http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/ Engadget Comments for Mio C310 GPS receiver / MP3 player reviewed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/May 16th 2006 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/May 17th 2006 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/No review was available, no unit was available in compusa, bestbuy or circuit city (Although bestbuy.com featurues it). This means that I can't compare and see if LCD is bright enough, navigating is quick and route setting is fast enough.

To me, the turn-off was that I wasn't sure if this is a GPS unit. It has so many things inside. I don't need mp3 player, I don't need movie player. But the unit should be built on GPS. Even one GPS function can cause a huge hassle in driving.

Another is I wasn't sure if there are enough POIs. If you look at good GPS unit, they will advertise that it has 6-7 millions POI. In case of c310 or c710, I am not sure if this is the cases - it only says 1000s.

Having Destinator before, I don't like the software one bit, although map display is fantastic.

Finally, it doesn't have WAAS feature, although it supports up to 12 satelites. It would be difficult to find a GPS which ranges from 600-700 dollars, buut doesn't have WAAS.

So in conclusion, I can't see whether it is a serious GPS unit. But the internet price is much lower than $600. So to some, this might be appealing unit. That would be... people without IPOD and look for basic GPS stuff.
Again, if the speaker is horrible, mp3 means almost nothing in car. Also I would like bluetooth for future version. ]]>May 17th 2006 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/May 19th 2006 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/May 23rd 2006 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/mio-c310-gps-receiver-mp3-player-reviewed/May 26th 2006 5:53PM