Company Mio Technology - honored veteran handheld market, communicators and a variety of navigation devices. GPS-devices have become the focus of activity, and it is not surprising that the company has become one of the first manufacturers of handheld computers and smartphones with built-in navigation chip. Many models under the brand Mio stars from the sky is not enough - for different reasons, but everything to do with navigation, each of them realized almost perfectly. Mio Technology is not chasing a number and does not care about diversity, working with restraint, letting just a pair of three-piece units per year. Recent innovations produce a much more favorable impression than the device of two-three-year statute of limitations. With such high competition to have one single punch is not enough. HTC, E-Ten and ASUS greatly raised the bar for quality, so the rest of the producers to meet quality standards in order to stay afloat. What to do? It's a market. Today we consider a navigation smartphone Mio A502. It is quite compact, functional and very inexpensive navigation device, which looks quite interesting. Given the clear thrust of the budget model, the direct competitors may now be developed that communicators RoverPC N7 and HTC P3470. All these models are roughly equal in performance, are equipped with GPS-receiver, and lack Wi-Fi. True, RoverPC N7 and Mio A520 sold quite a long time, and their cost is 10-11 thousand rubles, but the HTC P3470 is still quite new, fresh, and it costs about 15 thousand rubles. So, back to the review, Mio A502 has a lot of controversial issues, but not devoid of obvious advantages, so that a comparison would be very rich and interesting. Proceed.
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Main technical characteristics
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional
- Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP850, 200 MHz
- Memory: 64 MB RAM and 128 MB Flash ROM + 1 GB of internal Flash-ROM
- Screen: 2.7 inch, transflective TFT, 240x360, 65536 colors
- Memory Expansion: SD / MMC (card support up to 4 GB), SDIO
- Communication capabilities: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, GRPS / EDGE (Class 10), Bluetooth 2.0 (+ EDR), USB 2.0
- Camera: 2 megapixel camera with autofocus
- GPS-receiver: SiRF Star III (20 channels)
- Battery: Li-Pol, 1050 mAh, removable
- Audio: microphone, speaker, 2.5 mm headset jack
- Dimensions and weight: 96 x 60 x 21 mm and 135 g
- Claimed battery life: up to 200 hours of standby time, up to 3.5 hours talk time
Use this list to draw attention to the custom screen size - 2.7 inches. Unofficial standard among novopokolennyh communicators is figure 2.8, but not uncommon cases where producers have to reduce the size of the matrix up to 2.6 inches. Generally, if you do not put a number of some other device, then the difference of one tenth of an inch can be simply invisible. Pleasant fact is the presence of full-size slot card SD / MMC, which supports the connection of peripheral devices, SDIO-. The most popular standard flash memory in handsets, smartphones and communicators has become microSD, although full advantage of SD is obvious: it is supported by a much larger number of devices - cameras, audio, video and so on. So many people do not need to buy a separate card - can be used on existing ones. However, given current prices for memory, not to say that this is a weighty advantage. In addition, Mio Technology has become a tradition supplied the device extra gigabyte of onboard memory. Next - Size / weight: Mio A502 is much shorter than many counterparts and noticeably lighter. And indeed the whole performance fully meet modern requirements and needs of users. Confused only a weak processor, small numbers in the graph of the claimed battery life and lack of Wi-Fi.All this inspires some apprehension, but testing, which will be discussed below, will help draw up a realistic picture. Incidentally, the Mio A502 is a close relative - the communicator A501, which differs only in the older version of the operating system (Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 3.3) and a silver body color. In other machines are identical, the same as even their equipment and a set of preinstalled applications. So everything said in this review to the A502, will be true with respect to the younger model.
Supplied
Fortunately, Mio A502 came to us in the full boxed set, which is localized and ready for sale in Russia. Box, as always, stylish and very compact, and its content makes a good impression. And it is not only the completeness of the set, but also about the quality of accessories. It appears that Mio Technology has already become a tradition. So, together with the communicator in the box can be found:
- stylus;
- Wired stereo;
- Lithium-Ion Battery 1050 mAh
- Cloth bag to be worn on the belt;
- USB-sync cable;
- charger from the 220V (with adapters for different socket);
- car charger (from the cigarette lighter);
- Car mount;
- screen protector;
- CD-ROM with MS ActiveSync and accompanying software;
- User guide and documentation.
