Hi, just saw the Herald Sun today on page 49. Mio Moov 300 is on special at $198!!! This is only until 28/12/2008!!!
I have purchased one of these when they were $340. Really excellent value, and these should sell like hot cakes. I reckon its the best GPS brand on the market.
I'm very, very sure that they will all be sold out by the 28th! There is a note also: Limited Offer, 2 per customer.
Get in there fast before it's too late!
Just got one from Harvey Norman Auburn. They still had plenty available… and were selling it for $1 cheaper at $197.
how do these compare to the tomtom one v4's?
cheers,
Ben
Hi Ben, I went to Harvey Norman and purchased another Mio 300 today, basically because I have checked around, and $198 is probably the best price ever for a GPS. The guys at Harvey Norman were really friendly and helpful and basically told me this, when comparing the Mio 300 to the Tom Tom One V4:
Hope this helps Ben. The Harvey Norman guy even recommended the Mios over the Tom Toms when I asked him. But I think the promo ends tomorrow then they are putting the price back to $279 or something around there. Even then, I would still get the Mio 300 over the Tom Tom V4.
Dixon nice info and helpful, but why spoil it with dumb comments like rigged promos. Most of these promos by legitimate companies are bound by various state laws. Your review about your mom and dad also doesnt make sense - did they try the Tom Tom? Your interface opinions are just that personal.
And a Hardly Normal SALES guy recommending this over the Tom Tom, is like the Good guy SALES person recommending Tom Tom, really they are selling the stock they have, if HN recommended the Tom Tom you'd go to Good guy's.
Your objective comments, like the screen size, the good info on the extra's, these were very helpful and assists me to look out for those features and make informed decisions. So while critical of the BS mentioned above, the rest of your comments are very helpful. The old adage - if it doesn't add, it detracts
thanks for the sales pitch, but you sold me already.
Picked one up this afternoon and have been playing with it since.
For me it was the best bang for buck, the features missing (bluetooth, 3d poi, live poi) didn't bother me at all, i just wanted a navigation device but with spoken street names (the tomtom one v3 misses this)
anyone so far it looks good, the 3 year warranty + case was a bonus!
i think i've found a bug in the map outside my house so i'll get to test mio support too!
If I was you, I'd buy the TomTom. i do alot of driving so i would buy either TomTom or Garmin.
I did have some Mio & Navman before.they do a good job. But i saw the Garmin & Tom Tom were the industry leader. you can't go wrong with TomTom or Garmin.
Just got this $198 special in Adelaide, SA in the Enfield store. They had the price of $299 on them, and I said to the bloke, these are listed as $198 in the Sydeny Morning Herald for Harvey Norman. He went away, and came back and said ours should be $198 too. there should be a sign up. I bet there still isn't a sign up though….. Bargain. Thanks dixon
Good device, $198 from Browns Plains in Brisbane too.
Yep, also listed on their website for $198 with 3 years warranty and carry case.
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/products/index.php/computers/…
awesome, that's even better value. I'll go back to the store and claim these bonus.
Great find!!! I was about to get $200 Binatone from BigW :)
Just picked one up today from Harvey Norman. OfficeWorks does not have any in stock, otherwise they would have given me another 5% off. Not a big deal since I grabbed a $95 250GB portable hard drive from them (beated JB Hifi offer)
Kmart is selling this for $269 if you dont have a Harvey Norman near you
Thanks for posting it is a great deal!
I got one from thomastown today, they had at least 10 left in stock.
3 year warranty + free carry case when you register online:
http://www.mio.com/au/mio-technology-press-releases-Get-even…
register before the 15th to get it!
According to Harvey Norman's website this model features:-
Traffic Message Channel Ready
3D landmarks
Is this correct? Mio's website mentions none of this in their specs. Anyone who has one can let me know?
Thanks.
picked up one today @ preston store. Discount price wasn't advertised in-store. Required to ask salesperson for special price.
3d maps but no 3d landmarks,
I've already found a bug in the maps - and it's right outside my house =(
for an extra $150 you can buy a traffic cradle:
http://aus.mio-store.com/Traffic%20Cradle/Moov%20TMC%20Cradl…
I bought one, but I am still holding out for a special on the Nuvi 260 or Tom tom One v4 before I open my moov300.
