OREANDA-NEWS. October 15, 2009. MERLION, a leader of Russian IT-distribution and the most famous manufacturer of GPS Navigators Mio Technology announced the signing of a distributor agreement, as part of which MERLION becomes an official partner for marketing vendor's products in the Russian market, reported the press-centre of MERLION.

The markedly rising demand for such a product segment as GPS Navigators (MERLION already has one range of products GPS Navigators under the brand DIGMA) helped in taking decision on active development of the said direction, and cooperation with Mio Technology, one of the most popular manufacturers of GPS Navigators now, is a dramatic proof of this.

“MERLION is the leading Russian distributor of IT-equipments in Russia, - comments Tatyana Arutyunova, representative of Mio Technology Limited in Russia. - We are very glad to work with a competent, professional team.We are confident that with the signing of a new distributor agreement, our products shall become more recognizable and popular.

The distributor agreement covers the whole model range PND Mio, starting with the series Moov S and Moov M.

The state of the art range of automobile GPS Navigators Mio Moov S, equipped with revolutionary software Mio Spirit, widens the possibility of traditional navigation and provides the opportunity to plan and accomplish travel in the most effect way. The user interface Mio Spirit helps in calling the most popular functions by one touch of the screen or by pressing the menu button.

The navigator prompts in advance on which lane to occupy, and prompts the 3D model of junction with traffic signs and directional signs. The tabletop software supports Google Maps format and allows transfer points selected on the PC screen to memory. The possibility of free upgrade of maps once a year has also been provided. The series Moov M differs from the previous models by it anti-crisis pricing and is supplied with the newest maps TeleAtlas 2009.02 and branded software Mio Map.

The product shall be marketed both through the main partner channel of MERLION and through the company’s self retail projects that are oriented on the end user: federal network of computer and digital product shops "ПОЗИТРОНИКА" and computer discounter СИТИЛИНК.

GPS Navigators from Mio Technology are already available for order at MERLION.