Mio C220 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator Buy Now

I bought it in Aug 2007, given the 2 years use I put on it, I have to admit it did work good for the past two years. The software system never break as to entirely collapse (when it hangs up processing, all you have to do is reset it), I would say it's robust to the use I put on it.

There are times when over half a year I just drove locally to places I knew well-- the fact that I put it idle for half a year didn't do much harm at all. I can just use it with charger on and it's good to go.

Now I really have to complain about the outdated map, there are so many times I end up in at end of a road, realizing the GPS map is totally out of sync with the reality. This happened both at urban setting and rural area. I remember driving to Cleveland Museum of Art in Oct of 2008, this little GPS lead me to a creepy area in Cleveland that is far away from Case campus. I was so agonized lost in that place. I could not understand-- the museum is there for about a century, and why the GPS can't even find a place like this??

Other occasions including once driving in Amish country little town, it directed me driving all the way (2 miles) along one major road, then told me turn back at the intersection. It was a joke not cool. I could have used any of the intersection I came across to do the drive back, why so long a expedition???

The website has absolutely no renew/map support for it, which makes the situation all the more hopeless ( my friend jail break his to update, but it doesn't help much... )

When the rating ask for individual ratings for 'ease of use' I have to say it's better than an LG GPS that I drove with, but it's not as good as a Garmin I tested.

For 'features'-- there's nothing fancy about it, it's really basic use. There's no fancy stuff as to multi-language sound support (and honestly I don't need to know the direction in 90 languages). But I find it would be nice if it could be used with google earth ( google earth now support work with Garmin etcetera)-- that will be a major expansion. But again, I could not be so impractical to expect a two year old machine being so much ahead of time.

For 'sound quality'-- I always seat in the front, either driving or front passenger-- and there's no problem at all for me to hear it. My hearing is just normal, so I didn't hunt if there's volume control feature.Get more detail about Mio C220 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator.