Mio’s got a low cost, entry level GPS receiver with your name on it. It’s the C220 and has a 3.5-inch LCD and doles out turn-by-turn directions (in English, Spanish or French) thanks to its SiRFstarIII receiver. Supposedly this receiver is the best one out there, so, theoretically, you shouldn’t run into the same GPS problems that I did trying to get a signal in the canyons of Manhattan.
The C220 comes with all the updated maps you can handle, even for you folks living in the middle of nowhere in Alaska (and in the middle of paradise in Hawaii). And at only $250 (you should see the prices of other GPS receivers out there), even a poor bloke such as myself can afford it.
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Alright… this is lookin’ like a sweet deal. How about someone who is a GPS junkie comment on why someone should go for a different unit. Otherwise I may end up buying something I really didn’t need but had to get because it was finally cheap enough!
nice GPS, but it mybe it not work in my country
I just bought this GPS and I absolutly love it! It hasn’t let me down yet and everytime I turn it on I find something else cool that it can do. The Points of Interets are endless and include absolutly everything you can imagine, the color is good, maps are great, and voice is loud enough. It’s also in a bunch of languages so no one should have a problem. The recalculation is almost instantaneous if you miss a turn (I missed a view on purpose to see how long it would take to fix it). You will not regret your purchase!
I agree with Christine. It’s not bulky like the others. Very accurate and fast. Tough if you have big fingers though.
SiRF Star III GPS receivers dominate portable GPS devices at the moment but, competition is about to arrive in the form of the CellGuide’s new CGX5900 ultra-miniature GPS co-processor. The CGX5900 is quoted by CellGuide as having a 70% cost advantage over dedicated GPS receiver chips such as the SiRF Star III with matching performance.
No wonder SiRF have been talking to Intel recently.
There’s more details at http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/12/07/aclys-gps-receiver-chip-70-cost-reduction-breakthrough/