How about a smaller nav screen? Magna develops in-mirror display
While Ford’s giving the Fusion an LCD large enough to watch feature films, Magna has joined up with Swiss firm u-blox and Germany’s Paragon to develop a navigation system that puts the map display in your rearview mirror. The system is called MirrorPilot, and it does look like a slick way to add factory navigation with a minimum of effort on the automaker’s part. It’s also far nicer than suction-cupping some aftermarket unit to the windshield and dealing with its tangle of cables. It’s not just a mirror with a display; the MirrorPilot incorporates a GPS receiver and antenna, as well as a speaker. The mirror itself self-dims electrochromically, and the display automatically zooms at intersections and also comes with a remote control. The screen may be small, but the cost is large; this unit will be priced above $1,000 when it goes on sale in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. While it’s a nice idea, it’s not $1,000 worth of nice, especially with such a diminutive screen. We’ll buy a cheaper unit and stock up on zip ties to keep the wires in check, which should leave enough in our pocket for a very nice dinner out – we’ll just punch up a fancy restaurant on the POI menu.
[Source: Inside Line]
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