Mio DigiWalker C620 Review
A flagship sat-nav needs to excel in all areas, and the Mio DigiWalker C620 simply doesn’t pack enough features — or even navigate smoothly enough — to justify its price tag. However, the big screen and simple operation could make it a fun companion on a (pedestrian!) European city break.
Why spend more than a 150 quid on a sat-nav? It’s a good question these days, when even the cheapest navigators have rechargeable batteries, reliable navigation and decent screens.
Mio attempts to answer it with the DigiWalker C620, a widescreen GPS that offers 3D elevation views, landmark graphics and high tech extras. It’s available now for around ￡250.
While the hi-res 3D graphics are eye-popping, they’re actually a step backwards for safety. The one thing you shouldn’t do with any sat-nav is spend too much time looking at the screen, especially in busy cities. Having a gloriously realistic Arc de Triomphe sprouting from the Mio’s centre certainly doesn’t make navigating Paris’s famous route any less hair-raising.
Linking to a Bluetooth phone for hands-free use is straightforward, although the Mio persistently crashed when trying to import the large contacts book from a Nokia 6110. Multimedia features (photo viewer and MP3 player) are basic and best avoided — although you do get a SD card slot to add snaps with the USB link.
Mio has devoted a lot of effort to the graphical side of the C620, but the minor advantage of 3D graphics isn’t enough to compensate for annoyingly verbose and imprecise verbal commands. For less money, you can pick up the competent TomTom 720, which combines speech recognition with faultless mapping and ease of use.
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Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by admin
Filed under: GPS Guide
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