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Mio Moov Spirit 300 Traffic

Advantages: Generally everything
Disadvantages: High priced updates £79 which is a lot for an occasional user

...this week (£60 at Morrisons),the mio moov m300. Running through the menus is very easy and so is planning or searching for your route. This model has lane guidance which can be useful at motorway intersections and complex junctions in the city. The voice instructions are nice and clear and the volume is excellent and I also like the night and day screen settings. I tried it out in my home city and asked it to take me to a fairly difficult destination ...
...that was planned by the mio and it recalculated to my new route almost instantly. This model has navpix, this allows you to enter a destination via a geo tagged photo but in my opinion I cannot see much point in it. I would have rated this sat nav as excellent but unfortunately the price wanted for map and speed camera updates are ridiculous it would be cheaper to buy a new sat nav each year,so I can only rate it as good for the money. ...

ash59 04.12.2009 · Read full review

Review of Mio Moov Spirit 300 Traffic

An absolute piece of tosh!

Advantages: Erm....do I have to?
Disadvantages: Lots. Useless map, useless features, not intuitive, takes you wrong ways.

...the plunge and purchased the Mio C210. He should have backed off as soon as he read Mio as the brand name. Stay clear of anything that sounds like a cat. Anyways, to shred a long story very short, the purchase rendered this man in an even more hopeless situation than before. The best bit was looking at the neatly packed box with all the dangly bits and pieces nicely wrapped up. The troubles began when the Mio C210 was put into action on a trip to ...
...feels like when using the Mio C210. It loses its way quite a few times taking you where you never want to be and never been before. In that respect, at least, it wins hands down. It asks you to turn into cul de sacs. It asks you to turn into no-entry roads. It goes berserk at times figuring out what to do really. On a few occasions, it took me down some farms. If it weren't for the millions of sheep, I wouldn't have known I was in Wales. Notwithstanding ...

ranja100 04.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Mio C 210

A receiver... not well informed

Advantages: Price
Disadvantages: Few instructions, maps not so good, low volume always

...By turning on the MIO C-250 for the first time you have to set the data for the initialization like hour and day or your personal POI (points of interest) as your favourite departure/arrival address (this last thing is not necessary but so useful!). The use is not so easy for two reasons: - First one: the abstruse way the menu works that forces you to search in different sub-pages to make chained operations - Second one: the insufficient ...
...which is as for me decidedly useless: you can transform MIO in an mp3 player by using SD card. After all this little gadget made me save lots of time... and is still making. So my judgement can only be almost positive. review already published on other websites ...

MonyMax 19.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Mio C250

Mixed blessing - brilliant and dreadful!

Advantages: compact and portable
Disadvantages: can stop working at the most inconvenient times

We bought the Mirac Mio 269+ mainly to use in navigating our motorhome around Europe. The unit has a built-in map of most of Europe so there is no worry about crossing borders. It is a small piece of kit and can easily fit into a pocket for walking or biking, there is even a cycle mount included in the price as well as the usual vehicle holder. The battery is rechargable and a 12V vehicle unit is included as well as a mains charger. There is no ...
...can't anyway! The V2.0 Mio map is still proclaimed on the advertising blurb as being 'new', but other models have Mio map V3.0. Apparently there is no intention to upgrade the 269+ to V3.0. That is a pity as V2.0 is well out-of-date and needs replacing. I guess we got what we paid for but it wasn't worth it! The support from Mitac is difficult to say the least, non exsistent is closer. My advice is to pay a bit more and get quality from the outset, ...

langhorns 30.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Mio MIO 269

Excellant little gadget

Advantages: Excellant little gadget
Disadvantages: Keeps losing its GPS signal for longer than it should

TomTom ONE combines ease of use, portability, touchscreen technology and an elegant, unmistakable new design. Drivers can enjoy the benefits of a TomTom ONE immediately, thanks to TomTom’s award-winning plug and drive navigation software pre-installed on a memory card. This means there is no need to download complicated software, just plug in and start using. TomTom ONE comes with the latest maps of Western Europe. I got this at xmas from Currys ...
...fits perfectly into my pocket or handbag and is perfect for when I travel to football ground around the country. It charges via the USB on my laptop or in car charger. It has various free voices that I can download from the internet and I can also get numerous free updates. I also got a free speed camera cd with the box which was worth £19.99 so was an added bonus. Only problem I have found is that every so often it is losing the GPS signal and becomes ...

Mogette999 24.11.2009 · Read full review
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