Mio C310 GPS receiver / MP3 player review
Published on May 16th, 2006 in gps navigation, mio, reviews
Personal Tech Pipeline got a chance to tour around with Mio C310 portable GPS receiver with built-in DAP that we first spotted at CES, and claim that although the unit is a pretty good value, its performance is a bit underwhelming. Rather than building a product from the ground up like the Garmins and Magellans of the world, Mio has assembled a Windows CE-powered unit featuring software from Destinator Technologies and maps from TeleAtlas — which, while not necessarily a bad thing, means some of the features aren’t as polished as they are on vertically-integrated products. For example, PTP found that many important options were buried under several sub-menus, which made simple tasks like changing to night mode or selecting a new destination while driving more difficult than they should be, and probably more dangerous. The C310 seemed to perform its navigation duties fairly well, though, and even ships with ActiveSync for loading up your Outlook contacts’ addresses, but little annoyances like a cluttered 3.5-inch screen and awful built-in speakers might be enough to convince most folks to put their $600 towards a more expensive model that operates a little more smoothly.
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September 30th, 2006 at 2:22 pm
I have purchaced one of your Mio Digi Walker C310 GPS systems and discovered that I have no hard ware to install into my computer. I am requiring all components to this system to get it up and running. Such as the screen holder, adapter, CD and cord to attach system to my computer. If you could steer me in the proper direction for these items I would greatly appriciate it. Thank you, Looking forward to hearing from you.
September 30th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Hi Coady,
Where did you purchase this from?
November 24th, 2006 at 2:47 am
He stole it.