A few weeks ago, I posted a blog post with a video to a product from Azentek called a SmartMirror. Well, I bought one. :-) And man am I happy I did. The box came and I was so excited. Upon opening the box, it contains the mirror, different mounting brackets for different types of windshield mounts, a microphone and power cord assembly. The unit has a getting started manual for using the product, but the users manual is supposed to be online. After poking around for some time on the Azentek website, I still couldn't find the manual. So much of my discovery was make just from poking around.
The unit feels OEM. It doesn't feel like other units that are cheesy, rather this one is as solid as they come. On the passenger side there is a SD Card Reader that is used by Navigon to provide the maps and programs required for the GPS.
So here is the unit hooked up to my trusty Astron power supply in the Ferrari Garage.
Bootup is quick. In less than 5 seconds the unit was on the main menu.
From there you have four different options. One is for the Navigation, one is for Bluetooth, Media and System Setup. We are going to focus on the GPS and the Bluetooth. Let's start with GPS.
Startup for the GPS portion takes a couple of seconds. Not a big deal, but don't expect to click on it and have it pop up on the first run.

We are going to give it a new destination.

You can either enter an address or do a Point of Interest. We will put in an address.

Here is the screen. While it is missing the nice feature that Garmin and Alpine's BlackBird of limiting characters only to those you can select, it does do an awesome job of auto-filling your choices.

From there, click Start Navigation and the Navigation screen takes over. It has some awesome features like the ability to be able to display the speed limit for the area you are in. Killer if you have a lead foot like I do.
The Bluetooth setup with my Samsung BlackJack II was painless. Took no time at all. The only feature missing from Bluetooth was the ability to sync my contacts from my phone to the unit and then share them between the phone address book and the GPS address book. That right there to me was the sole missing piece to make this piece perfect. Microphone picked up well. Speakerphone was loud and clear and overall was a great experience.
The number one concern I heard when talking to people about it is that they don't like the way other mirrors look in the car. They tend to look cartoonish and not very OEM like. So I backed the Audi out and did some side by side comparisons.
Here is my OEM Mirror.

Here is the Azentek placed over my OEM mirror.

And here they are side by side. As you can see, not that much difference in size at all.
So if you are in the market for a GPS and want something discreet and good looking, I would highly recommend taking a peek at the Azentek SmartMirror.