Americans have been waiting with bated breath for months on end for Clarion’s MiND mobile internet device to launch, and just as we were promised in September, said device is finally on sale in the month of November. Available in black, red or white hues, the MID boasts a 4.8-inch WVGA (800 x 480) touchscreen, preloaded maps of the entire US and Canada, built-in RealPlayer, Linux OS, an Intel Atom CPU, 512MB of RAM, a 4GB SSD, Firefox browser, Bluetooth 2.0 / WiFi, a microSD card slot, 2 USB ports and a battery good for around 1.5-hours of usage. Pop one under the tree for that someone special in your life for just $649.99. Or get them a full-fledged netbook for less, your call.[Via Pocketables]Filed under: GPSClarionMiND MID on sale in the US for $649.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Picture it: Italy, 1975 A shortage of coins in Italy in 1975 prompted the vandalism
of thousands of pay phones - thieves began breaking public phones in order to steal
coins. In 1976, a vending machine manufacturer and supplier called SIDA came up
with a way to avoid this and introduced the first magnetic strip international phone
cards so people wouldn’t need to use coins to make a call. But they could only be
used on certain phones, as people were required to insert the card into the phone
to use them, and many of the cards kept jamming.

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