Mio Moov 310
The Mio Moov 310 portable navigation system offers text-to-speech directions and includes a complimentary one-year subscription to real-time traffic updates.
The Moov 310 has sluggish performance, including slow route calculations. The user documentation is also poor.
The Mio Moov 310 in-car GPS doesn’t move very fast with all its performance issues, which is a shame since it otherwise offers a nice set of navigation features for a wallet-friendly price.
Mio Technology and Navman formally merged under the Mio name, and we’re now seeing the first products of that marriage: the Mio Moov line. The series includes four models–the Mio Moov 200, the Moov 210, the Moov 300, and the Moov 310–and combines Navman’s software with Mio’s hardware.
For our review, we took a look at the Mio Moov 310, and we thought it offered a really nice bundle of navigation features, including a text-to-speech functionality and a free year’s subscription to the Traffic Messaging Channel, all for an affordable price of $249.95. Unfortunately, the Moov 310 just wasn’t up to the task, as it suffered from sluggish performance and slow route calculations. It all led to a disappointing and frustrating experience, so drivers beware.
The Mio Moov 310 is equipped with a 20-channel SiRFstarIII GPS receiver with SiRFInstantFixII (for faster satellite acquisition) and comes preloaded with maps of the United States and Puerto Rico. Planning a trip can be done in a several ways. You can enter a specific address, intersection, or zip code.
Or, for quicker access, you can select a destination from your Favorites list, Recent destinations, or go straight to Home. Alternatively, you can tap any point on the map and navigate to it. Under the Preferences menu, you can customize how you want route calculations–fastest time, shortest distance, most or least use of freeways, with or without toll roads, and so forth. Unfortunately, this seems to be a car-only device, since there’s no pedestrian or bicycle mode.
On the upside, Mio includes a free one-year subscription to the Traffic Messaging Channel for real-time traffic updates. The traffic page shows you problem areas with color-coded areas (for instance, red for heavy congestion), and the Moov 310 will also show you the number of incidents in the area as well as details on exact location and the type of traffic.
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Posted on August 26th, 2008 by admin
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