Advantages: Easy use, looks good, accurate
Disadvantages: er...

...This Sat Nav is a lovely looking kit. it is sleek and the buttons are well placed and are of good quality. The screen is extremely clear and large. It is also nice and robust Initial startup requires the SD card to be inserted and then the Maps loaded, this takes moments - new maps and upgrades are available from the Navman website - excellent! To find a destination, the postcode entry screen takes a little time to load but then you can quickly and easily find your destination through several menus. It calculates routes extremely quickly and options such as motorway route, speed/distance options mean multiple routes can be found the Navman voice isn't too annoying. if you take a wrong turn or choose to go a different way the Navman recalculates quite quickly. Its very accurate for your position and has only once got confused... Read review

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Advantages: moving map, points of interest, postcode search good value for money
Disadvantages: limited voices and colours

...Navman ICN 520 Premium Edition is an advanced version of the popular iCN 510, packed with great new features and up to date TeleAtlas map data. With a sleek black finish, Navman ICN 520 Premium Edition is a stylish and useful addition to any car. This product combines a user friendly interface with advanced navigation features in a modern and portable design. Using this GPS-based device could not be easier. Simply input your destination on the colour touch screen, and let Navman ICN 520 Premium Edition do the hard work of planning the best route for you to take. The new SmartST 2005 Navigation software offers a quick and accurate search for town, postcode, street, street intersection, house number or points of interest (POI). When the search is done, the screen displays a small map of the destination letting you confirm your search... Read review

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Advantages: VERY ACCURATE VERY EASY TO USE
Disadvantages: A LITTLE EXPENSIVE NO OTHER Disadvantages

...to interface with the processor to enable an infrared remote control on the earlier iCN 630 and iCN 630 V2 models. However, the new iCN 650, iCN510 and iCN635 now offer true Infrared support! THE Screen Quality One of the good selling points on the iCN 650 is the bright vibrant screen. The only other company to have one like this is Garmin. Garmin have introduced a touch screen into their Street Pilot 2600 range. Navman felt that this would degrade the screen quality in contrast and brightness and decided against this. The screen quality on the iCN 650 is outstanding just like it's predecessors. The colours are rich and the contrast strong. The screen sports a 3.8" TFT QVGA screen for use in-car with anti-reflective coating. The screen dimensions are 320x240 pixels with more than 230,000 colours. THE Remote Control The remote... Read review

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Advantages: Transferable vehicle to vehicle
Disadvantages: Sold with out of date software, Navman support is the worst ever.

...I purchased a Navman ICN 630 in May 2005, After a little research I found out that you can insert you own points of interest into the Navman (e.g Road safety camera database). I looked for advice as to how to do this and found out that you need Smartst version 3 installed on your unit. Hey this was a brand new unit surely it must have the latest software, WRONG! I contacted Navman, Smartst Version 3 will cost you another £80, I protested at the aditional charge as there is no details on the packaging warning of additional charges for upgraded software. Lets face it if you purchase a new PC you would expect Windows XP installed not 98. And be warned £80 is for one country only!, more areas cost more again. I contacted Navman several times regarding the above matter, I also questioned how they can sell smartst version 3 software... Read review

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Advantages: portable, small size, rechargable battery
Disadvantages: price, bulky antenna, slow to find position

...system is not accurate, it sometimes wrongly locates your position, it is normally fairly close to where you really are however it can make a lot of difference which exit to take. Eventually the ICN510 discovers it has made a mistake and corrects itself, although some acknowledgement of its mistake would be nice! Connecting to PC: ----------------------- The GPS has a mini USB connector on the bottom, which i think is brilliant! Now most USB devices use this sort of connector, so i only need one cable plugged into my computer! In car use: ------------- My ICN 510 came with a holder which sticks to the windscreen with a suction cup for incar use. It is easy to fit and remove the GPS from the holder. The car holder sticks onto the windscreen, and has a ball joint which makes positioning it very easy. Use on foot: ---------------- The navman... Read review

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Advantages: Not a lot
Disadvantages: Quite a lot

...The Navman 630 V2 was purchased in July, 2004, cost was a little under £900. I have used this unit in the u.k, also in europe. I have found it to be pretty reliable in getting you to your destinations. What it is not able to all ways do is, find destinations by post codes, like anything else that you buy electronically it, is never 100% perfect. I liked the images on the 3.8" screen, they were in most cases very good although, in bright sunlight a bit more difficult to view. Now my gripe with Navman is this, and what a gripe. Having paid almost £900 not quite three years ago, I find out that this Navman 630 V2 is obsolete and that there is no upgrade software, ie,V3 or SmartST 2005 or maps available. What a con. No doubt if, they keep software downloads available they perhaps wouldn't sell quite so many new units. I am in the market... Read review

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Advantages: On board Battery, Size, Functionality
Disadvantages: 12 channels, sunglare, non 7 digit postcode finder

...Well, having read the other reviews I doubt I can top them, very thorough, however there are some things I saw that I can fill in on. At the end of the day, if you have £250 to spend on Sat Nav, either you will be looking at Tom Tom One and Navman ICN520. The difference between the two is that the Tom Tom One uses 20 Channel GPS compared to the Navman which has 12, and that the Tom Tom One has 7 digit post code finder. So looking at the black and white, the Tom Tom One wins.... well actually not for me. Hence my title, "Friends" see, there is software out there that can make the Navman search for 7 digit postcodes. Not only that, but as the Navman runs on Windows CE and the Tom Tom One doesn't, it can also be turned into a PDA with a touch senstive screen. That means you can listen to music on it, play games and use other PDA... Read review

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Advantages: touch screen and keys, differnet route settings, simple to use
Disadvantages: bad night mode, 1 route at a time

...The navman ICN 520 sat nav is a basic sattelite navigation system(sat nav) that is for those who do not drive a lot and want a simple to use and basic sat nav. Its mainly operated via the buttons on the right hand side of the screen but tries to incorporate a touch screen. The good thing about this sat nav is that it is not just a touch screen so for those drivers who may not be used to a higher level of technology it is very easy to use. I first bought this sat nav since I had no global positioning system(GPS) experience before and wanted a simple and basic sat nav which would guide me around my country and made sure I would never get lost. It has indeed done its job and I think it is perfect for beginers in GPS systems like me. The downside of this system however is that it only calculates one route at a time so you are shown only... Read review

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Advantages: Large touch screen, solid mount
Disadvantages: Useless mapping for Northern Ireland, slow GPS aquisition.

..., acoording to the map, a dead end! The unit simply did not have any coverage outside central Belfast, I decieded to wait until the next day before condemning the unit, so I once again borrowed the Garmin and decided to compare it head to head. I placed both units in the windsscreen and switched on, the Garmin aquired the sattelites in about 15 seconds, so I waited on the Navman, and waited, and waited, after some 5 minutes, the unit got a fix. and away we went, now due to the lack of mapping, the Navman was soon wanting to go to the nearest road, while the Garmin continued giving directions, that, as far as I was concered was that, and the unit is now awaiting return to the vendor. It was a pity, because the ICN720 is a nice piece of kit, easy to use and if you live in the UK it would be great, unfortunately it is let down by poor mapping from... Read review

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Advantages: never get lost
Disadvantages: lack of post code availability

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