I kind of like that the nuvi and the tomtom's are smaller and sleeker, cos if I go walking about somewhere, I can pop it in my bag and it can direct me around and I won't get lost. also they have a 5 hour battery time v's 2.5 or somethign like that for when you are roaming the streets lost.
So if anyone see's a nuvi260 or tom tom one v4 special, think of me and come and post it, cos I am going on holiday soon, and need to take it with me! Thanks!
Got one today, is there anyway to change the timezone you're in? mine's displaying the wrong time (2.5hours behind). Other than that can't complain for the price i suppose
you have to setup your home address first
Got one recently from SA and the timezone is out by 2.5hrs. I had contacted Mio and they are working on a fix which should be due out within the next week or so on the website so keep an eye out. It had sometime to do with the timezones changing this year.
Great GPS unit for the price so I picked up another 2 today for family. Spoken street names sound real and 3 years warranty at the moment makes it such a great buy. $100 of RRP.
Highly recommended device for anyone looking for their first GPS device.
Arghhhhh… Just bought one yesterday at Myer for $240! Dammit! Oh well, still relatively happy with the purchase considering it beats the TomTom One v4 hands down in features (except for the cool MapShare feature TomTom offers - not sure how well that works in practice obviously - never touched it). Anyway, my review of the Moov 300 after one day of use:
Yes, the Moov 300 does not include GPS nor 3D landmarks as confirmed above. Its big brothers do. Check out http://cmsapp.mio.com/miojava/comparison-result-au.jsp?produ… for a comparison of the Moov 300, 360 and 370. Time is aye-OK for me in Sydney.
Compared to the TomTom One v4:
Since it runs Windows CE underneath, you can hack it up (which I'm looking into that at the moment). Check out http://navmanunlocked.wikispaces.com/Unlock or http://www.netfresco.com/MioPocket/. Have fun :)
Great review above. Mine too took a min or so to initally pick up a signal for the first time but after that it was very fast. The address search seems to be a lil slow due to it reading out the street names. If you turn the spoken address off in the settings it seems much faster.
I have an iphone also which is easier to press however they are a different touchscreen. Overally for $198 its such a great product. SALE ends today so better hurry!!
Just picked this unit up from Harvey Norman in Auburn for my old man. Made sure it worked, then unlocked it and uploaded some custom apps. 4.3" sceen plays DivX's a lot nicer than a 3" tomtom :P
First impressions… its a sleek unit, although the touch screen is lacking, mind you, I'm used to capacitive touch responsiveness of my iphone and lappy. Not really chuffed with its overly helpful street name prediction (which goes to a "T" when no matches with an "S" are found for example). Packaging comes with AC adaptor and suction mount for the car. Took a little while to triangulate its position on first go, but after a while you'll get used to the lag.
The Moov is pretty much a rebadged Navman S35 (well kinda) so the same unlock techniques work. So much for the 3 year warranty offer, mine lasted about 15 minutes before I voided it.
For others interested a few useful links:
http://navmanunlocked.wikispaces.com/Unlock
http://www.kombitz.com/2008/05/12/how-to-unlock-mio-moov-ser…
http://www.gpspassion.com/FORUMSEN/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=110897
Great buy, picked one up from Harvey Norman at Chatswood this arvo.
Tried to get Bing Lee & Myers to do a price match (need to increase my Myers One points), however they were unable to do so. Price from HN was below cost ie $215.73 incl GST
Got Officeworks to price match it and paid $188 ($198 less 5%). couldn't be happier :) Cheers….
Picked one up at HN Chatswood today - said they'd still be $198 until tomorrow - lucky for me because I only came across this thread last night!
Edit: Argh it doesn't have a headphone jack or replaceable battery, and the battery's only half the capacity of the old Digiwalker models. No free lunch I guess. Hope when the battery dies (inevitable) it's within the warranty period!
Got my free case.. in fact, got sent 2 warranties, and 2 cases.. any one else have this happen? Seems a bit weird? But don;t get too excited.. Case is like a sock. Kind of sucks! But maybe as I got 2, I can actually wear them as socks instead…. that's an idea…
i got my 2 socks too!
Mate great deal and fantastic find. Going for about ~$240 online.
http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?kw=mio+moov+300&positi…