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Bought one, it didn't work as advertised so I took it back and got mu money back. I researche a bit more and as luck would have it Tom Tom brought out the 'One.' I bought one and it's superb. Far easier to use than the Mio and smaller.
Regards
AC
>> Edited by AlanClegg on Wednesday 15th February 15:42
Regards
AC
>> Edited by AlanClegg on Wednesday 15th February 15:42
Mio 269 is pretty good imho.
I mentioned in a previous thread that a friend hacked his 269+ into a PocketPc and found the cracked TomTomGo software so he could compare MioMap against TomTomGo.
There wasn't much in it, but overall he preferred the Mio. He liked the little things like the countdown messages to junctions (the Mio restructures its sentences meaning that it doesn't repeat itself, whereas the TTG just repeats the message as you get closer). The Mio also says Please whereas the TTG doesn't. The Mio had better information input proceedure, but the TTG has faster menuing.
What did it for me was that the TTG700 had an appalling aeriel, whereas the Mio 269 (and 269+) had much better built in aerials. The TTG700 kept losing sight of satellites everywhere - plus it had an annoying habit of locking when it came out from a tunnel for instance. I believe the Mio 269+ supports Traffic broadcasts (?) with the extra aerial. The TTG doesn't.
I mentioned in a previous thread that a friend hacked his 269+ into a PocketPc and found the cracked TomTomGo software so he could compare MioMap against TomTomGo.
There wasn't much in it, but overall he preferred the Mio. He liked the little things like the countdown messages to junctions (the Mio restructures its sentences meaning that it doesn't repeat itself, whereas the TTG just repeats the message as you get closer). The Mio also says Please whereas the TTG doesn't. The Mio had better information input proceedure, but the TTG has faster menuing.
What did it for me was that the TTG700 had an appalling aeriel, whereas the Mio 269 (and 269+) had much better built in aerials. The TTG700 kept losing sight of satellites everywhere - plus it had an annoying habit of locking when it came out from a tunnel for instance. I believe the Mio 269+ supports Traffic broadcasts (?) with the extra aerial. The TTG doesn't.
The Mio269 for £220 is a good buy. Mine cost nearer £350 last July. Make sure it comes with version 2 of the mapping software (whole of Europe) on the hard disk as the free upgrade offer from v.1 to v.2 has now ended.
Agree that built-in GPS aerial works well, but price also includes an external plug-in aerial. Also includes windscreen mount and bike mount and charger for UK & Europe. Also has an MP3 player with 512Mb available on hard disk plus any size card you insert in the SD card slot.
Agree that built-in GPS aerial works well, but price also includes an external plug-in aerial. Also includes windscreen mount and bike mount and charger for UK & Europe. Also has an MP3 player with 512Mb available on hard disk plus any size card you insert in the SD card slot.
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