Abstract: PDA phone with built-in GPS route-mapping: In-vehicle navigation is becoming quite the thing, with the range of options available growing all the time. Unless you are super-rich you are probably going to be looking at one of two set-ups: a stand-alone sat...
The Mio A701 disappointed me. I had high hopes that this was going to be a well integrated smart phone satnav solution, but it has too many little flaws. It's by no means unusable, but it needs to be tweaked quite a bit before I'd consider buying one....
Relatively small for a device with both an integrated mobile phone and a GPS receiver; some well thought-out user interface elements; available with and without navigation software
Lacks Wi-Fi and infrared; postcode navigation is not seven-digit, making it difficult to use; battery life could be longer
The Mio A701 is a decent GSM/GPRS/GPS handheld with some nice features, although it lacks Wi-Fi. We arent the biggest fans of Mio Map, but you can buy this device without the navigation software and install another application ...
Relatively small for a device with both an integrated mobile phone and a GPS receiver, Some well thoughtout user interface elements, Available with and without navigation software
Lacks WiFi and infrared, Postcode navigation is not sevendigit, Battery life could be longer
The Mio A701 is a decent GSM/GPRS/GPS handheld with some nice features, although it lacks Wi-Fi. We aren’t the biggest fans of Mio Map, but you can buy this device without the navigation software and install another application...
Abstract: Ah convergence the dirty word of consumer electronics, it is banded around more times than a tarts calling card and yet never seems to amount to much. Now finally we have in our mitts a real example of converging technology the Mio A701 GPS Smartphone,...
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Published: 2007-01-06, Author: Pavel , review by: pdagold.com
Abstract: Todays addition to the list of reviewed products is Mio DigiWalker A701 by Mio Technology. The device combines a simple GSM/GPRS module and a sensitive SiRFstar III GPS receiver. The list of main features includes a powerful processor and sizeable me...
Abstract: Convergence devices like PDAPhones or GPSPDAs have been gaining a lot of attention lately with the apparent demise of "simple" PDAs but how about taking it one step further with GPSPDAPhones ? The HP hw6515 and Eten G500 paved the way and now comes th...
Abstract: Australian consumers are embracing GPS navigation devices as rapidly as they fell in love with mobile phones and MP3 music players. No longer is a GPS device exclusively found in luxury cars: these days you can even buy mobile phones with receive...
