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Hi Saskos
I bought the c510E - this is the same as the 710 but without the traffic info (no big loss for me!) but with all the euro maps. So far here's my thoughts:
Cant see any mention of TMC on the 510 at all!
As far as the unit goes, I've had a few days mucking about with it and here's a quick summing up:
1) I-Go on this machine (aka Miomap 3) is deeply impressive. It just does so much more than the competition and it does it better and quicker.
2) There appears to be no crazy routes at all! I've planned several routes on which the Nuvi & TT delivered mad routing - preferring single track roads over A roads, jumpingon and off Motorways etc, and the 510 has not selected any of these. In fact the routing appears to be balanced and sensible.
3) Selecting 'Lorry' will definitely generate a different route to 'car'. One time it told me that my destination was unreachable by lorry (v.narrow road) but it was fine by car!
4) POI's are OK. Not as fabulous as Mio make them out to be and not as widespread as Nuvi POI's. Still, POIHandler apparently support the C510 / C710 so there will be zillions of them soon, HOPEFULLY.
5) The 510 is a bargain. All you need to do is buy a SD card (v. cheap at the moment) and stick the euro maps on it. Why would anyone buy the 710? ( there's some doubt about the 710's TMC being free in the UK)
6)The voices are OK but I'm sure there'll be better ones coming soon. Basically you get US male (OK ish) and UK male (sounds like someone on the Simpsons doing a upper clarse (!!) british accent!)
7) Love the configurability and ease of use. I think there are more clicks / taps needed to do the same job compared to Nuvi / TT but not much difference.
Cool Display is very bright and clear. Non reflective surface works v. well but feels a little 'scratchy' on your nails.
9) Speed cams are totally configurable and work REALLY well. Route speed warning are a bit buggy - warn you you're speeding when you're 10 miles under the limit!!
10) If I were Garmin or TT, I'd pack a fresh pair of underpants. This thing is a great bit of kit and quite frankly anyone who plays with this for an hour is going to want to ditch their Nuvis and TT's. I say this from experience. I showed it to 3 friends during the course of yesterday and two of the ordered one immediately and the third is putting his TT One in eBay today!
Be warned. Don't play with one unless you want to buy!!
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