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If we take into account only the set of accessories, it is similar kit recently reviewed PDA Mio P560 (PocketNavigator PN-3560) and communicator Mio A702. However, it was not without distinction. For example, a stylus A502 is made much more successfully than in these models. He still telescopic, but noticeably thicker. Therefore, it is the best feeling in the hand and is easier to use. The basic material has remained a metal, but the end made of plastic. Pencil-box design is such that the pen is automatically expanded during extraction. However, this too will be discussed below. Car mount is the same as in bundled Mio A702. The unit is very simple and safe: a little leg with suction cup and swivel to which is attached to the frame holding a communicator. The situation can change in two planes, and recorded two hinge clamps. Sucker sticks literally tightly, so that the drop device, you can not fear. Here are just changing the position of the communicator in the process of movement will be difficult - the design is clearly not designed for it. On the other hand, such a need arises rarely. There were no additional attachments for the charger. Taking them with you, you can not worry about the different rosette standards: A502 can be completely recharged in any country in the world. This is a very important thing, especially considering the fact that we face all the same navigational model, rather than the usual WM-communicator. Pleasantly pleased and cover. This is not the usual leather (or dermatinovaya) handbag and Cloth interesting product that would fit perfectly any youth branding model. However, Mio A502, he, too, is perfect. Communicator is lowered into the bag vertically and attached to a belt (threaded through eyelet). The material is dense, the device is well protected - a drop of half the human growth probably will not cause any problems. On the inside of the cover there is also a small pocket for memory cards. In short, very stylish and comfortable. Car Charger is the most ordinary, and on the headset, we discuss in detail when we talk about the sound capabilities Mio A502.
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Design and Ergonomics
Externally, Mio A502 sufficiently original. The word "stylish" or "effectively" is unlikely to be appropriate.But do not think is bad - the communicator has a very distinctive appearance, it is impossible to confuse with any other device. For the first time he took the machine in hand, you can take it for a slider, in which part of the body with the screen and the three hardware buttons to shift and open access to the numeric keypad. But this is only an illusion, nothing will not shift: Mio A502 is made in monoblock form factor. Sizes are moderate, a little weight - the device is easy to carry in your pocket or in a case on your belt. Housing is completely made of plastic, which dispensed with the lacquer coating, so that the fingerprints on it almost invisible. So, you do not have to carry a towel to wipe. The main body color - dark blue, while the bottom of the front side and on the perimeter of the body there is a silver paste. Form of fairly strict - it is rectangular, the corners of a slightly flattened, and low back smoothly into the bottom end. In the hand unit is very good, but its retention at the ear, it seems somehow awkward - to blame for the said rounding bottom. However, on this below. In the meantime, pay attention to the layout. The front side is the screen, as well as the basic unit of hardware buttons, Voice speaker and a pair of LEDs. Rocker array contains no multi-position navigation key or joystick. This item is unexpectedly found on the left side, which usually is a scroll wheel. Here, presumably, the joystick was conceived as a functional replacement for the scroller. To him we shall return. In the meantime, we note the key below the screen. And, alas, no flattering words they do not deserve. Firstly, they are located very close to the bottom edge, because of what the press, hold your device with one hand, it is difficult. Secondly, the buttons are very small and located close to each other, so blind to work with them is unlikely. And, thirdly, they are tightly pressed, have the minimum power reserve and give subtle response. However, they are beautifully and evenly lit. It is evident that the manufacturer tried, except that these efforts were directed to one side. With the appointment of the keys also do not understand everything. For example, by default, the left soft key duplicates the functions of the green tube. In what sense? Well, there is an opportunity to reassign the functions without having to use additional software. Center key is Mio Menu - a shell that simulates a phone menu and gives you quick access to essential programs and functions, and two small buttons underneath are responsible for calling the navigation application (left) and a return to the main screen (right).
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Slot dynamics decorated metal insert, which fits very well into the overall style. A right of it are referred to LEDs, which operates the familiar features you need. Blink they are quite bright and clearly visible even in sunny weather.
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The lower end of the body is empty, because of what are traditionally lower elements of the "dispersed" by the side faces. And here was not without incident. For example, the volume buttons (the usual location of which is the upper left-hand side panels) at Mio A502 are located on the right. As a result, they have not pressed a forefinger, and more. Can not say that it's inconvenient, but at first very strange. This alignment clearly will love lefties.Although if you ask for and examine the mobile phone market, it is easy to see that manufacturers make these keys as left and right sides on a nearly equal amount. Here, on the right, located slot (and it is full-sized SD / MMC), covered with a plastic cap, and mini USB jack and recessed button for a soft reset. The latter is protected from external influences, it can only push the end of the stylus.
