I *NEED* to buy satnav. I want to spend about

I *NEED[/b']* to buy satnav. I want to spend about

Go for the PDA setup.

You'll get bluetooth for that money - no wires.

It's far more practical in that you can use it as a PDA, BUT best bit - you can use CheckPoint along with TomTom allowing speed camera databases (POIs) to be used.

The problem with the Navman iCN510 (in my experience) is that it's too quite. For volume, the TomTom Go win's hands down, but seing as most of the unit is a speaker, not a great surprise.

But try slipping it into a pocket............ :P

Course, if I was unsure of where I was going, I wouldn't have the stereo on, be driving at a speed where I couldn't here it, or not have it's headphone socket connected to a casstte adaptor..........

It's as quick to recalculate routes as the TomTom, can have postcode inputs, customised POI databases (like those for revenue, I mean, speed camera's........)

Might be price that swings it........

I *NEED[/b']* to buy satnav. I want to spend about

I have this unit and really rate it. The satnav boys in the know say that the mapping data is provided by Navteq which is apparently better than the Teleatlas stuff that Tomtom uses. In saying that, I think for most of us, it'll be much of a muchness. The copilot version I use (v4) doesn't ahve 3D maps but v5 now does.

Get a Pioneer and have done with it.

I have the tomtom go and I think it's pretty great, has everything but the ability of adding speed camera databases which I could do with. It is quick to recalculate if you go wrong and has pretty much all roads that I've needed. Apparently a few are missing as said by a few customers I've sold them to at PC World. The Navman IC510, 610 and 635 I find are harder to use and aren't that clear compared to the tomtom go. At the end of the day it's what you find easier to use that's most important.

Mio 168 and Tom Tom go serves me well with checkpoint scamera POI's.

Dont really use the PDA for anything else, bt its a far cooler gadget than a purpose-made-but-inflexible standalone system like TomTom Go.

Not much more than

I like the 3D maps of the TomTom. Postcode searching and a decently loud speaker would be really useful too. I'm leaning towards the TomTom Go, but I didn't realise it didn't do postcoding. My local PC World won't give me a demo of it...

If you want a decent volume, the Tomtom Go is streets ahead of a PDA solution IMHO.

I have a iPAQ with Tom Tom and a bluetooth gps receiver, works great not managed to load the revenue collectors as points of interest yet but it was worth the money just to save the arguments with the previous co driver, she now sleeps on long journeys

Darren

http://www.briskoda.net/reviews/showproduct.php/product/43/sort/7/cat/78/page/1 if you're looking for a cheap HU based solution. Does the work, but no fancy bells and whistles.

I'm now actually trying to get along with TomTom Mobile on my SPV C500... First impressions are very favourable!

Have alook at the PDA EVESHAM MIO 168 , this has GPS intergrated into the PDA , and run it with the co pilot software , complete package for less than

For reviews, try www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk

I got a Ipaq 2210 that has a CF slot and an SDIO slot. Into the CF slot I put a GPS card (sys on chip) with built in 256Mb (can get 512Mb) to put maps on. Aslo got a sidio powered cradle (real good speaker in that) with the tom tom 3 software and a 512Mb SD card I got change out of 480 notes.

The benefits of this set up are:

1. Can use in car or walking about, tom tom has a walk mode so you can get from car park to buildng

2. GPS card holds the maps leaving your main memory card free for MP3s . . .

3. Only 1 wire in car needed, blue tooth reciers still need power at some point!

4. PDA solution means you can use it for other purposes, if you are that way inclined . . .

5. Has NEVO software on it, the best remote control money can buy! It really is awesome! People pay this kinda money just for touch screen remotes, so if you ae into home hifi this is a real bonus!

6. Solution is small and transferable, if in some one elses car you can still use the unit without having to move the cradle, just use it hand held.

7. SDIO and CF expansion slots . . . most devices only have 1 expansion slot. . .

Thats all!

Got it from http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk before chrimbo.

I have recently heard a few complaints about TomTom's maps being very inaccurate esp. in the Glasgow area. A number of the streets have the wrong names. My PDA has this but the difference is mine recongises the real names if you put them in where as tomtom (apparently from the paper complaint) doesn't. All the real streetnames used in Glasgow can be found in Dundee. TomTom gave very bad CS in this instance just blaming the 3rd party map supplier until the newspapers got involved!

Well to be fair to Tomtom, they aren't responsible for the mapping data that's provided to them by companies such as navteq and teleatlas and, to an extent, have to work on what they've got. When made aware of issues, I'm sure they do try to fix them for the next version release.

I've got the Mio 168 with TomTom and its a cracking bit of kit -

I have Tomtom on a PDA and find it helpful even in the cab{im a Black cabbie}

the Map facility is great at night and its perfect for those out of town jobs but, the routes through london are not very good- i could run rings 'round it, also the vesion i have isn't up to date with alot of the roads{Trafalgar sq etc}.

For the money its well worth it ,it does it's job even if its not always the most direct route.

Steve

Just ordered a Tom Tom Go from globalpositioningsystems.co.uk