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| Mio c230 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Mio
Category: CE
List Price: $249.95
Buy New: $159.99
You Save: $89.96 (36%)
New (6) Used (4) from $114.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  107 reviews
Sales Rank: 6571
Color: gray
Media: Electronics
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 3.5 x 0.9 x 3.3
MPN: C230
Model: C230
UPC: 841881002970
EAN: 0841881002970
ASIN: B000VZ3ADS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Mio C230 a great GPS for the price November 27, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
******Mio 230C Pros********
- Small enough to fit in your pocket
- Text to speech is great to have at this price
- Auto route calculation when you miss a turn,
- Allows you to input your own POI's and create subfolders for them,
- Cockpit view has all the info you need to see what maneuver is coming next and when,
- Very customizable map color themes
- Uses the SiRF Star III chipset for quick and very accurate satellite lock
- Auto night mode uses time and time zone to adjust itself
- Auto zooms when you are nearing your destination (configurable)
- Charges using USB cord,
- Allows you to remove certain maneuvers and or roads from your route,
- SD memory card slot allows you to save your personal POIs and settings
- Window mount is rock solid
- Uses 2007 maps
- Allows you to input latitude and longitude coordinates this comes in very handy when getting coordinates from other sources like Google earth or POI listings on the internet.
- Price - got it for $172.00 on sale in Nov 2007@ CC.
******Mio 230C Cons*******
- Needs a stylus unless you have needle fingers,
- The SD slot is not used for anything else other than saving your POIs and settings,
- Battery life is short (like 2 hrs, 4 hrs if you use the smart screen feature),
- Very limited POI database (less than a million),
- Menu system does not flow intuitively,
- No map update available as of this review (Nov 2007)
- Found a two year old road missing from the maps,
- Most of the roads on military base in town had wrong names, not sure if this is done on purpose for security reasons or Tele Atlas is just sorry.
- No hard copy manual, it comes as a 92 page PDF file that you have to read from your computer unless you want to spend the resources to print your own,
- GPS gets confused when off road and in car mode (parking lots is one example).
good gps for the price November 27, 2007
The Mio C230 is the best value for a gps with text to speech. It is small and easy to use and the directions are accurate (except it sometimes takes a longer route). Per the instructions, the first startup of the day can take a long time, but is pretty quick after that. The only really down side is when it tells you to turn in 100 yards, it is more like 100 feet.
 Great features pity about the maps November 22, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
After falling in love with the system in my Acura RL I wanted a portable system for another car. This little unit has some outstanding features and options. But it's choice of routes was problematic. It insisted that I use a road that has been closed for over 20 years. It was returned.
Just a GPS November 20, 2007
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
I had used c230 for couple of weeks.
It has lots of fancy features which sounds preety good.
However, when I drive to Jercey city,it take us to no where.
I returned my C230 days ago.
Good for the price November 20, 2007
18 out of 28 found this review helpful
This is the second GPS I have used, the first one is Garmin ique 3600, which is pretty decent one except no text to speech function and awkward dashboard mount. After the experience with Ique3600, I want my next GPS to have text to speech feature (this is important to keep your eyes on the road all time, withou looking at the GPS while making turns) and be affordable. Mio C230 falls in that catagery. I bought through Amazon.com about one month ago and have driven about one thousand miles in different area (NY, MA, PA). The map is pretty accurate for these areas and route recalculation is fast. The only complaint is: the POI has limited number, it does not have the Walmart and Costco near my home. If POI does not bother you as much, I think it is a great buy.
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