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As for the left side, there is the primary focus was five-way joystick. Agree, a very unusual place for this item. Does it make easier? No, it was gone. Tilt the joystick left / right, holding the device with one hand it is very difficult. It is quite tight, so familiar retaining body must exert great effort to move him. But when you press the up / down / center no problems, although such work also can not be called comfortable. ASUS P526 has shown us that without a navigation button is quite possible to do using the jog dial. Of course, the needed time to get used to, but overall it was convenient. Trying to reinvent the wheel in the performance of Mio Technology did not succeed, why ergonomics is severely damaged. And here is located right beside the camera button produces the opposite impression. She performed simply illustrative: here and long travel all the way (focusing), and a clear response when pressed fully (shooting). Without any exaggeration, not all digital cameras can boast of such a convenient shutter release button, not to mention the communicators.
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At the corner of the upper end and right sides can see eye to lace, and at the top end - a connector for external GPS-antenna, on / off button and the stylus holder (right). Pencil case is very good: it securely holds the pen and allow you to remove it without undue difficulty. That's only the stylus is not very convex top, so it must not poddevat fingertip and fingernail.
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On the back side of the case has settled a lattice system dynamics, as well as the camera lens, LED flash and a compact mirror for self shooting. Can be seen as three small ledge - it's legs, through which the sound from the speaker is hardly wilderness, when the device is on the table, and the case is not scratched due to vibration. Incidentally, the rear panel is removed entirely - for this you need to press lock on the bottom. Under the lid we expected quite a familiar sight - the battery and the SIM-card, located underneath. It is unlikely that internal view deserves a detailed description. We note only that the installation and removal operator card is quick and easy, without the aid of foreign objects.
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In general, after an external examination of the impression is extremely controversial. On the one hand, the device quality is assembled, plastic Mighty, there is no backlash, all the connectors are covered with neat covers. But here's the keys and joystick - the weakest link Mio A502. Alas, on the basis of visual inspection, we can not put anything other than "three". Now let's see how things stand with the screen matrix.
Screen
The only thing remarkable display - custom 2.7-inch diagonal. Otherwise it is exactly the same as with most analogs: 240x320 pixels, 65536 colors. The viewing angles are quite good, no noticeable distortion at the operating angles does not arise. True, if you look at a very acute angle - degrees twenty - from the bottom, the picture becomes indiscernible. But we dare you to measure: in this situation looking at the screen you hardly ever have to. Is that out of curiosity. With brightness and contrast are also a full order. Highlighting the matrix is regulated in eleven steps, which is enough to select the optimum brightness level in any environment. In the sun, of course, the picture fades and discern anything becomes difficult. It would not be strange if the official website of the manufacturer in the specifications section Mio A502 was no mention of anti-reflective coating. If any are no problems with reading in the sun does not arise, but this cover is not. Therefore, the screen is much glare, that brings some discomfort, especially while driving. The design of the car mount is not designed for quick adjustment of the communicator, so if the sun hits the screen, is guided only by the voice prompts. However, there is a complete protective film which improves the situation.
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With regard to the minimum level of illumination, he picked up quite well: the eyes do not get tired during long reading in the dark. The only pity is that the runner can not turn off the backlight. Zero division is equal to the minimum brightness, but you can put the automatic shut-off lighting - in this case it will shut down completely. And finally, we note that the screen is located in a small depression, so work with your fingers - no stylus - will be uncomfortable, even if you install the appropriate programs.
Speed and memory
In the role of the central processor at Mio A502 uses the obsolete and familiar processor Texas Instruments OMAP850 200 MHz. From it have already refused many top manufacturers, including company HTC, which once openly abused. For today's top models of 200 MHz is not enough, so this "rock" is now found only in the low-end models, which can easily be attributed, and our guest today. Self-other, future owners will have to forget about the A502 can see unconverted videos about games as well as a comfortable reading volume pdf-documents. However, it should be noted that when working with the operating system interface device rather quickly - noticeable delay when opening a different menu items and operations with the settings does not arise. We turn to the standard procedure of testing.As always, we use the test suite Spb Benchmark from the company Spb Software House, which allows us to estimate the overall system performance, as well as TCPMP 0.72RC1 (The Core Pocket Media Player), allowing to estimate the speed of video playback, as well as VSBenchmark 2007, with which you can measure performance in the most diverse tasks. The samples for comparison - the closest rivals Mio A502: RoverPC N7 and HTC P3470. A complete table of "achievements" in the Spb Benchmark is as follows.
