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| Mio c230 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Mio
Category: CE
List Price: $249.95
Buy New: $94.00
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New (17) Used (5) from $94.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 913
Color: gray
Media: Electronics
Tracks: Unknown
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
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 C320 Great Potential Not Realized November 5, 2007
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
This product works very well in most situations. The graphics are great, the screens are bright, the voices are good, the volume is excellent, the user interface is easy to use except that I found that the buttons are on the small side unless the unit is in your hand, satellite acquisition on startup is slow but rock solid once established, the points of interest are very out of date, route performance on long trips is great but poor on short trips.
Route performance is a big deal because it is the reason that we buy a GPS. My experience over the past month of using the product in 3 different states and on many local trips in the Chicago area have been positive except for the beginning and ending of routes. The program logic without fail, no matter what the settings used, always routes the shortest route. Sounds good right? In practice it is not so good because this means that the route leaves the main roads and highways with higher speed limits and fewer stops and takes off on local streets, zig zagging around local neighborhoods with speed limits of 25 miles per hour and stop signs at every intersection. For example the first time I set the route from my home to work and followed the route it took 27 minutes on a trip that normally only takes 15 minutes.
This strange performance may be the result of the map database being incomplete for all coverage areas. The C230 handbook documents that fact under "Frequently Asked Questions" that the speed warning program function in normally disabled because the speed limit information in the data base is incomplete for all areas. If you remove speed limit information from the route calculation, all roads would have equal weights in the routing decision and would therefore come up with the routing answer that us usually very wrong. This is a deficiency no mater what the cause, is one that Mio needs to address to make the C230 a winner.
I will continue to use the Mio C230 on trips that take me into the unknown but I seldom bother to turn it on, on local trips unless I need a good laugh.
 EXCELLENT!!! October 27, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Best GPS out there for the money. The TTS feature is HUUUUUUUUUGE!!!
Only problem is that it needs more preloaded "stores" like Walmart and Target. Hopefully the company is working on an update to the software. But that's the biggest issue and that is no biggie!
The screen is wonderful.
 So far so good. Minor problem experienced October 20, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have owned it for about 10 days. Everything seems working fine. Signal reception is great. I had a Garmin StreePilot c340 for a few days more than half a year ago. Garmin c340 could not receive signal as soon as I took it away from the dashboard. In contrast, Mio c230 has no problem at all wherever I place it in the car.
Mio c230 is thin, much lighter than Garmin's c340. Touchscreen works fine. Menu is generally good (it took a little bit time to figure out what is what since I did not have much experience with GPS in the past).
Used it today to go to Gilroy Garden (in northern California). The address given at Gilroy Garden's website is 3050 Hecker Pass Hwy, and Google's maps found it easily. When I input the address into Mio c230, it said there was no such address, but nonetheless calculated the route for me. I decided to follow its route, and it led to me to a county park on the same Hecker Pass Hwy, about 3 miles away from Gilroy Garden. So, it was not as accurate as I wished, but not terribly wrong either. A possible excuse might be that the particular address is in the rural area. For the price and all the features I wanted (such as text-to-speech), I hope Mio c230 is a worthy trade-off.
 Not user friendly at all! October 20, 2007
8 out of 23 found this review helpful
I waited to purchase my first GPS with just TTS and decided on this one instead of the Garmin Nuvi 260 because it was half the price. The reviews seemed to be outstanding on this device so I was sold.
First, the less than one million POI's is a joke at best, no Post Office locations, Train stations, I couldn't even find a local Gap store in the area, I could go on and on.
The quick start guide is an absolute joke, I'm fairly adept at using computers and electronic devices and this thing took a long time to try to figure out and I still haven't come close to solving this riddle. I can't imagine a novice handling this item. It hasn't been accurate with 3 different trip, just frustrating to use to say the least!
Personally, I don't believe that you should invest hours reading a 90 page manual to figure out how to get from point A to point B.
I'm returning it to Amazon and trying the Garmin, I hope it's not the same animal.
Big bang for the buck October 18, 2007
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Good product, with text-to-speech. A lot of features without the clutter of non-GPS thingies that one finds in higher-end, much higher-priced models from the "better" brands. A friend brought his Garmin Nuvi 660 along on a trip, and I compared my c230 to it. Obviously the Garmin 660 is better, but I didn't need the extra features and even the extra size. The c230 fits in neatly into my pocket and I am good to go. Update: the lack of sufficient POIs has now become a bit painful so I am hoping MIO or the user community will come up with upgrades.
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