Which GPS Sat-Nav do you use?
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Which GPS Sat-Nav do you use?
Thinking of getting one myself...welcome any recommendations!
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I use tom tom as well, its excellent!
Cost:
PDA, free as i had it already and a mate gave it to me!
GPS bluetooth dongle, £50
TT software, free *cough* backup copy.
not bad considering i use it all day everyday for work and i use it in my MR2 as well cos the speedo is in Km/H.
Ive only been lost twice since i got it set up, nearly a year ago and both those occasions were caused by me typing in the wrong post code!!
Cost:
PDA, free as i had it already and a mate gave it to me!
GPS bluetooth dongle, £50
TT software, free *cough* backup copy.
not bad considering i use it all day everyday for work and i use it in my MR2 as well cos the speedo is in Km/H.
Ive only been lost twice since i got it set up, nearly a year ago and both those occasions were caused by me typing in the wrong post code!!
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I hear Acer make a really good PDA with a GPS attachment, its called the N35 or N30. Its a good satnav and its a full pocket pc, play yer mp3's and watch your faviroute vids connect to the interweb to retrieve your electronic mail. Buy a big SD card for it for more storage. http://www.acer.co.uk Anyone gonna sell me a full leather interior yet?
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Tomtom Mobile 5.21 on Orange SPV C500 (or Qtek 8010 or i-Mate SP3) with Royaltek RBT1000 BT receiver. Some crashes, but very usefull and not too expensive !
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get a tom tom, dead easy to use. on the 500 and 700 you can use them as a bluetooth handsfree kit, and you can download speed camera locations for free. only drawback is that they are a bit big.
best prices on:
http://www.find-uk-deals.co.uk/sat_nav.htm
free speed camera locations download:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/uksafetycameras.php
or you could just download the tom-tom software for your hone or PDA, thats a cheaper way of doing it!.
best prices on:
http://www.find-uk-deals.co.uk/sat_nav.htm
free speed camera locations download:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/uksafetycameras.php
or you could just download the tom-tom software for your hone or PDA, thats a cheaper way of doing it!.
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a925 with smartcomGPS software. not realy a turn-by-turn, but can drive you on predefined route in OziExplorer. more like a map position usage.
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Well, I wanted a PDA, so for £120 I got myself a XDA2 PDA/Phone, which came preinstalled with TomTom, all UK and Euro maps, POIPlace (to show things like speed cameras, Petrol stations and pretty much anything I download for it to tell me about), and a bluetooth ultra sensitive GPS antenna (even works in the glove box!)
When the project car gets on the road, it'll still be using an in-built laptop and using "Navigator" as it's software.
The beauty of the XDA2 is that because it's a phone, I can browse the web in the car too, or download new POI on the fly...
When the project car gets on the road, it'll still be using an in-built laptop and using "Navigator" as it's software.
The beauty of the XDA2 is that because it's a phone, I can browse the web in the car too, or download new POI on the fly...
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I can vouch for that, it's like some sort of gyroscopic charm that keeps going round and round until it tries to take you up a one way street the wrong way but luckily chance upon Lee who actually knows the way to Lincoln Cathedral...JohnTurbo wrote:I just use autoroute on a laptom with a usb gps. Works a charm.
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