Mio DigiWalker C230 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

by Mio

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VK5BRQ
• Item model number: C230
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,260 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Drive with Confidence
The Mio DigiWalker C230 is a slim and compact car navigation system featuring a highly sensitive GPS receiver and intuitive 3.5" touchscreen interface. Equipped with maps, POIs and turn-by-turn voice guidance, the C230 is easy to use and is ready out of the box.

Portable Design
The light-weight and pocket-sized design makes it extremely portable. It's easy to move from car to car or carry in a bag. Just like portable technology should be.

Bright and Intuitive Touchscreen Display
The bright 3.5" touchscreen interface is highly responsive and intuitive to use. Easily select destinations, preview route plans and go! Simple and straightforward.

Turn-by-turn Voice and Visual Guidance
With clear voice and visual guidance, the C230 tells you your distance from the next turn and which direction to go. Hear the directions so you can keep your eyes focused on the road.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great GPS for a great price, November 8, 2007

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Sarwat Ezzeldin "PrinceAly" (Irvine, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mio DigiWalker C230 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

I have the Mio C230 for about a month now. I have to say it was not very easy to use at first, but after a couple of hours, I was able to find my way around it. This is my third GPS, I have a Garmin C340 for almost two years, and a Nuvi 370 for about eight months; so I can say that I have a bit of experience with the Garmin products which considered to be one of the best GPS in the market. The only reason I got the Mio is its ability to add multiple stops to your final destination (Via Points), and the ability to optimize the route for you, a feature is not available in the Garmin products. My fiancé is a realtor, and she makes numerous stops to show houses to her clients; with the Garmin, she had to enter one stop at the time, which means that she might be going back and forth or zig zaging around; with the Mio, all she has to do is to input as many addresses as she needs to, and then the Mio will optimize the route and guide her around, cool.
You can enter address either by state / city / street; or you can use zip code / street; very nice feature. Any address you input will be automatically stored in the history and you can retrieve it at any time; you can also copy everything to the SD card and store it in your computer or use the data in another Mio, cool. If you don't have the address but know where your destination is on the map, you can touch that point on the map, and the Mio will take you there.
There is also an icon for "Home" where you can store your home address, by clicking it, the Mio will take you home, a similar one is for "work". You can rename both if needed.
The detailed information available on the screen in "cockpit mode" is impressive, on the upper left corner it shows the next maneuver (an arrow going right or left), below that it shows the distance to that maneuver and the estimated time of arrival to your final destination. Next to that you have four icons to zoom in and out on the map, and to change the view from 2 to 3 dimensions and vise versa. Another nice feature is the pedestrian mode, in that mode; the Mio will take you thru the shortest route ignoring the traffic direction of one way streets. You can customize the Mio for brighter screen or to get louder if you reach a specific speed; routing can be customized to shortest, fastest or economical. You can avoid Toll roads, U turns, unpaved roads, Highways, etc.
The Text to Speech feature is also a definite plus. The only thing that I really don't like in the Mio C230 is the very limited number of POI's (about 900K), you will hardly be able to find anything in there, Mio needs to do smoothing about that limitation. However, you can add you own POI's to the data base if you know the address.
In short, if you don't need the MP3/Photo player, or the blue tooth, the Mio C230 is a great basic GPS, loaded with features that are not available on other big name brands, great signal reception, bright screen, clear TTS voice, nice design, pocket size, at an unbeatable price. Impressive

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic!!, December 27, 2007

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BelfastJimmy (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mio DigiWalker C230 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

This is my first GPS system so I cannot compare this Mio230 model with any others.

I had read reviews of several different systems and just when I thought I had found the correct model for me, a negative review would pop up!
This mostly happened with reviews of ALL devices so I decided to go with my gut feeling.

I then read that Mio had text to speech - which I didn't think was important.

I've only had the Mio for 2 days so I'm hardly an expert.
All I can say is that for $149 it is amazing!
I would advise anyone getting a GPS system without speech to forget about it and go with speech.

It is virtually impossible to drive and consult a screen at the same time, particularly if you're driving in a city like Boston.

So, whether or not you purchase a Mio, just make sure it has TTS.
Otherwise you're just wasting your money!!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the price it can not be touched, November 12, 2007

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Don Steiner - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Mio DigiWalker C230 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Electronics)

Someone in my office bought the C230. We used it on a business trip from Harrisburg PA to Mahwah NJ. It was very accurate on roads and at finding very difficult routs.

You need to READ the instructions! Download better instructions from the web site. Once it clicks in your head how it works it can't be touched for the price.

I immediately logged on to Amazon and purchased one for myself. The cost makes it a no-brainer. My one daughter used it to find a high school to take her SAT's. My other daughter used it to go to a concert in Baltimore.

This will cause all other makers to rethink there marketing strategy. It has no phone, blue tooth, mp3 or any other ridiculous component to justify raising the price. I never felt so relaxed while driving in areas I did not know. Not only did it tell me when to turn, it told me the street! And if your brain cramps and you miss the turn it quickly recalculates the rout to get you back on track. (doesn't even call you an idiot!) When on a highway for 50 miles, it will remind you as you get closer to the exit that the turn is coming up.

Just a flat out great little GPS!

Don, Harrisburg PA