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i bougtht a c 520 5 months ago and the map is out of date and now they tell me it will cost 81.00 for an update dvd this unit is a peice of junk and they do not stand behind there product if i can sell this peice of junk i will buy one of the ones that will stand behind there unit.
That is about the going rate for map updates.
Had my C520 for six weeks and just got a Garmin 750 a week ago from sideXside testing for routing the Garmin cant touch the Mio. for one I can adjust my routes by bypassing roads I dont want to take I cant do that with the garman, the Mio also has bluetooth the Garmin does not. The garmin has a fm transmitter the Mio does’nt. They both have some of the same features like a caculator,currency converter, unit converter,text to speech, millions of poi’s, find destinations by typing in coordinates and thats where the simularities end. The Mio has a feature to add speed and red light cameras on the unit, you can chose different map colors for day and night,user data management,add and name your poi’s and have them appear on the screen as you near them, and the best thing I like is the split screen effect, were you can view your route on one side and see your route distance, the time it will take you to travel that distance, mph, eta, current time, distance to your next turn and turn direction all on one screen. I can hit a button and can recalculate the route, view the itinerary, edit the route, find information on what roads I will travel, any tolls to be paid, and do a flyover to see my exact route from start to finish. Some say the Mio is cheap and is junk I paid less than $200.00 for mine brand new from a major electronics store and paid $300.00 for the garmin at a members only store. The teleatlas program on the Mio is a sept. 2007 map, the garmin has the new 2009 map and the Mio gives better routing maps, some of my cowokers have the mid-range and high-end garmins and tomtom’s and want to use my mio when the go on transports, we are corrections officers who transports inmates so we have to have good directions when we travel because our lives depend on it.
I’m about to buy the Mio C520 with a customized software and maps for Argentina and Brazil. Do you know if it’s possible to return to the original software keeping the maps? Or do you recommend me an even better base software? I’ve tried the customized one at the retail, and it’s really disgusting……
By the way, congratulations for the awesome job you do regarding gps reviews!
Regards,
I got my C520 christmas ‘07. I am a limo driver from the country and drive to the city every day.I love my MIO it is great and i would not swap it for any other brand.Some of my clients have other brand gps’s and are very impressed with mine.
I personally have bought just about every gps brand so I could put them head to head against one another to see which one I liked the best. In my opinion the Mio still shines above the rest. I have a C520 and it is packed with features that you just don’t find on other GPS. Simply touching the screen you can add multiple via points and get information right from the screen. I’m not trashing the other brands. I recently purchased a TomTom One for 130$ to stick on my motorcycle, and I have to say for the money it is excellent. This model even has some features that I wish my Mio had. However, for me being able to add multiple via points by simply touching the screen is a big selling point. It makes re-routing so simple and fast. If some of the other brands had a simple way of adding “multiple via points” then I might give them some serious consideration.