Micforum Mio DigiWalker C220 Portable Automotive GPS System - the Best Chauffeur

ABSTRACT: Driving to your destination without the stress of heavy traffic and the anxiety of not knowing is a luxury that everyone can enjoy. With the Mio C220, it's like having your own private chauffeur.

Weighing only approx. 3.88 ounces, the Mio DigiWalker C220 is an intelligent GPS system designed to take you to every nook and corner of the US. It is packaged with a big amount of data as its pre-loaded maps and POIs allow you instant functionalities as soon as you bought it. The POIs reach around 3.5 million, it includes well known establishments as well as the smaller ones. You have a generous supply of restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, motels, school and other hot spots in an area.

It has an internal GPS antenna to avoid snagging problems as it was designed to be very portable measuring only 4.21 x 3.15 x 0.91 inches. This pocket sized gadget gives route calculation and displays images relatively fast as its GPS receiver is highly sensitive. The wait time, if at all, is negligible. Another appreciated feature of the C220 is its speed and/or safety warnings.

It has 1 GB of external memory available in its SD card on top of the 256 MB RAM that it has on board. Even when you exceed the 1GB capacity of your current SD, the memory card slot or reader allows flexibility in storage capacity. This ensures a big storage capacity that will easily facilitate future upgrades or data requirements that a frequent traveler may need.

Door to door navigation is only limited to the region where your C220 was bought. You will have to purchase additional coverage or the full maps that includes Eastern and Western Europe, the US and Canada.

It is easy to learn to use the C220. Its user friendly menus help you navigate the system. It also has name and zip code search facilities to have you find your destination given any type of limited information you may have. Its predictive keyboard feature automatically completes entries after typing the first few characters of your search keywords also processes entries in a speedy way. You can even see your current speed onscreen.