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Mio DigiWalker H610 Handheld GPS and MP3 Player
Mio DigiWalker H610 Handheld GPS and MP3 Player

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Brand: Mio
Category: CE

List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $189.00
You Save: $310.99 (62%)



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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 29 reviews
Sales Rank: 15604

Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
CPU Speed: 400
Native Resolution: 240 x 320
Display Size: 2.7
Clothing Size: 2GB
Size: 2GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 0.3 x 3.4

MPN: MIO H610
Model: MIO H610
UPC: 841881001751
EAN: 0841881001751
ASIN: B000KBBNC8

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new in factory sealed box.

Features:
  • Stylish, handheld personal navigation and digital media device with powerful GPS receiver and support for many digital media formats
  • Large, easy-to-read icons, a bright 2.7-inch display, and a user-friendly touch screen
  • Comes with preloaded maps of the entire U.S. and Canada (Alaska and Hawaii included)
  • Preloaded points of interest (POI) database lets you easily locate restaurants, hotels, gas stations and more
  • Weighs only 3.9 ounces and measures 2.32 x 3.35 x .74 inches (W x H x D)

Accessories:

  • Bracketron UFM-100BL Nav-Mat GPS Friction Dash Pad
  • GGI International LCD Screen Care Kit, with Overlays, Care System Microfiber Cloth & Wipes

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
Perfect for anyone who wants to take advantage of real time directions and entertainment while driving, bicycling or walking, the Mio DigiWalker H610 is a stylish, handheld personal navigation and digital media device. The H610 combines a stylish and compact design with highly accurate GPS functionality, a comprehensive points of interest database, and a feature-rich digital media player--all in a single device.



Enjoy your digital video, photos, and music.


Check weather, get flight info and much more.


User-friendly menus in 16 languages.


The H610 is a stylish and powerful handheld personal navigation and digital entertainment device.
See it in action.
Design
Smaller than a deck of cards, the H610 features an ultra sleek design that fits easily in your hand, pocket, or purse. Built for the ultimate in portability, the H610 can also be worn with the included lanyard or wrist strap. The unit is also easy to use; large, easy-to-read icons, a bright 2.7-inch display, and a user-friendly touch screen make it simple to set your destination. Plus, the unit weighs only 3.9 ounces and measures 2.32 x 3.35 x .74 inches (W x H x D).

Under the hood, the H610 features a WAAS-enabled, SiRFstarIII GPS chipset for extreme accuracy, as well as 64 MB of RAM and a SD/MMC card slot for memory expansion. The unit connects to your PC via USB, and the included lihium-ion battery lasts up to five hours.

Navigation
There is more to navigation than driving. During the day, you may walk, cycle or take a taxi to get to your final destination. To make sure you arrive on time--and in style--the H610 includes multiple navigation modes for accurate directions, whether you're driving, walking or bicycling. Preloaded maps of North America (50 U.S. states and Canada) will have you up and running in minutes. You also get a huge database of preloaded points of interest (POIs) so you can easily locate restaurants, hotels, gas stations and more. The device guides you every step of the way with clear voice instructions and user-friendly menus in 16 languages, including English, French, and Spanish.

The H610 also includes WorldMate, a sensational travel assistant that allows you to check weather, convert currencies, and much more. A free 3-year subscription is included; you'll never want to travel without it.

Entertainment
The H610 allows you to take your memories with you wherever you go. Great for any road trip, the H610 becomes a mobile entertainment system and lets you enjoy all of your digital video, music and photos at home or on the go. You can even enjoy four included video games. With support for a wide range of digital audio and video formats (see chart below), the H610 will quickly become your essential travelling companion.


What's in the Box
Mio DigiWalker H610, USB cable, in-car charger, AC charger, device holder, mount, remote control, earphones, neck strap, stylus, map DVD, and application CD-ROM.

Product Description
The H610 is a delightfully compact device that combines the latest satellite technology with a photo viewer, games, MP3 and video player.Using the H610 is simple and straightforward. It's easy to enter the address, the directions are given in a distinct loud voice and on screen instructions are clear as well. Unplanned delays? Roadworks, traffic jams, emergencies? The H610 will find you a new route right away. And tell you where the speed cameras are on your way.Visiting a new city? Find restaurants, museums, monuments just by clicking on the POI (Point of Interest) button. A name is all you know? From Coliseum in Rome to Eiffel Tower in Paris, the search function will help youfind what you are looking for.Show your favorite snaps, listen to the latest beats and play your funniest videos. You will never regret having your H610 with you. Bored? Entertain yourself by playing games on a long, endless ride.Click the WorldMate button to receive up-to-date travel information. Check the local weather where you are going, exploit the currency and measurement converter and use even the packing organizer. The H610 is the ultimate companion for any trip. Once you have tried it, you will wonder how you ever managed without.


