Comments on: Mio c310x

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:06:51 +0000

I find that map updates from Mitac are disastrous if any are provided at all.
The GPS’s themselves are very good but the after sales service and updates are non existant
don’t buy one of these if you intend keeping it for any length of time

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:41:30 +0000

What is the difference between the “310″ and the “c310x” ???

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:31:11 +0000

I have found that to buy maps for other countries cost more than the unit itself. So if I want maps for USA and Australia, I may as well buy a second unit in that country. You can find pretty prices if you look around or google for it.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:19:07 +0000

I’ve been looking at the Moov 310 at the local outlet of a chain of large electronics stores. The advertised price is $200. Yet when I go on the Mio website, I can find few mentions of the Moov 310, and no support; no map updates; nothing. Is this a niche device? Was it mainstream when new, of just released to a few chain stores? Can I get a map update if needed? Is it supported? Is $200 a good buy?

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:13:20 +0000

I bought my MIO301 in early 2007. The user interface is the most unintuitive I have every used, but once I figured it out, the unit is great. We travelled from Nova Scotia across the Canada, down to California and back through the US. We drove through new cities with confidence, and only very rarely did the GPS give us a bum steer.

My problem is that there is not enough memory to hold detail maps of all of Canada and the US. I thought that extra state maps could be accessed from the SD expansion card, but that was not the case. I needed to load them in from my laptop and one needs to be technically savey to do that (good thing I was).

If anyone out there knows how to access extra maps from the SD card, please fill me in.

By: Y Chan

Y Chan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:10:26 +0000

Yes. The Pioneer AVIC-S2 uses exactly the same navigation software as this Mio model (iGO MY WAY 2006 by Nav N Go Ltd). The Pioneer also gets “Cockpit” view and automatically zoom in and out as you drive around. Even the US Voice is also called “Jason” in the Pioneer GPS (I prefer the US woman voice “Amy” though).

In fact, I can load the Mio POI file (iGO.db) into the Pioneer and it works just as fine. However, the maps are not interchangeable unless you also have the correct licence.db file (even though they come from the same vendor, Tele Atlas, with the same file format).

The hardware, however, are different. For example, the power connection of the Pioneer AVIC-S2 is on the side rather than at the bottom.

What baffles me is that, while people generally say good things about Mio in various forums, they give bad reviews about Pioneer.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:54:14 +0000

I’ve had this device since March 2007. I love it. Yes, I do agree the user interface is a bit involving. But once you find your way around after fiddling with it for a week or two, it packs a lot of functionality. The GPS tracking is smooth (does not cut off during trips – a flaw to look for in other GPS when researching). Overall, it’s been good to me. I also like “Map” view if you want to use/view it as a plain map, and along with the “Cockpit” view which is handy when actually driving. Also, within the “Cockpit” view, it has other styles of viewing such as 3D, 2D, aerial — really nice and handy. Can you get these things from the other GPS?

By: M L

M L — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:18:59 +0000

Well I really miss my little Mio 310x, sadly someone ripped it off. I went upscale and bought a more exspensive Maggellan 4050 which is a pain to use and clunky compared to my Mio 310, it goes back tommorow by the looks of it in my $400 price range the LG 740 or the Mio C520 r the best bets anybody have a opinion on that?

By: Alon

Alon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:22:11 +0000

I have a Mio 310x for a year now and I have to say I hate it.
Never (not even once!) found an address we were looking for.
Rest is great – customizable, tons of features, UI is OK, sound is strong, MP3 player, etc. But it does not get you to your destination…!
If you want a pet – but a pet. If you want a GPS – buy something else…

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:41:31 +0000

Has anyone used this as a GPS receiver connected to a Linux system for GPS enabled software? How “open” is Mio to outside developers and software?