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Our Mio 168 was supplied with ALK's CoPilot Live 5, which distinguishes itself quite clearly with its fleet-management features, allowing companies to keep track of their vehicles. However, this uses GPRS to communicate, a feature the Mio 168 lacks. There's no Bluetooth either - the only communication is via infrared. CoPilot is still a competent navigation aid, and most users won't be interested in the fleet feature anyway.
Of more use will be maps for the whole of Western Europe, which come on three CDs. CoPilot's interface will take a little learning time before you're completely familiar with it; for example, it's not immediately obvious that the blue flag icon means New Trip. Route planning is fairly easy, though, with Forward and Back buttons taking you through the address input. The 2D planning map of your surroundings is presented clearly, although the 300MHz Intel XScale processor struggled to redraw new areas as we dragged it around. If you're walking, it's annoying to wait almost 15 seconds for the map to load after turning the Mio back on. Tapping and holding a point of interest or road brings up its name, which is useful when checking a new route. We also like the text-to-speech feature, which means road names are read out rather than a simple 'turn left' instruction.
The Mio 168 offers 64MB of onboard RAM, augmented by a 128MB SD card for storing maps. 32MB of flash ROM gives little room for backing up contacts and important documents, though, so be careful if your contacts list and inbox are very large. The Mio is a small PDA (69 x 23 x 111mm) that sits well in the hand. The screen is bright and clear, even in sunny conditions. It dims a touch when viewing off-axis, but the fully adjustable windscreen mount means this isn't a problem. It holds the PDA up to 240mm from the windscreen, close enough that we could make quick changes or look up details while stopped at traffic lights.
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The bundled external GPS aerial magnetically sticks to your roof for a more reliable signal than the occasionally flaky integrated antenna. If you decide to buy from, you can choose between CoPilot and TomTom Navigator 5, with the latter costing only £4 more. We'd opt for TomTom due to its better usability, but since the total package is £90 more than Acer's the Mitac misses out on an award this month. If you can find it cheaper, though, it's a good alternative.