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Advantages: light good features
Disadvantages: N/A

...After considering a GPS system for a while, as I do a lot of driving to different places with my work, I stumbled across the Navman 500 for sale secondhand. Great, I already have a Palm M130 PDA which is great. I connected it up, put the windscreen mou ...

dave8998 01.11.2004 · Read full review
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Review of NAVMAN GPS 500 12 channel GPS kit for Palm m130, Palm m515, Palm m500, Palm m125, Palm m505

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I wouldn't be without it

Advantages: Easy to use, covers both street and UK roads
Disadvantages: No voice directions (due to PDA), maps not totally up to date

...After considering a GPS system for a while, as I do a lot of driving to different places with my work, I stumbled across the Navman 500 for sale secondhand. Great, I already have a Palm M130 PDA which is great. I connected it up, put the windscreen mou ...

mbsnet 22.01.2004 · Read full review
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Review of NAVMAN GPS 500 12 channel GPS kit for Palm m130, Palm m515, Palm m500, Palm m125, Palm m505

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The cheaper alternative In Car Sat Nav

Advantages: price, ease of use, clear display, quick route re-planning, voice guided and portability
Disadvantages: size of maps, cost of additional country maps, flimsy connector on the wired gps version, slow address finding if the whole country map installed

I have just bought a new car and when checking the list of options was very tempted to add the Satellite Navigation, but the cost... £1,500!! Although the price is coming down, there are now much better priced alternatives on the market. I already own ...

woodhoe 07.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of TomTom Navigator 2

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Simplicity

Advantages: very compact
Disadvantages: not the stongest thing in the world

This is a really handy item to have. It has served me very well up to now. The only concern i hold is my doubt as to how long it will last. It just is not the strongest thing in the world but it is reliable. It really helped me when in times which i have ...

fletcher91 17.03.2007 · Read full review
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Who Says I Need To Stop And Ask For Directions?

Advantages: Inexpensive, Accurate, Easy to Use, Portable
Disadvantages: Can be slow, Occasional Obscure Routes

If, like me, you're a man who refuses to stop and ask for directions because regardless of how lost you are you're determined to show your built-in compass really will get you there, or if, like my wife, you're a lady who sits in the passenger seat willin ...

markd_uk 09.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of TomTom Navigator 2

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