GPS Kits for Handhelds > ROUTE 66 GPS Kits for Handhelds

mobile 7 mokia 7610 symbian bad experience

Advantages: cool, impress your freinds
Disadvantages: totally impractical in a car

...be aware of. i installed route 66 mobile 7 symbian (nokia) this week and found to my horror: 1. there is no way on theior symbian versions of getting speed trap data into it. 2. on my nokia 7610, i cant use the bluetooth headset i have at the same time as the GPS bluetooth transceiver unit. its also got a cumbersome cradle you wouldnt want in a tidy car, and would attract theives unlike a compact unit you can sucker off into your pocket. Nice ...
...have enough memory for the route (2GB!!!) possibly ideal for really slow vehicles who want to travel light, e.g. bicycles/pedestriansbut without 12V youre only going to get max 7 hours. This has got to be THE most impressive thing a mobile phone can do, but it's just got to have the speed trap database capability like their windows mobile version does or its a joke Nick i sent it all back ...

slapper4 30.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Route 66 Mobile Britain 2005 (Bluetooth) GPS kit for Nokia N-Gage QD, Siemens SX1, Nokia 7610, Nokia 6620, Nokia 3600, Nokia 6600, Nokia 3620, Nokia 3650, Nokia 3660, Sendo X, Nokia N-Gage, Samsung SGH-D710

Effective and flexible software from Route 66

Advantages: Simple to use
Disadvantages: No facility to enter own points of interest, adding more maps costs a bit

I recieved Route 66 Navigate Britain 2004 bundled with a recent purchase of a PDA with built in GPS capabilities. I chose the bundle with Route 66 as it was the cheapest available. Initially skeptical due to the lower- priced software, I would encourage other potential buyers to ignore such stirirngs in your conscious as the software holds its own quite well. It doesn't have many fancy embellishments- you can't add your own points of interest, ...
...searching for an address in Route 66's extensive street database or importing an address from your outlook contacts, and then tap on 'navigate'. The software uses a connected GPS reciever to search for satellites in view and, on my PDA, routinely finds upwards of six (three are needed), and then verbally announces that your route is being planned. Soon, inside minutes if not seconds, it announces that your route has been calculated. To continue, ...

temporalbandit 31.07.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Route 66 Navigate Britain 2004 GPS kit

GPS extraordinaire

Advantages: Very fast connection speeds
Disadvantages: None

After purchasing a Pocket PC (HP hx4700) mainly for use as a calender assistant and portable web browsing device, I soon discovered that it could also be used as a portable Sat Nav device as well, allowing applications such as Tomtom to be uploaded onto it, and for those who are interested in light aircraft flying, like me, memory map is fantastic aviation GPS program which can be used on using actual CAA aviation maps with GPS data overlay for flight ...
...is needed to allow tomtom and memory map to function is a GPS receiver device. I had previously purchased a Compact Flash card extension GPS receiver which plugged into the Pocket PC's existing ports directly, unfortunately, it was very poor at satellite tracking and position locking, taking several minutes to lock-on to your position. After failing to be impressed by this Compact flash GPS receiver, I was beginning to loose faith with the whole ...

Pilotgavw 18.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Holux M-1000 32 channel GPS receiver module

TomTom Wireless GPS Receiver 20 channel GPS receiver module

Advantages: good
Disadvantages: none

I dont have a 20 channel receiver however I do have a 12 channel receiver which came in the box with my Tom Tom Navigator 5 for PDA, whichi I use in my Treo 680 Smart Phone. The whole thing works perfectly and I couldn't ask for more as Sat Nav goes. The GPS receiver looks identical to the 20 channel one shown here and if this one works as well as mine does then you can't go wrong. It has a matt cover which makes it stay put where ever you place ...
...it picks up a signal very quickly and once linked to the PDA by bluetooth it keeps the signal so long as it can see just a tiny bit of sky. Once linked I take the unit off the dash and place it on the floor of the car in between the seats and it keeps the signal through motorway tunnels and even during a traffice halt under a bridge! It does link up even if placed on the floor straight away, however that takes a few moments so up on the dash is best ...

tan78 18.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of TomTom Wireless GPS Receiver 20 channel GPS receiver module

Finally the PSP does something useful

Advantages: Excellent and innovative mapping, clear directions, 3D rendering, genuinely portable, sturdy build
Disadvantages: Metric-Imperial units mismatch, dodgy address entry, quite expensive

OVERVIEW The Go!Explore GPS add-on developed by Nav N Go finally transforms the PSP from a big black brick of annoyance to an indispensable tool by utilising the PSP's USB port to connect an external receiver and the supplied software to allow for route mapping and navigation. APPEARANCE The unit is supplied in a surprisingly large box, due mainly to the inclusion of a mount for using the GPS in the car. Also included are the GPS receiver ...
...charging cable for the PSP. The GPS receiver itself is a very small affair comprising a Mini-USB plug and a thumbscrew to securely attach it to the top of your PSP. A very sturdy hinge then connects the actual GPS receiver chip housed in a white plastic square emblazoned with the legend "GPS" just so the less intelligent gamer is left in no doubt as to what the device is. The car mount is a work of genius in tough black plastic featuring a huge ...

ben-lloyd 15.04.2009 · Read full review
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