Clarion's DrivTrax P5 nav unit for Japan

Nothing we haven't seen before: 4.3-inch touchscreen, SiRF Star III chipset, 400MHz Samsung processor and a SD slot. Clarion puts a bit of shine on this DrivTrax P5 of theirs, but it's nothing we aren't used to by now. Naturally, the device can play back photos and audio, with a built-in 1.5W speaker and 3.5mm headphone jack. Clarion claims 4.5 hours of battery life, and some hefty navigation software, with 11 million addresses and 8 million phone numbers indexed for searching. The P5 should be hitting Japan in April, no word yet on price.

[Via NavGadget]

[syadasti @ Feb 11th 2007 7:13AM]

Whats with the Manji symbols (looks like a backward swastika)?

[Chopper Jock @ Feb 11th 2007 10:57AM]

It represents the location of a shrine. It is commonly used in Japan and also is conosidered lucky.

[SoulEaterW/Chicken @ Feb 11th 2007 12:23PM]

@ Chopper Jock
"...is conosidered lucky."
Not to the Jews!

[Sam @ Feb 11th 2007 11:37AM]

Just also want to add that the symbol was in use before wwii and did not have the unpleasant connotation it has now.

[Max @ Feb 11th 2007 12:23PM]

Why was this worthy of a post?

"Nothing we haven't seen before" - if thats true thant why bore us with it? Engadget seems to be piling up with stories that are of no interest, save it for important stories like the skype hack below.

Is it true that you get paid by the number of posts you make?

[syadasti @ Feb 11th 2007 2:30PM]

The Manji goes to the left while the swastika goes to the right so one doesn't have anything to do with the other...

[Stephenson's Rocket @ Feb 11th 2007 7:40PM]

Says here that it's 50,000 yen and that it runs Windows Mobile 5.0:

http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2007/02/clarion_car_satnav_designed_to.php