(+) Stress free travelling, comprehensive, clear instructions, cheap (-) Some very minor glitches in confusing bends with turns (*) (On Ciao since: 07/2006)
Garmin Language Guide contains a multilingual word bank, phrase bank, and five bilingual dictionaries. The multilingual word bank and phrase bank supports nine...
Postage & Packaging: Free Delivery Availability: 3-7 days
Garmin Language Guide contains a multilingual word bank, phrase bank, and five bilingual dictionaries. The multilingual word bank and phrase bank supports nine...
Postage & Packaging: see site for shipping costs Availability: 3-7 days
Getting to grips with a Pocket PC can be difficult for beginners, so trying to install a Navigation system can be even harder! That's why we have put a...
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This microSD memory card, City Navigator NT, Europe provides detailed maps of major metropolitan areas in Europe, including motorways, national and regional...
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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...
Advantages: Excellent sat-nav package at low price, well-spec'd handheld computer Disadvantages: Advertising unclear: hidden costs of full European package
...with the Windows Mobile 2003 operating system, with Pocket versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer and Media Player - a typical yet comprehensive package fully compatible with your PC at home. The provided GPSsoftware is Destinator, which comes pre-installed with the local maps (in this case the UK and Ireland) on a 256Mb SD card. The software is very easy to learn, and aside from a few little eccentricities (occasionally telling you to 'exit to the left' when all you are presented with is a bend in the road...) it is fantastic to use. Another benefit is that the voice-guided navigation does not come with the standard, irritating American accent common to speech-synth applications, the voice is that of a smart-sounding English lady (Although 'she' does seem to get a bit irritated if you ignore 'her' directions!).
Another apparent...
wmspillett
21.04.2005 ·Read review
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Review of Acer N35 GPS
Advantages: Lightweight and waterproof Disadvantages: Wrist Strap
...I am a commercial fisherman who relies on both exact and dependability in a Gps navigation aid.
The Garmin Gps 72 is a very dependable unit i use another brand on my boat while working and i have the gp 72 beside it and have found it to be a better unit allround, so i hear you all say, well this is why i mentioned my other unit, the other ones costs nearly £700 and is a fixed unit, with a smaller display.
My gp 72 cost me £130 and is handheld and portable, also with the correct lead available from Garmin you can download and update data from your computer or laptop.
I use mine for work when i am called out for the HM Coastguard Cliff Rescue Team that i am a member of and found it is very accurate and dependable.
It has a clear display excellent features easy to use menus and functions, setup is easy as all you have to do is...
zrxsheep
23.09.2005 ·Read review
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Review of Garmin GPS 72
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...
Advantages: Great value for the money. Disadvantages: No wireless connection
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• 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
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...
Advantages: Improves reception, loading time is dramatically reduced, Much better accuracy Disadvantages: plating is wearing off the connector
...and finally brought forward to the dashboard with a couple of feet to spare. The antenna itself is a small plastic box with a strong magnet on the bottom, so theer is no fixing to worry about.
I plugged the lead into the Sat Nav and switched on. In a couple of seconds it was displaying "Ready to Navigate"
Since then, about 10 days ago, I have covered over 2,000 miles and have not lost reception once, including the wooded section of the A350 just north of Shaftesbury in Dorset, where I always lost signal for about 2 miles.
I have noticed some of the plating wearing off the plug, exposing bare plastic.
This is because It is not a good idea to leave the SAT NAV in the car when parked, so I have to take the cable out if I park somewhere dodgy, like city centres. I must say that this does not appear to have affected performance.
It...
Advantages: Very accurate position finder. High functionality. Disadvantages: Needs batteries. Can operate continuously for only 24 hours
...of guesswork and estimation in this and in poor conditions, updating the chart can be difficult and especially so if the crew is inexperienced at boat handling.
Magellan GPS 2000 - a solution?
Yes – one of them. Never a substitute for accurate chartwork, DR navigation and log-keeping. There are other ways of finding out position like Decca (Europe) and Loran (in the US), but both these methods, based on radio beacons have built-in errors and still require some adjustment. Satellite navigators like GPS 2000 used to have built-in errors for US defence considerations, but in August 2000 these were removed and the accuracy of readings improved from around 10-100metres down to what is now about 1-3 metres from my observations.
Position co-ordinate systems
There are quite a few alternatives provided as standard – Ordnance...
Elnoj
08.06.2001 ·Read review
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Review of Magellan GPS 2000
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...
Advantages: Datalogger, Sat Nav, so many plusses ! Disadvantages: Slightly difficult to set up
...Royaltek Bluetooth GPS (Datalogger)
For the uninitiated I'll quickly give a brief description of what purpose this item serves.
There are several choices for running Satellite Navigationsoftware, the main two are either buy a standalone product (such as Tom-Tom, Garmin etc) or buy a PDA (See my other review on Dell Axim) using a GPS satellite receiver (this is what the Royaltek Bluetooth GPS receiver is)
If you have decided to choose the PDA route, you will need at least three things, the PDA, the GPS (Royaltek in this case) and software to run (I have chosen TomTom Navigtor 5 as it seems to be one of the market leaders.
There are now two options for your GPS receiver, wired (which just means that the gps must be somehow connected directly to the PDA , this can either be via a wire or SD Card via the slot on the PDA OR via...
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