Tom Tom, Navman or something else?

[Rob Earl]

I recently purchased an iPAQ 2210 and am toying with the idea of GPS sat nav. (I blame Stuart and his other thread)

What are the pro's & con's of each system? Which one is peoples preferred?

I know there are a couple of other topics touching on this subject but I want to know purely about thoughts on the software, ease of use, reliability, upgradeability etc.

Thanks

Don't drink drive! Not only is it socially unaceptable, it also harms A2's.
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[jon.od]

Rob if you want to have a play with the Tom Tom let me know and you can have a bash with mine.

 

[Rob Earl]

That would be good Jon - give me a chance to see how it looks & works.

I've lost your email adress since upgrading the PC, so if you want to arrange a time & place, drop me a mail.

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Don't drink drive! Not only is it socially unaceptable, it also harms A2's.
Was a 1.4SE petrol. http://www.audi-a2.co.uk/uk14.htm http://www.audi-a2.co.uk/safety.htm
New A2 - Ebony Black, Red Leather, CC, Symphony + all the previous options we had.

 

[Johann]

http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category.asp?catid=43#GPSSoftware shows all the tests of the latest ones... and which won... so same thing: if you want to see the winning software in action email me!

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most of these newer iPAQs (such as yours) can only run bluetooth satnav... (so no sleave option) Cool and nice and all that but they eat battery power... so if you want to go that way seriously think of hard wiring it into the car for power...

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[Stuart_D]

Rob, what did you decide in the end?

A collegue at work is about to order an iPAQ 2210 with Bluetooth Navman GPS. It looks good value...I'm still toying with the idea myself!

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[Rob Earl]

GPS on hold at present - house move taking all extra 'gadget' funds at the moment.

Don't drink drive! Not only is it socially unaceptable, it also harms A2's.
Was a 1.4SE petrol. http://www.audi-a2.co.uk/uk14.htm http://www.audi-a2.co.uk/safety.htm
New A2 - Ebony Black, Red Leather, CC, Symphony + all the previous options we had.

 

[gerard]

i am thinking of getting a Handspring Treo 600 phone - it is a palmPilot/smart phone...

can i get a GPS that hooks up to PalmPilots and use it with the Treo?

anybody use PalmPilot GPS nav or are you guys all WinCE users?



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