Mio Moov 200
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: GPS, navigation, cheap | Themes: Digital Entertainment
7. Mio Moov 200
The Mio Moov 200 is a fairly new player in the market of automobile GPS navigation units, but it is up to the challenge. Selling for around $130, the Moov 200 has all the features of the more well-known and established GPS navigation device manufacturers, and comes in well under-budget. With a compact profile and a full text-to-speech feature that includes spoken street names, it is available at many online retailers and several large electronics retail chains.
Setup: 5
The Moov 200 comes with a manual, car mount, USB cable, and car charger. The car mount was relatively simple to set up, and held on well to both the dash and front window.
Documentation for this unit is minimal; the quick start guide is brief, but adequate. With genuine out-of-the-box functionality, however, there isn’t a need for much more. It came charged, loaded, and completely idiot-proof. If there’s a GPS navigation device for a non-technical user to use for long car trips (think Grandma), this is definitely the unit to own.
Functionality: 5 
Don’t let the simplistic design of the touchscreen and icons fool you; this unit is loaded. With over 3.5 million points of interest included, it is a phone book, map, and back-seat driver all in one. You can choose from over a dozen categories to automatically load onto your map as POI icons, or scroll through them on the main screen. Pharmacies, ATMs, gas pumps, and hospitals are just a few of the POIs we looked for during our trip (and they were plentiful).
On-screen buttons are easily recognized with symbols that are surprisingly common sense. (Where other units may have an arrow, triangle, or “X” to indicate the menu, this unit simply has the word “menu.”) All directional and zoom buttons are positioned on one side, making it easy to adjust the screen while focusing on the road. Both the volume and text-to-speech settings are self-explanatory. Did we mention this thing was easy to use? 
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I have used this unit, honestly I hate it. I was entering an address and everytime I would press a key (for example, T) a different character would get selected across the screen. ??? I calibrated the screen 2 times, still did it. The mount it comes with is VERY slimsy and is not strong by any means. Everytime you press a button it moves the entire unit and it shakes. The unit also took about 20 minutes to acquire a satellite, while my Nuvi took 20 seconds. Save your money and buy a Garmin, or comparable TomTom. I don't like TomTom either, but would rather have one ANY day over the Goodyear.
Lastly, if you really want a deal look at the Nokia 500. Amazing features for the price. Mapping for all over the world, text to speech, etc.
I own a Mio DigiWalker 300x (or something like it) and was very impressed with the interface and functionality (even if I never used the MP3 player). Good to hear the cheaper Mio's offer the same quality.
As for the Garmin and Mio getting lost, this is most likely an issue with the age of the Maps included. I know that Mio releases new map upgrades almost yearly, and they aren't too expensive if you can find them in stores. This would have been another interesting thing to point out, how old were the maps (sometimes they tell you or you can find out), and what are the options for upgrading the maps in the future. Even $150 is too much if you have to throw the thing away once the maps are outdated, or have to pay $75 to upgrade the map (as with Magellan).
One key thing to note with the performance of these units, is what version of maps are installed on the device. This Nuvi I highly doubt was updated with the lastest 2009 maps (which is free 60 after its first use) which obviously correct the garmin's performance issues.
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Thank you, that's something to consider. Each unit was tested with the maps provided from the manufacturer (in this case, Garmin). It is up to the manufacturer to provide the most up to date software for review units.
--Rachel Rosmarin, Editor of Tom's Guide
It was recently brought to my attention, and after the article was published, that the Goodyear135 does in fact come standard with text-to-speech for street names. The unit I tested did not perform this function during the testing, and I have to conclude that it was a faulty unit. The article will be noted to reflect this new information.
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Linsey Knerl
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