Comments on: Mio C520 Car GPS Navigation Device Review http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/05/26/mio-c520-car-gps-navigation-device-review/ GPS TEchnology Reviews Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:35:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: car dvd gps http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/05/26/mio-c520-car-gps-navigation-device-review/comment-page-1/#comment-53860 car dvd gps Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:11:48 +0000 http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/05/26/mio-c520-car-gps-navigation-device-review/#comment-53860 GPS is now widely applied for car, outdoor, fitness, specialty and cell phone, etc. It receives signals from GPS satellites, and the quality of signal is determined by many factors, like solar radiation, atmosphere conditions and terrain. Generally not all signal from the satellite gets through to your GPS, the signal scattering is usually from vegetation, sometimes from terrain, buildings, or other objects between you and GPS satellite. There are a lot of styles for GPS receiver in the market, including car GPS, general outdoor GPS, fitness GPS, specialty GPS and cell phone GPS. GPS is now widely applied for car, outdoor, fitness, specialty and cell phone, etc. It receives signals from GPS satellites, and the quality of signal is determined by many factors, like solar radiation, atmosphere conditions and terrain.

Generally not all signal from the satellite gets through to your GPS, the signal scattering is usually from vegetation, sometimes from terrain, buildings, or other objects between you and GPS satellite.

There are a lot of styles for GPS receiver in the market, including car GPS, general outdoor GPS, fitness GPS, specialty GPS and cell phone GPS.

]]> By: nezza http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/05/26/mio-c520-car-gps-navigation-device-review/comment-page-1/#comment-43734 nezza Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:34:28 +0000 http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/05/26/mio-c520-car-gps-navigation-device-review/#comment-43734 I have just purchased the exceptionally well featured MIO C520 unit ( all prices here are converted to AUD) for $418 at Harvey Norman which is great value compared to the near top of range Tom Tom GO720 & Garmin 660 which can be purchased for approximately $600 & $700 respectively. It also carries a bonus 12 months warranty for a total of 24 months and almost $200 to $300 savings. There is a sting in the tail however. Mio sells the North American map for a whopping $299 and Europe for $369. This brings the total cost to $1086. The Tom Tom maps can be downloaded for a currently discounted to Australia & New Zealand customers (ends January 31 2008) for an amaxing $79.95 & $99.95 each. This brings the total cost to only $780 with the $600 unit price. The Garmin 660 totals a massive $1218 with the $700 base unit price. In effect the near top of range Tom Tom GO 720 smashes the competition by $308 against Mio and $438 against the Garmin. Enough to potentially by another basic Tom Tom. I know that this comparison is meaningless if you are not going to use the unit in the USA and Europe and the MIO is a fantastic unit at the base price. I have just purchased the exceptionally well featured MIO C520 unit ( all prices here are converted to AUD) for $418 at Harvey Norman which is great value compared to the near top of range Tom Tom GO720 & Garmin 660 which can be purchased for approximately $600 & $700 respectively. It also carries a bonus 12 months warranty for a total of 24 months and almost $200 to $300 savings.

There is a sting in the tail however. Mio sells the North American map for a whopping $299 and Europe for $369. This brings the total cost to $1086. The Tom Tom maps can be downloaded for a currently discounted to Australia & New Zealand customers (ends January 31 2008) for an amaxing $79.95 & $99.95 each. This brings the total cost to only $780 with the $600 unit price. The Garmin 660 totals a massive $1218 with the $700 base unit price.

In effect the near top of range Tom Tom GO 720 smashes the competition by $308 against Mio and $438 against the Garmin. Enough to potentially by another basic Tom Tom.

I know that this comparison is meaningless if you are not going to use the unit in the USA and Europe and the MIO is a fantastic unit at the base price.

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