ive seen it personally at the install fest yesterday, and it looks great. im thinking of picking one up.

-Ave

 

oh, if you are lucky, some staples stores would let you use this with it... that's additional 12% off!!

http://www.staplescentral.com/custom...ppCard_Dec.pdf

I went to the one on Colmen and they wouldn't let me use it...

 

most staples will let you use the 12% off...I got one with 12% off

 

Good for you!

BTW, my friend just got one from Fry's and he said they just got bunch of them in... He went to Staples first and said they are all out...

This is the 1077 E Arques Ave, Sunnyvale, CA store... Got the addy off my Mio.

 

next thing to hack is the voice and port more POI...

Voice:
I would imagine to convert and put it in the same format as the default...
http://www.blazemp.com/ogg_converter_software.htm

POI:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/d....asp?CAT_ID=20
http://***************/?sduid=0&t=381...plorerBeta.zip

 

Just got one as an early xmas present. Haven't put it in the car yet, but I messed around with it for a while and it's got some cool features. One of them is it tells you where the nearest gas stations are which can come in pretty handy.

Can't believe it was only $200. I asked the guy at Fry's why that was, he said it's because it doesn't update as fast and if you're going 70-80mph on the freeway, it can't track you as fast as the others. Meh....

 

what color is the bezel on this thing?

 

Not true...

Mio uses the 20 channel SiRFstarIII chipset...

Guess who uses that chipset as well?
http://gpstracklog.typepad.com/gps_t...ariii_why.html

 

**** i gotta get one.

 

Sweet!!! Thanks for that info. I haven't had a nav system before, but I'm pretty impressed with this one. Still getting used to operating it, but it doesn't seem difficult.

 

yep yep... for $200, you can't beat it. I think the reason it's so cheap is because of the name... I've never heard of Mio until my co-worker got one. I thought it was going to be crappy until I researched it a little and actually play with it. When you actually look at the spec of the hardware and the under layer map database. You then realize, damn, it's a great deal!

enjoy your Christmas gift!

 

hey does this thing talk???

 

I think I might have 2 pick one of these bad boys up

 

Yep... it's a man's voice though.

 

well if it's a man's voice it will be perfect for zoeb!!!

i think im gonna pick this up.. i wonder if bestbuy offers it? i have about 400 bucks in best buy gift cards i got for christmas.