Mio Digiwalker C320 Review
The D200 offers serious amateur photographers and value-minded professionals a compact, sub-￡1,500 digital SLR with many of the specifications, features and build characteristics of Nikon’s high-end pro camera.
Also available as the C520 with Bluetooth, and the C520t with traffic alerts, this range of sat-navs is one we’d rather not spend hours on the road with. It knows all the right routes but pipes up at odd moments and is slow to respond. Lovely screen, mind.
Sat-nav is moving out of the white van and into the convertible, with a new breed of navigators that are as much about looking good as they are finding your way home from Harvey Nicks. Mio’s latest attempt at a ’style-nav’ is the C320, an elegant widescreen unit built around a gorgeous touch-sensitive display. It’s available now for around ￡220.
Strengths
In the absence of a strong design concept, Mio has wisely aimed for minimalism — the C320 is an anonymous slice of technology, whose all-black cool is only marred by unnecessary glossy black plastic edging… and Mio’s own DigiWalker logo.
The 109mm (4.3-inch) touchscreen is simply excellent — judged as good as Sony’s NV-U92 by our critical test driver for brightness, sharpness and colour. The display is well laid out and cartoon-clear, with animated arrows and indicators to make even the most complex motorway junctions fool-proof.
Conclusion
While a good display is essential for efficient navigation, it’s not enough on its own. The C320’s widescreen wonder may dazzle for a few days, but you’ll soon become frustrated at the unresponsive interface and irritating voice guidance. Worth considering for its pan-European maps and good route info, but definitely one to try before you buy.
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Posted on September 15th, 2008 by admin
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