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Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:09 pm Post subject:
The 697 is the current (2 year old) model
The latest (just released) is the 6970
If it states Truck it includes Truck Mode activated (worth about £70 extra) otherwise it can be added through the Unlock available to purchase in the Mio Store on any in the series
I would say the latest has best chance of being better hardware, otherwise probably very similar devices
If you buy a non-truck model, usually they come with a 30 day truck trial anyway _________________ TomTom Go Live 6100, 600
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 5:22 pm Post subject: Mio 697 LM
xtraseller wrote:
The 697 is the current (2 year old) model
The latest (just released) is the 6970
If it states Truck it includes Truck Mode activated (worth about £70 extra) otherwise it can be added through the Unlock available to purchase in the Mio Store on any in the series
I would say the latest has best chance of being better hardware, otherwise probably very similar devices
If you buy a non-truck model, usually they come with a 30 day truck trial anyway
Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated. Think I'll go for the 6970 truck as that has a pedestrian mode along with the truck mode. Was considering the Tom-Tom 5150 Truck but this has attracted too many negatives to outweigh the positives.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:21 pm Post subject:
The traffic will be far better on the TomTom, and the interface more modern
The Mio Navman on the other hand will be very clear and easy to use
Both use the same map data _________________ TomTom Go Live 6100, 600
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The traffic will be far better on the TomTom, and the interface more modern
The Mio Navman on the other hand will be very clear and easy to use
Both use the same map data
Thanks again for the additional info. However, do you know if both use digital or analogue traffic receivers? Do both require subscriptions for traffic?
And, I believe that the TT has a active touch screen whilst the Mio has a resistive one. Do you know if this is correct?
Sorry to ask so many questions, but you do appear to know sat-navs!
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 11:31 am Post subject:
You are right, Mio are resistive (although some say better for anti-glare, because not so reflective) and the latest TomTom capacitive
TomTom use a sim card, so the traffic is updated much more often, and is anyway much more accurate, with a far greater coverage
Mio traffic is the old style TMC
So if traffic is important, TomTom is the one to go for
If not, you could probably save quite a bit with the Mio - and they do give - for me - great routing _________________ TomTom Go Live 6100, 600
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