Customer Reviews:   Read 24 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Poor Software Equates to Poor Device   July 10, 2008
There are some nice hardware features. The device is small, the screen has good resolution and the SIRF GPS chip locates your position quite quickly.

However, the software is poor and difficult to use. For example:

1. For some reason, if you don't use the device for a few days, the battery runs down quickly.
2. The on-screen keyboard is so small as to be unusable without a stylus.
3. The mapping software is not intuitive at all. It is difficult to initiate a navigation session or know when you have initiated it. It is doubly confusing to terminate a navigation session. I contacted Mio and they said you must "delete" the navigation session, which is silly, because it is reasonably likely you will want to use the same route again. Thus, you end up inputting the address with the tiny keyboard all over again. One of the worst problems is that the mapping software is very slow to "recalculate" to a new route. When I tested it going to work, I changed the route and it kept wanting to send me back to the old route by backtracking a number of miles. I don't know how many times it said "recalculating".
4. The device also works poorly as a "walking" device. The maps are not detailed enough to provide any detail on local walking paths (even in walking mode). It also is useless as a bicycle GPS. It had no maps for bike paths and only wanted me to use local roads.
5. As I said above, you could put the device in your purse or bag, but it is likely the battery will run out in a couple of days, and so it will again be useless.

Ultimately, the question is do you find the device useful such that you want or need to take it on trips. The answer is no. It is more trouble than it is worth. GPS devices are frustrating to begin with, at times, but to have a device with such poor software, one is constantly driven to "just throw it out the window".

By contrast, I have an older Garmin Nuvi 350. There is no comparison whatsoever. The device is simple and user friendly. I take it everywhere I travel.

After everything is said and done, "it's the software stupid" with these and other devices and the H610's software is poor.



4 out of 5 stars good enough for me. I recommend   May 31, 2008
Portable, wearing around my neck.
Video, image and music playing is great for me since I do not use GPS at all the time.
Old map, 2005, they say an update will be available by dec 2008, and I will buy the update (around $80), expensive since I pay $120 for this GPS.
I practice using every feature and trick on this GPS, and now love every bit of it. Fast reroute, clear voice, very responsive and fairly accurate are a few good points I can remember now.
A few things I do not like, for example is you can not easily plan your trip by entering departure and destination and let it route like Micheline GPS (Micheline GPS is more accurate, tells you destination point on left or right), will not retain settings when power off completely (should have a button batt for back up), very slow locking on GPS after a long time off and too much glared.
Over all, it is a fun toy for me.



1 out of 5 stars Poor   May 29, 2008
Mio DigiWalker H610 Handheld GPS and MP3 Player
Received this GPS from TigerDirect through Amazon. Planned to use it on trip to Nevada and Colorado. Mountain bike trip in desert and concerned we might get lost. This unit's battery failed almost immediately and could not use it on the trail. Had it less than a month when it failed. Difficult to understand how to set trip destination. We should have purchased a TomTom and should not deal with TigerDirect.



4 out of 5 stars Mio H610 GPS handheld   May 21, 2008
This little do it all wonder is my second unit purchased as a gift. It is compact and fast with a 400mhz processor. The processor alone is worth the money. It is easily customizable and I have been able to change the map software several times. I do have to warn you that the unit is very compact but this may be a drawback due to the small screen size which may be difficult to clearly see while navigating. Excellent gps for the price.


4 out of 5 stars Good but not great!   May 13, 2008
Pros:

Portable means I pretty much carry it in my pocket wherever I go.

You can listen mp3s and play videos(which I have not tried) but I thought the sound on mp3s was above average.

Play your mp3s while using to navigation, it works flawless as far as I have used it.

Enough amount of POIs.

The program menu layout is good.

The device looks cool.

I like that you can pick economical, fast or shortest routes

It is has got options like unpaved roads, high ways, for you to make a decision what kind of roads to take

CONS:

For some reason the program cds that came with it did not work in my computer(I am using windows vista)

Even though I unselected the unpaved roads option when i was going out of the city, I had to drive like 25 miles on a couple of different unpaved roads, I own a sports car so it was a nightmare for me

Although, it has the POI that I wanted listed in it, it couldn't find it, but i am glad I was just testing the device otherwise i would have been mad

The system has been frozen a few times where I had to restart it

The maps are not the greatest, they seem a little old because it couldnt find some roads around here in Minnesota

Final thoughts:

Like I said, the device is good but not great. It doesnt seem that dependable when it comes to finding your way, well at least around here but for being portable and the fact that I could use it like ipod made me give this device a 4 out of 5 stars.




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