Mio's Moov GPS units hit the States
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Mar 24th 2008 9:51AM
posted Mar 24th 2008 9:51AM
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I'mwaiting for the Chinese made Nav units to hit $100 and be available in gas stations. Ultimately maps will be obsoleted but for now, not enough cars have navigation.
I can't tell you what a joy it is to have real time traffic reports on a big navigation screen. It makes the car more enjoyable to drive.
I remember when it was only luxury cars coming with navigation- now even Hyundai has em. Consumer cars even have heated/cooled seats now for less than $30,000.
I guess the next feature cars will need to make them more luxurious is massage chairs.
Errrr. Why no maps of Canada included?
I take any release on April 1st with a grain of salt.
I feel bad for kids bornon April 1st.
Serious question, since I'm beginning to think about a GPS. What would make me, a Mac user, go for this rather than something from Tom Tom or Garmin?
Forgive my ignorance, but are these supposed to be any good?
My Mio has served me very well. It's good to see them consistently under-price the big GPS makers. Street prices on these should be even lower.
Why do cows need a GPS unit?
I have been considering a GPS unit for my main car for sometime now and the higher up 310 model seems to have everything I could possibly want at a really good price. Just wondering if this unit will last me the next 5 years or so, or should I get a US unit that can be updated with new maps each year?
Where are the little bells and whistles like a music player? Nearly every one of their competitors has one.
who cares?
You don't know much about competing for market share, do you?
i.c.weiner: "Here's my new product! It has less features than our competitors and it even costs the same!"
consumer: "Thanks i.c.weiner, I've been waiting for a product with less features to come out! Here's my money!"
An older Mio model has worked fine for me. As previously noted, their pricing is aggressive.
Why do automobile OEMs charge something like $1500 for navigation systems when you can buy higher-end up-to-date GPS systems for less than a third of the price? I swear, car dealers have even less credibility with me after one of them pushed for the option when I went car shopping last weekend.
Not sure I'll buy from Mio again.......My Mio C520t (just 6 months old) has been having "Fatal Error ....." frequently l8ly..and I'm just fed up.
Time to move onto Magellan or other brands..that are reliable.
actually, not just good for car drivers. gps units with audio output work much better for cyclists. just plug that into one ear, and it's like you've got a navigator sitting next to you.
Mio makes some really nice hardware (I had a C310X, and a C220.) It's too bad their map data is the suck. All the GPSs that I've had using NavTeq data were much better than the Mios (Dell Axim running Routis, Garmin C330 and i3, Magellan 700 series, and Intellnav C2).
And the firmware looks exactly the same as the one on my Navman S30. Huh?!
Yay for maps of Holyhead, UK, on Engadget!
there is no Mc desktop for Navman nor Mio. Tom Tom and Garmin both have Mac desktop clients so ou can load maps, and update what ever else they have on there.
Tomtom Go 720 has open source map corrections in mapshare...no other gps maker offers this.