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The results are consistent with expectations. Mitac Mio A502, and HTC P3470 are almost on par with each other. For model A501 results should be similar, since both devices use the same hardware platform. The leader also regularly appeared RoverPC N7, that with his 400Mhz Samsung processor is not a surprise. And now look at the performance speed of video playback, which was measured using the player The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) Version 0.072 RC1. Graphics accelerator device A502 is not equipped with so good results should be expected. Once again, recall that a normal result in this test is considered an indicator of 100%. However, the end result reflects the average speed. In this regard, we take a small margin, taking the standard value of 120% to totally exclude the slowdown and the loss of personnel in a particularly dynamic scenes. Samples for comparison are the same, and the overall picture is this.
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The results are disappointing, what makes us once again to repeat the old phrase. On the PDA Mitac Mio A502 can be comfortable to watch videos only in the resolution of 320x176 pixels and below. You can certainly download and QVGA-movies, in this case may be performance degradation in dynamic scenes. Test VSBenchmark 2007 also showed low results. And although the full database comparison, we do not have (for the reason that the item test was introduced relatively recently), compared with the available database benchmark Qtek 9100 and HP iPAQ h1940 says that Mio A502 frankly weak.
But memory, as always, pleased. Mio A502, as well as several previous models from Mio Technology, in addition to 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB ROM is on board yet, and a flash drive to one gigabyte, which can record the necessary set of navigational charts, a lot of programs or movies / music. It is safe to say that many users can easily do without buying a separate card.
With regard to the available volumes, then everything is standard here: from the memory for the user's need to play nearly 50 MB, and from the ROM - 70 MB. The maximum amount of SD or MMC card is limited to 4 gigabytes. Format SDHC, unfortunately, is not supported. But the connection is supported by SDIO-peripherals devices.So that if necessary, so you can add the missing Wi-Fi module, or anything else.
Sound
The external speaker on the rear side of the case, it sounds loud enough, that lets you hear the call anywhere - even in the subway, even on the street, even in an apartment in a few rooms. Maximum volume level will probably be used very rarely, for most situations lacking two-thirds of the maximum. In this case, the call will be heard properly and will not strain your ears. Voice speaker also meet modern standards, although there stock volume is not too large (in the sense that there were also much more high-profile samples). If you do not go into such a detailed comparison, we can say that in most cases it will suffice to medium volume. Caller's voice sounds very clear and clean, without unpleasant tones and noise. The headset is not bad when viewed in the framework of the standard of complete headsets. Built-in 2.5-mm, so to make full use Mio A502 as a player will have to buy an adapter. We tested the sound with headphones from the iPod nano and more home Koss. The difference with the complete headset felt even "melomanskim ear." So that the sound truck of the device is pretty good - the communicator simply replace the player. Oh and, of course, you can use wireless headphones - Mio A502 supports the A2DP-profile. Voice recorder capable of recording high quality sound from a distance of 4-5 meters from the source. But if the record is in a noisy environment (eg outdoors), then we must hold the device very close to her lips, then to the voice can be distinguished. In other words, the record features A502 did not differ from those of most of today's WM-units. And finally, we note vibrate, which proved to be quite strong. Miss a call in silent mode is almost impossible. Not worth putting your device on the table - he quickly crawls over the surface and could easily fall. Curiosity, we have set the same distance from the edge of a table phone Sony Ericsson K750i and Mio A502. The latter has reached the point of impact is much faster. Keep this in mind.
Communication capabilities
Telephone communicator module supports networks GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, as well as data transfer protocols GRPS and EDGE. Support for 3G-networks do not have that completely forgivable budget model. Calls are made through a standard application with russified Phone keypad that significantly simplifies the search for contacts in the phonebook. Hardly need to dwell here in detail.
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But on the wireless interface will be discussed in detail. Rather, on one single module - Bluetooth 2.0. Wi-Fi is absent, which, of course, frustrating. But the blue tooth works just perfect, it is impossible to find fault at all desire. It supports data transmission at high speed (EDR, up to 3 Mbps), and "friendly" with all the necessary connection profile. In addition to the aforementioned A2DP support SPP (Serial Port Profile), SAP (SIM Access Profile), OPP (Object Push Profile), PAN (Personal Area Network Profile), HID (Human Interface Device Profile) and AVRCP (Audio Video Remote Control Profile). Connection management is carried out via the standard drivers from Microsoft, included in the operating system Windows Mobile 6 Professional, and quick access through the application Wireless Manager, which is also included in WM6. To verify that we have used the Bluetooth wireless headsets Jabbra and Nokia, as well as some phone models, PDA Gigabyte GSmart MW998. In all cases, the connection goes smoothly, and the model showed a stable job.
