Product Description

Mio Digiwalker C230 is a stylish, affordable, and easy to use solution. Featuring pre-loaded maps of the U.S. (Including all 50 states and Puerto Rico), and real time Text-to-Speech, the C230 delivers incredible performance at an unbelievable price point.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3533 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: gray
• Brand: Mio
• Model: C230
• Dimensions: 3.25" h x .87" w x 3.50" l, 1.45 pounds
• Native resolution: 320 x 240

Features

• 3.5" touchscreen interface displays real-time maps and also travel status information (time of arrival, distance to destination and travel time)
• Pre-loaded maps of US (All 50 states and Puerto Rico)
• High quality, English language, Text-to-Speech
• Nearly 1 million Points of Interest (POI)
• Slim-edge form factor

Customer Reviews

It should be good, but I am not sure. I bought it for a gift
It should be good, but I am not sure. I bought it for a gift

Mio c230 GPS
I received this GPS as a gift. Having never owned a GPS device before my wife didn't want to break-the-bank with an initial purchase into this market. On the whole, this is a pretty decent device. It can be difficult to navigate thru the menus while you're on the road and the battery life isn't all that great either, but it got me to where I needed to go and for the price ... it's a really good deal.

So why did I give it a rating of only 2-stars ??? It's because of the lack of customer support. There's a glitch in the software. When the powers that be in the U.S. Gevernment changed the Day-light savings times the Mio software wasn't able to handle this. I didn't notice this until well after the device was purchased because I received it in January.

I've contacted Mio about this and have been told that they are aware of the problem. I asked if there was a "fix" that would be available, I was told there would be a fix but that they didn't know when it would be available.

And when I did speak with the Mio CS, they made it seem like I was being bothersome asking about when an update would be made available.

So I have a unit that has a software problem and you would think that it would be a fairly easy update but the company just doesn't know when the update will be available to its customers.

Bottom line, Good device ... Bad customer service.

good but with problems
For ~$130 bucks it is worth. It comes with TTS. You can even hack it, although I did not do it (yet).
Things can be improved:
Sometime it can't get signals for up to minutes;
Route calculation is not correct sometime, even wrong occasionally;
Interface/menu can be better interactive or with more options;
Battery runs off quickly;
Overall, it is a good cheap GPS.