Another review of the ViaMichelin X-930 has been posted this time by PC Magazine. The review has been added to my ViaMichelin X-930 Reviews where I have compiled a list of all the reviews available for this navigation system. By adding this review the overall average rating from all the reviews has slightly fallen to 62/100. PC Magazine gave the unit a “fair” and the reviewer’s main complaint was the difficult menu system. You can read the review here
Intellinav One, the GPS system that I have posted about in January has received it’s first review by PC Magazine. The Intellinav One GPS Review is more positive that I would have guessed when I first came across this unit. Overall, the PC Magazine editor rates it four stars out of five anf his biggest gripes with the unit are that it’s multimedia functions are rather basic and that it doesn’t support bicycle or pedestrian routing profiles. Nonetheless, it sounds like Intellinav One is a very good value for money (costs about $350). Lets hope that more reviews will be published so that we can get more opinions about it.
VNUNET has posted a review of the ViaMichelin X-980T, the latest and higher end GPS device by Viamichelin. The X-980T offers traffic information in real-time 24/7 with its integrated RDS TMC receiver as well as exclusive content from the Michelin guides. Another feature that a lot of people might find handy is the Bluetooth hands-free phone function. The main technical specifications of the device are:
Overall the reviewer gives it a 3 out of 5. You can read the whole review here
Since the ViaMichelin X930 started shipping to the USA at an extremely affordable price of just $199 I thought it would be useful to gather all the reviews that I could find in one place for easy reference. We have previously posted about the ViaMichelin X930 Review by pocket-lint, but since then more reviews have been posted and to be honest they leave me a bit confused overall.
Let’s start (please note the ratings within the brackets are added by me in order to calculate the average rating).
Pocket Lint awards the X930 with an embarassing 2/10 rating (20/100)
French Tom’s Hardware rates it with four stars out of 5 (80/100)
Italian Tecnozoom rates it 7/10 (70/100)
ComputerActive gives it an overall rating of 3 out of 5 (60/100)
French site Les Numeriques rates it with 4 stars out of 5 (80/100)
ZDNet.co.uk rates it 7.5/10 (75/100)
PC Magazine Gives it a rather low 2.5 out of five (50/100)
Average rating is 62/100
Please keep in mind that here are just the editorial reviews that I was able to find, at the URLs you will also come across consumer reviews.
Pocket-lint posted a review of the Mio H610. Although the H610 has been around for a while, it received quite a bit of press attention at the CES and in my opinion it deserves it. It is an elegant portable GPS Navigation unit that uses the SiRFStar III chipset, is powered by the Samsung S3C2440 (400 Mhz) CPU processor and has PMP functions as well. The verdict of pocket-lint’s review is quite positive giving it a score of 8 out of 10. You can read the entire review here
The first reviews of the new TomTom devices have started appearing on the web. TomTom 910 has been reviewed by the the Laptop Magazine.
A little background info about TomTom’s features and specification:
The editors of the Laptop Magazine report
Despite the outdated POI data we encountered and the high price, the TomTom GO 910′s remarkable ease of use and plethora of useful and fun features help it blow away the competition.
Mobile Analyst Watch has an interesting comparison of the Garmin Forerunner 205 and 201. He writes:
Overall I like the 205 a lot. It’s more comfortable on the wrist, has better placed buttons (lap and start/stop), more features I’ll use, and hopefully will be more accurate too. I plan to do another write up or two after taking it on some trails with heavy tree cover and/or canyons, where I have always lost GPS signals in the past.
Slashphone has posted a couple of images of the LG V9000, LG’s new all in one multimedia handset with integrated GPS.
Some of the features of the LG V9000 include
Network: GSM/GPRS/WCDMA Quadband
Display: 262k colors TFT (240 x 320)
1.3 megapixel camera
MP3 player
Bluetooth
Transflash card slot
GPS
TV-Watching
For more information visit Slashphone
One more review of the Garmin Nuvi 350 has appeared online. This time the Nuvi 350 was reviewed by PopGadget. PopGadget writes:
Unlike my old Garmin, the Nuvi was incredibly easy to set up — in that no setup is required. I literally took it out of the box, flipped up the antenna, turned it on and started using it. The only control on the outside of the device is the on/off switch, but the on-screen controls are so intuitive that I was able to use it without even looking at the manual. I can’t think of anyone who couldn’t figure out how to use this right out of the box (except maybe my mother). I like that the map gives you geographic context by zooming in and out: when you’re driving on one road for a long stretch, it zooms out to a broader view of the surrounding roads and towns, then when you’re in an area where you’re making turns, usually closer to your destination, it zooms in closer. You can also control the size of the map yourself by touching buttons on the screen.
This review was added to the Garmin Nuvi 350 Reviews Roundup post.
GPSInformation has reviewed the Magellan Roadmate 800 and report:
Overall this is a good autorouting product and provides an easy to use navigation screen with good attention to user interface features. The guidance was good but added extra messages that could get you in trouble. I found the autorouter was fast and it did a pretty good job most of the time.
The GPS was very sensitive and locked quickly. The included mp3 player was disappointing in that it could not be used while navigating.
Via GPSInformation