lines of move. Unfortunately, there is not much more information, but what we do know is that they will both have Bluetooth capabilities and a more »

Man, it took some serious map consulting to find Mio’s booth buried at the back of the south hall, level 2. Surrounded by fake iPods, cell phone holsters etc. one has to wonder, just how late did they make their CES reservations; or did they have something to hide?

One thing they were not hiding (just not giving any details out on) is this beauty: a dual sided GPS phone. Most likely to arrive in Europe later this year, Mio believes this phone is a good extension of their core capabilities and will bring more consumers into the the loyal Mio following. A Mio spokesperson declined to take it out of the case to let me fingerprint it up. Rats. Another image is