CNET Reviews the Mio A701

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/handhelds/0,39030064,49263690,00.htm' target='_blank'>http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/handhelds...49263690,00.htm</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The Mio A701 is slightly taller than the average small-format connected Pocket PC thanks to its built-in GPS receiver, whose antenna is located above the screen. It's also thicker than many similar devices, such as the i-mate JAMin and Orange SPV M600. Although these differences are small (the A701 measures 59mm by 117mm by 22mm and weighs 150g), they do mean that the Mio A701 feels a little large both for the pocket and when held to the ear to make voice calls."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060420-MioA701.jpg" /><br /><br />CNET has just reviewed the Mio A701 GPS-enabled Pocket PC Phone Edition. With its good looks and ease of use, they seemed rather happy with the device, though they did lament over a few shortcomings - namely, the lack of Wi-Fi and infrared, a short battery life, and some postcode issues. Do any of you own the A701? If so, what do you think of it?

[msafi]

i own one and i'm happy with it. it does what it's supposed to do rather well. the performance is awesome compared to the 200Mhz OMAP. my wife just received her htc prophet and even though i like the compactness and the clean design of the prophet, the degradation of performance is extremely annoying.

i also like the A701 phone app. it's instantaneous in its responsiveness, unlike the phone app in the latest wave of HTC phones.

TomTom works very smoothly on the A701

The battery life isn't a problem because it does survive a whole day very easily, and that's enough for me.