Garmin Helps You Go the Distance

Advantages: Small, Voice Directions, 3D graphics
Disadvantages: nothing

...Garmin are a relatively new company when it comes to GPS (Global Positioning Systems), yet with this product the seem set to face up to competitors TomTom and the like. What is it? In a nutshell, this is a microSD (memory card) that slots in to your Windows Mobile, Palm, or Symbian phone; which in turn gives you a GPS navigation system at your fingertips. You need never get lost again - wherever you are in Europe. It also provides coverage where you wouldn't have normal phone signal - which means you have directions when you need them the most. In fact, you can even check for traffic, weather & CCTV cameras. The card itself is tiny, yet provides state-of-the-art 3D graphics on your handset. It makes TomToms sound pointless and means your car will never get broken in to for your sat...

brunocrosier 14.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Garmin Mobile XT Europe GPS software

Multifunctional PDA and Sat Nav system

Advantages: A PDA and sat nav system in one
Disadvantages: Looks cheap and tacky

...superior - it is acceptable for my requirements. The Mitac 168 combines a PDA with a sat nav. system. And whilst the PDA is of inferior quality the Sat Nav element of the Mitac is most definitely not. It is on par with stand alone GPS units such as Navman, Tomtom etc. The Mitac has a built in GPS receiver. If any of the readers of this review have ever had to sync an external GPS receiver to a PDA then they will appreciate what an excellent feature this is. I used to have a Toshiba PDA and separate GPS receiver. I never got the two linked up properly and experienced so many problems, including lost signals, no satelites showing etc etc. the list is endless. In turning on the Mitac and pulling out the GPS receiver satelites are found within about 30 seconds - this is just as quick and efficient as my father's Tomtom. The Mitac uses...

yackers1 13.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Mitac Mio 168 Pocket PC with UK GPS Software

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 planning and tracking purposes. The one extra hardware add-on which 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...

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

Navman ST raight through

Advantages: Gets you there, is upgradable
Disadvantages: Downloading can sometimes be slow

...Having recently purchased my Navman PiN 570 and having used it for a few months I discovered that some streets were missing from the mapping software. A quick visit to Navman's website soon remedied this problem. I simply followed the easy instructions to update my Navman ST software to the 2005 version. After a few clicks and a few minutes the software was installed on my PC. After running for the first time I was asked to complete some simple questions and to connect my Navman PiN to the PC. Once this had been accomplished it was just a case of re-entering my original software serial number to verify my details which I had previously registered with Navman. The software comes as a package containing 2 parts and is very user friendly. It is very similar in style and menu system to office or something like that, with a menu system...

donf18 16.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of NAVMAN SmartST 2005 Plus Pan-European Maps GPS software

"After One Hundred Yards, Turn Left..."

Advantages: Voice Guidence, Never get lost, Find places easily, Lots of features
Disadvantages: Maps get out of date, Need loud speakers, Dependent on satellites

...TomTom Navigator 3 is the third in a series of GPS (Global Positioning System) or Satellite Navigation software for PDA?s and PDA phones. You can get the UK map version, quite expensive at £115.49, or the Western Europe map version costing £124.99. This is the cheapest I can find them, which are both web exclusive prices at E-Atay.com. I have the UK map version. ? ? ? INSTALLING ? ? ? Installing is pretty easy. Simply put the CD in and let auto run load up the installation screen. Just select what you want to install when it asks (i.e. Program, Map, Demo, etc). You can connect your PDA to your PC while installing or you can plug it in afterwards for it to copy over the files. After a reset of your PDA, you?ll be able to find TomTom in the ?Programs? folder and the ?Today? screen. You then have to enter a serial and an Activation...

Deru 31.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of TomTom Navigator 3 Great Britain GPS software

SmartST? Give me SesameST!

