Once upon a time the Marquard Média Magyarország Kft. – editing most popular women and men lifestyle magazines in Hungary - initiated its CKM Tech Awards 2009 this autumn, in order to reward the best players of technical world. Totally eight categories (business phone, mp3-mp4 player compact cameras, coffee machine, notebook, TV, compact home theatre system and GPS) have been nominated. The 4,7" wide  Mio Moov S505 has also entered the competition. Based on the decision of the professional jury and consumer voting (approximately 15 000 people), the device with the new Mio Spirit software became the winner of the GPS price/value category.

The competition was very tight. The professional ranking has been decided by a six head jury, who are well-known Hungarians. (Péter Pantl, CKM Editor, Péter Balogh, Saturn Concept manager, Pál Nánási Camera man, Gábor Székely, CKM leader of the technical heading, Dávid Hámori professional writer, Balázs Dzsudzsák Hungarian champion football player). While the ranking of the price/value category has been created along with the voting of the users on the www.ckm.hu website. No wonder why we are so proud of our success. We believe that the "strict" jury decision is just one thing, but the opinions of our customers are much more important. The user friendly features, the prices were main aspect too, since men use these products on a daily basis.

We were very pleased to receive the CKM Tech Awards 2009, which was given away on the 16th November at a gala event.

Read More: Please refer to Mio Hungary Official Website.

As fuel prices continue north and motorists have become the scapegoats for the world's environmental problems, GPS devices have been shown to reduce the amount fuel used by $200 in a survey carried out by one of Mio's map providers, Navteq. Direct routes, informed routes and visual and audio pointers all help drivers to be aware of the road ahead, so erratic fuel consuming driving is avoided. Many of Mio's navigation devices also feature TMC (Traffic Message Channel), so drivers can see the delays ahead and reroute accordingly and avoid fuel burning traffic jams. Mio now go one step further with Economical routing options, to save motorists even more fuel.

Scenario – Saving you money

Mio provide drivers with option of choosing an Economical routing option.  Economical routing provides drivers with routes that have less turns and fewer traffic lights, therefore ensuring that the brakes are applied less often and saving fuel.

Related links:
Spirit Tips 1 - Explore Mode
Spirit Tips 2 - Junction View & Signpost
Spirit Tips 3 - Crumb Trail and Capture Button

Congratulations to He****dez in France, for winning our popular Dancing Santa prize draw. We hope you enjoy your new Mio Moov and use it to explore Europe!

Please check your e-mail inbox to confirm that you have received a mail from Mio, and reply to us within 10 days otherwise we will have to draw again.

Mio randomly drew the winner in a meeting room and a
representative from our legal team was there as a witness.

And the winner goes to...

Between the 9th and 26th December, the prize draw attracted more than 150,000 entrants from 17 countries, the most popular being Italy, France and the UK.

Thank you to all of you who entered and better luck next time. In the meantime, keep an eye out for even more competitions and prize draws throughout 2010 and you too could win a fantastic prize.