Never owned one before, so bought this as a Christmas present to find a simple satnav to get me around the hockey pitches of Yorkshire. Don't travel for work, cheap satnav is all I wanted.
With: car charger, non-marking screen holder, usb cable, stylus. Charged it on Christmas day using the computer, around 3½ hrs. Picked up the GPS in the conservatory, around 3-5 minutes first time. Menus easy to use with either stylus or finger. Found a pedestrian and bike mode, too!!!
Added trip to London (using address), next hockey fixture (pcode) and mother-in-laws.
Car charger cable is about 4ft, straight wire, though charger is a bit big - about 2" sticks out. Screen mount flexible and easy to take off and adjust.
London was calculated in around a minute, less for the others. Following the route was easy; I used the 2D map, and I saw that it knew where I was instantly. Clear voice and easy map (I zoomed out a little from the initial close picture). In London, the machine took me to the o2 arena without a mistake and even tracked me under the Thames. I made a mistake on the way home and it re-calculated the new route in about 15-20 seconds (200yds). It estimates TOA coming 'home', elapsed time going elsewhere.
I showed pictures to the family from my camera in the SD slot while we had a meal - a slide show function would be useful here. We found the restaurant using the POI feature from where we stood.
Cons - could do with a volume adjuster whilst en route (kids went to sleep on way home and I had to put in sleep mode to shut it up).
If you don't want to spend a lot (Argos £90) to just get there, it's fabulous. I have a car radio with MP3, so don't need that extra. Buy one.
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