CompUSA will have this for $180.

Looks like the C310 has a USB 1.1 port. Is the C310x 2.0 or still 1.1?

LexLuthor said:Looks like the C310 has a USB 1.1 port. Is the C310x 2.0 or still 1.1?I believe they're both 1.1.

quickNdirty said:GlassVial said:True, but this unit is. And you must have a lot more lenient CC than I do, around here they're hard-a's about PM'ing anything, period.

Funny, as I don't see anything on the ad scan that says that- care to show me where it is? The only page I see anything about "limited availablity" items is the first page. Also- this isn't a PM; its a price adjustment to their own lower price, which is what makes it so easy. You're not trying to PM some other stores BF price, it's their own.

It's a walk in the park.

QnD

I read this forum and was thinking the whole time that qNd was totally right and that this policy is infallable. However, I just went to my store to buy this Mio GPS device, and asked the customer service about price matching for prices advertised on BF. They told me that there will be no PM for ads on this day. Frustrated, I called the CC phone number and asked them about this PMing from BF ads. They WILL NOT PM anything from the ads from BF. This is what Gary told me, anyways.

quickNdirty said:
The C310x is apparently a "revised" GPS, as Mio had a C310 previously (which apparently was a stripped down version - No BT, No Traffic services- of their top end unit, the C710. I believe the difference between the C310 and the C310x from what I've found is the C310 used destinator, and the C310x uses iGo.


I don't know where you got that information about IGo software on c310x. I went to the spec page and it said TeleAtlas.

c310x spec

Review showing the differences between the C310 and C310x

pm6163 said:
What does T-T-S do? Care to share some examples?
Text-to-speech

It can read the words in the database and speak them.

Instead of saying, turn left in 100 yards, it'll say turn left at Smith street, if it's got TTS.

crossgar said:I have not been able to find the processor speed for the C310x. Is it 300Mhz like the Teletype or 400 like the the Typhoon 3240?
As for text to speech, is that feature implemented in any of the iGo products?I couldn't find the speed of the C310x either, someone said it was 400mhz, but I don't know where they got that information from. I believe there are other iGo products with text-to-speech, yes.

BF2006 said:quickNdirty said:GlassVial said:True, but this unit is. And you must have a lot more lenient CC than I do, around here they're hard-a's about PM'ing anything, period.

Funny, as I don't see anything on the ad scan that says that- care to show me where it is? The only page I see anything about "limited availablity" items is the first page. Also- this isn't a PM; its a price adjustment to their own lower price, which is what makes it so easy. You're not trying to PM some other stores BF price, it's their own.

It's a walk in the park.

QnD

I read this forum and was thinking the whole time that qNd was totally right and that this policy is infallable. However, I just went to my store to buy this Mio GPS device, and asked the customer service about price matching for prices advertised on BF. They told me that there will be no PM for ads on this day. Frustrated, I called the CC phone number and asked them about this PMing from BF ads. They WILL NOT PM anything from the ads from BF. This is what Gary told me, anyways.

Did you ask them specifically about their own price drops, or ask them about price matching in general? If they thought you were talking about matching other stores' prices, I can understand that answer-

Ok, let's clarify things in this thread:

1. Staples and CC will both offer the 310x unit (not 310) so either place nets you the upgraded unit.
2. CompUSA has it for $180, it is also the 310x, but they have stated they WILL pricematch Staples or CC for $149 if you have one local. I would call and check on Wednesday with that specific store and speak to/get the manager's name to be sure if you plan on doing this. All 3 places use mail-in rebates for those prices.
3. The unit does not do text to speech. The cheapest unit on the market with that feature as well as traffic recieving is the Garmin unit that will be at Circuit City for $350, a significant discount over normal. If those two features are the most important to you (realize the traffic reception costs a $60 per year charge (you don't have to subscribe or use the GPS, just to have that feature) and only really useful if you live in large cities / travel to large cities), then it's an outstanding BF day on that GPS.
4. To me, the major software criticisms of the 310 look to be solved in the 310x, although the map data is being updated and as stands now is not quite as good (some roads not known) as the Garmin.

In my mind, the $200 difference and shirt pocket portability of the flat design Mio makes this a no-brainer.