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To the computer device is connected via USB 2.0. Speed read / write at the same time is quite high, unlike the models with support for USB 1.1, so that the synchronization of PIM-data is almost instantaneous, we should not wait.
GPS
Integrated GPS-receiver is based on the chipset SIRF Star III, the most popular solution among all of the latest PDAs and smartphones, we're talking about in every other review. Now, unfortunately, nothing new to say about it, we can not. We recall only that the alleged time of hot start of 1 second, warm - 35 seconds and cold - 42 seconds. In reality, the launch takes a little longer. In particular, the hot start is second in five or six. Agree, this is a trifle. You could even say that the majority of future owners of Mio A502 and did not pay attention to this point. The tests were carried out of the receiver in an urban setting in motion of the car and on foot. No problems - the connection was lost, only where and fitting - in tunnels, under bridges. Curiosity, we checked the GPS in the room. It turned out that on the upper floors near windows device finds the satellites and accurately displays the coordinates. Here are just no sense in navigating the room no. Do not run, in fact, the shortest route to the kitchen. As the program stands to navigate MioMap, which is a slightly modified application iGO, but in the kit includes a map of Moscow, Moscow region and St. Petersburg. In addition, the device has established a number of useful utilities for working with GPS-receiver. Among them, for example, familiar to us program QuickGPSPosition, which can significantly reduce startup time receiver. It pumps out data from a server via GPRS or EDGE. If you use the navigation functions continuously, it makes no sense to touch this tool, but if you need a navigation from time to time, and in different places, QuickGPSPosition will be very useful.
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It is worth noting as a program for sending SMS-messages with coordinates. And it allows you to not only send a message, but accept them. Very useful for tourists, travelers and members of dangerous occupations.
At the same time, with your permission, talk about the navigation component, we're done. Mio Technology company maintains its reputation, with particular emphasis on GPS. And the A502 in this regard is no exception.
Capabilities built-in camera
Luggage average by today's standards. However, the very existence of the photo autofocus module in such an inexpensive model is very pleasing. It is based on the megapixel CMOS-matrix, which gives quite a good picture. Compare it with digital cameras, of course, is not necessary, but nonetheless, the quality is acceptable. But first, let's talk about the location of the lens.Usually it is centered in the upper back, and here - from the side, midway between the upper and lower edges of the shell. In principle, the comfort is not affected, but it is much more practical. Forefinger during the conversation is not limited by the glass lens, so in the case of the Mio A502 will have to wipe it very rarely. Next to the lens is located avtoportretnoe mirror and LED flash. The latter, of course, can be used as a flashlight. This is the only benefit from it because when shooting in the dark it is almost useless and can help develop that if you want to remove a small object with a small distance. The camera's settings are not too diverse. Communicators from ASUS, for example, in this respect have gone two steps forward. That, however, is not surprising. The maximum size for pictures here is 1600x1200 pixels - perfectly honest two megapixels. Available and lower sizes: 1280x960, 800x600, 640x480 and 400x300. JPG compression level is not regulated, and the average amount of photos at a maximum resolution of 400-500 kilobytes. You can also activate the GPS-receiver while shooting. In this case, EXIF-image data will be recorded the coordinates of the location shooting. Many of today's service for uploading photos (Google Picasa, for example) automatically display the map of the region. That is, this function will be in demand mostly bloggers and followers of different social networks.
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The white balance is automatically detected, there is no preset modes, you can only facilitate the work of automation, specifying the time of day (day / night). However, to complain about, in most cases, the color temperature is determined correctly. When shooting in daylight outdoors picture is quite good, but in low light or when shooting indoors there is a strong digital noise. It is inevitable, given the tiny size of the photo-matrix. The same problem occurs in almost all mobile cameras. Well, we go from words to deeds. Provide examples of images taken at maximum resolution and in different conditions.
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As for video recording, there is nothing good to say you can not. The quality is pretty mediocre, but the maximum resolution is 176x144 pixels. This is not enough even for normal viewing filmed commercials on the screen of the communicator. For the record available in two formats - 3GP and MP4. Additionally, you can enable / disable audio recording when shooting movies. Sound recording of poor quality, much lower than dictaphone sound recordings. This can be explained, perhaps, the features of the format in which sound is heavily compressed. Another interesting point - Auto Focus. It is possible not only before the shooting, but also in the process. To do this, "pritaplivat" the camera button when needed. Complete its push to stop recording. Well, below you can see some examples of movies shot with a camera vctroennoy Mitac Mio A502.