Advantages: Clear , turn-by-turn directions
Disadvantages: Unreliable advice

...roads for police vehicles etc. My trusty SatNav had been trying to make me rejoin the M25 via one of these such access roads. Unfortunately, not only are they for authorised vehicles only, they also have padlocked gates to prevent abuse by desperate victims of SatNav misguidance. So once again, I had to strike off into the countryside until I was far enough away that it would find me an alternative route. That goal achieved, I was back on track and arrived home in slightly less time that it had taken me to get there. The software that has lead me such a merry dance is none other than the wittily titled "SmartST v2" from NavMan. It came as part of my 4410 GPS bundle, but for the sake of making the review a readable size, I've split it into two parts. The bundled software is covered here and a review of the hardware and associated bits is...

LegendaryMrDude 10.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of NAVMAN SmartST Professional Europe GPS software

Replace your GPS? i Dont Think So

Advantages: Good Route Planner, Cheap in Price
Disadvantages: Does not inform Instructions after wrong turn, Informs of turnings too late.

...WHAT IS IT? This product is customizable trip planning software with an included GPS system reciever. All the now normall features for a standard GPS package are included such as Voice Prompted Directions so you can be told exsacly what to do and other features such as favorite settings etc. This package seems to me as if it was designed to replace the need for a GPS however as i will come to later it does not seem to fill all recuirements that it should. In my opinion this package is fairly good for someone looking to travel europe and not wanting to spend mega bucks on a new gps, But for everyone else this product falls short. DID I LIKE IT? To answer my own question. No i did not like this product. Altho this product in many ways does pretty much what it should in many other ways it does not. Now on to my main gripe...

Craigshadow12 21.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft AutoRoute Euro 2007 with GPS Locator GPS kit

GPS the no frills approach

Advantages: Cheap and easy to use
Disadvantages: Build quality an issue

...****** Introduction ****** Welcome to my second review based around GPS receivers even though this is my second review this product was actually the first GPS receiver I purchased. I won't go into too much detail into the workings of GPS as I covered this in detail in my earlier review of the internet Bluetooth GPS receiver( Why not take a look at this review go on you know you want to).GPS basically uses a series of satellites that orbit the planet to triangulate your position on the planet. A gps receiver reads the signal and with the use of navigation software (for example TomTom) and allows you to plan routes based on your current position and your destination. ******* Product Overview ******** This unit is a GPS receiver that works by slotting into a compact flash port in my case the one that I have on my IPAQ pda...

phensh 01.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Globalsat BC-337 20 channel GPS receiver module

You need tom-toms to find your way

Advantages: Large clear menu for touchscreen. Quick setup to navigate to postcodes. Clear driving instruction.
Disadvantages: Poor POIs, Lack of route preview. Missing villages. No cam preview found.

...version 1.5 which V2 had just deleted. Excellent response from TomTom but very frustrating that they update software to something that is not designed to work with Nav 6. In the end I found the whole package rather frustrating and reverted to Miomap which has the same age maps. I will probably now buy a dedicated Garmin 205W SatNav instead....

Segedunum 12.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of TomTom Navigator 6 Maps of Western Europe GPS software

  PDA and GPS, all-in-one

Advantages: Great value for the money.
Disadvantages: No wireless connection

...) • Card: They use a PCMCIA or SDIO (Secure digital or Compact flash) slot to connect.. Not a bad choice, they convert your PDA or laptop in a portable GPS. In the case of PDAs, the main problem is that they use the external memory slot.. If the PDA only have one, you can't have the GPS and memory at the same time, and the maps used by navigation software use to need a good amount of memory (over 100 Mb). The other problem is that the GPS antenna use to be a little big,, so it makes a little more difficult to carry the PDA in the pocket, for example. Price from 120? (80 pounds) • PDA with built-in GPS: They're a bit thicker than standard PDAs, and it's price quite higher than a PDA without GPS. The main advantage is that you have a all-in-one GPS navigator, and a personal assistant in the same price, so if you planned to buy a PDA...

Juancruz 08.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Acer N35 GPS