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video samples need not here any comments?
Runtime
Battery capacity of the kit does not inspire much hope. 1050 mAh - less than the average capacity for the WM-units. So to test battery life, we came up with a well-known skepticism. Scheme remains unchanged, a look at the results. Maximum load. The brightness set to maximum, the speaker volume too, including Bluetooth and GPS-module, and through Windows Media Player in a loop in the loop play "hard" video. Battery life in this mode is 4 hours and 22 minutes. Normal operation. All wireless modules are disabled. The brightness is set to the second division of the account. On the PDA started reading the text in Haali Reader with automatic scrolling. Time work was 20 hours 52 minutes. MP3 Playback. Wireless modules and the screen backlight turned off. Listening to music through headphones at maximum volume. We used Windows Media Player and files with a bitrate 192 kbps. Hours - 13 hours 31 minutes. It turned out that the doubts were in vain. Mitac Mio A502 prodemotsriroval good results, above average. And this chart will help in understanding how it is good against the backdrop of the nearest competitor.
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If we talk about everyday use, the average device has to charge every two days. It provided 20 minutes of calls per day and moderate use of other features. If the loading machine viewing videos and are constantly listening to music - to connect it to the charger will have to once a day. A mode of GPS-navigator Mio A502 runs just over 4 hours, which is quite good. And if you only use the navigation in the car and connect the device to the cigarette lighter, you can and do forget about the home charging.
Software stuffing
A set of programs is interesting and very diverse. But before proceeding to the examination, it is worth noting too busy Screen Today. All of its contents will not fit on one screen, we have to use scroll. On the one hand, it is convenient - the main screen is all necessary, but on the other hand, the need to use a stylus when you need something in a hurry to see a little annoying. However, if you want you can dig deeper into the settings and make the contents of the main screen more modest. By default, located here: strip utility Vobis Weather, which provides weather information for connecting to the Internet, the row of icons quick access to settings, line rates and a few shortcuts.
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Mio Menu. Analogue phone menu. It is manifestly intended to create a full-fledged one-handed control, but because the inconvenient location of navigation joystick, ease of use is not increased. But as the Mio Menu launcher is very useful. A set of shortcuts on the main page does not change, but it is available the second page, which you can decorate the icons on your taste and in accordance with needs. Thus, even when using the stylus can be much faster access to frequently used applications.
Sudoku Master II. Rarely seen on the communicators game set in addition to the standard "Bubble Breaker" and "Solitaire." The name speaks for itself - solving a puzzle. The game supports both single mode and the network (via internet). Ideal for korotaniya time on public transport or in a traffic jam.
SlovoEd 6.1. Simple and easy to use dictionary. True, only one module is available (English-Russian and Russian-English). Additional need to buy separately. But as the most popular language for international communication is English, many will be enough installed module.
MioCalc. Advanced calculator with the function of the converter units. Allows you to convert a currency, because of weight, volume, length, speed, and so on. The program is familiar from previous models from Mio Technology.
Timezones. Program to account for the time in different time zones. Makes things simple, find out the time anywhere in the world.
In addition, there is a standard application for voice dialing software for working with data on the SIM-card and small program for quick setup of GPRS-connection. In general, the software filling in the performance of Mio Technology, as always, left very positive impression.
Price issue
At the time of this writing retail value communicator Mitac Mio A502 is 10 thousand rubles.
Conclusions
Difficult to draw an unambiguous conclusion on such an ambiguous model. Communicator is not deprived of advantages, but at the same time, has shortcomings that a blind eye is very difficult. When cute and very unusual design seriously podkachala ergonomics. Navigation joystick, even according to our survey considered a failure. Lack of Wi-Fi is also a little disappointed, A502 can be commended for an excellent package, a pretty good camera and an excellent set of preinstalled programs and low cost, so that Mio clearly outperforms the competition. The choice, as always, for you, and we can only give lists of the main advantages and disadvantages of the model. Pros:
- rich set of delivery;
- memory card support of a large volume;
- excellent GPS-functional;
- good built-in camera;
- comfortable keyboard;
- decent battery life.
Cons:
- number of misses in ergonomics;
- weak performance;
- places without Wi-Fi.
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