Navman S30 3D Satnav

Advantages: Good sound quality, Excellent re-route calculation.
Disadvantages: Gets a litte confused in busy cities due to the volume of roads.

...With the low price satnav market becoming saturated, i found it difficult to find a satnav that would suit me. Someone i knew had one of the older Navman models so i thought i would buy the updated version. Navman's new baby navigator, the S30 3D has its work cut out to compete in such a tough market, so it's good to see that it has got the most important thing right and set the price at a competitive level. The navman can be bought for under £100 which is much less than the equivalent Tomtoms and Garmin's which start at around £150. Its not only the price that makes this product better than the rest. One thing that you will not find on other equivalent satnavs is the feature that not only gives you the direction by voice, but shows the next direction with an icon in the top left hand corner. As well as this, it will give you...

lukealdridge89 25.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Navman S30 3D

Navman S90i many faults

Advantages: Has a camera, Blutetooth, TMC (when they work)
Disadvantages: Very, very slow response time. Many bugs

...Don't buy this product. The Navman S90i has many faults/bugs Camera viewfinder screen goes black for some reason and you can't use it unless you do a hard rest. This seems to be a common fault with this model, as several other users have also reported this. Very slow response time. Doing a u-turn on a road or even just turning left or right into a road and it takes ages. Sometimes I have to pull over until the screen updates. The TMC has a very poor reception Press the camera button (while the lens cover is closed) and see what happens! it takes a picture of nothing (because the lens cover is closed) doh! a bit of a silly bug by Navman. Why doesn't the unit recognise that the lens cover is closed? Also, it is very easy to accidently push this button while handling the unit and it goes into a frenzy of happily taking blank...

phillip15 09.02.2008 · Read review
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Navman S90i Review

Advantages: Has Camera and Bluetooth
Disadvantages: Has many, many faults

...Don't buy this product. The Navman S90i has many faults/bugs Camera viewfinder screen goes black for some reason and you can't use it unless you do a hard reset. This seems to be a common fault with this model, as several other users have also reported this. Very slow response time. Doing a u-turn on a road or even just turning left or right into a road and it takes ages. Sometimes I have to pull over until the screen updates. The TMC has a very poor reception Press the camera button (while the lens cover is closed) and see what happens! it takes a picture of nothing (because the lens cover is closed) doh! a bit of a silly bug by Navman. Why doesn't the unit recognise that the lens cover is closed? Also, it is very easy to accidently push this button while handling the unit and it goes into a frenzy of happily taking blank...

phillip15 11.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Navman S90I

Navman S90i - A good Sat Nav choice

Advantages: Screen size, visability, ease of use, accurate routes
Disadvantages: Slow to recalculate

...To sum up in a sentance - I would buy this again. I previously had a Garmin product which worked very well, but eventuall gave up on me. This forced the purchase of a new model which must have European mapping. The S90i has that and a few other bits and so far has not sent me to any daft routes. I use the unit most weeks and have also used the traffic master service on it as well. Look & Feel The units is quite wide and the large screen is well presented, clear and easy to navigate through. It has enough configurations for me including colour schemes and night modes. It feels solid and the screen mounting is stable with no vibration - it stays stuck unlike my Garmin one. The screen menus were initially quite slow to respond (annoyingly so), but having updated it via the easy to use desktop sw it is only slow on the first...

bagpuzz 09.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Navman S90I

Cheap and Good looking Navigation system

Advantages: Good interface, cheap, repeated instructions, user-friendly interface
Disadvantages: No bluetooth, Low speaker volume

...The Navman S30 really sets a standard amongst the Navigation system community simply becuse of its high quality 3D interface, which really looks good, much better than the one found on TomTom's. with the introduction of GPS combatible mobile devices for which navigation software can be purchased at a cheap price. Companies like Navman are being forced into cramming more and more features into their devices. For a price of under £100 you can buy this very navigation system, which boasts impressive features such as relatively advanced audio capabilities compared with its competition. The audio capabilities consist of such instructions like "take junction 23 on the M25". However the audio capabilities are not as advanced as the ones found on TomTom's which have a text-to-speech engine that will read all road names out to you as you drive...

yassarikhan786 13.03.2008 · Read review
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Are we there yet? Navman iCN520

Advantages: Lovely maps and Intuitive
Disadvantages: 4-digit Postcodes and POI alerts are just not good enough

...camera. The Points of Interest (POIs) part of the SatNav allows you to upload the locations of Safety cameras used to monitor the possibly more hazardous places on your route so you can be apprised of any of these locations and the maximum speed limits that are in force. I found this function next useless on both the new iCN 520s I bought and usually alerted me to places after or as I was passing them rather than giving me prior warning. This was a fault that I could not rectify even by repeatedly reinstalling the software and buying another one to see if this was a one off. It wan not a one off and the situation was only resolved by chancing upon some Tom Tom 5 software that I could load onto the Navman iCN 520 and this both cured the POI alert problem and provided me with full 8-digit postcodes for locations. The Navman iCN 520 maps are...

bigdoug 25.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Navman ICN 520

Navman 320 - A Good Buy

Advantages: Does the job on a budget
Disadvantages: Battery life

...Navman have got it right in so many ways. There are a few grumbles I have but overall they have done very well. Are you looking to get the best Sat Nav system on the market with all the bells and whistles on it? No. Neither was I. To be honest what I needed was a basic system to tell me to turn at the correct point to ensure that I did not spend time getting lost and swearing loudly at anything and everyone. After browsing the net for a few days I found that I could get the 320i for just over £150 delivered. That to me seemed like very good value so I clicked away and got the system a few days later. The manual that came with it is quite poor to be honest. But within 10 mins I had plugged all the various bits in and waited to get signal to tell me where I was. Warning - First time you turn it on be in a area with no large...

englisholly 03.02.2006 (10.03.2006) · Read review
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Review of Navman ICN 320

  A to B the Easy Way - the Navman iCN 520

Advantages: Small, portable, reasonable price
Disadvantages: 5 character post code search; windscreen reflection

...and turns the combination into a map and directions. Most modern units have a colour screen and talking directions. *********************** My Buying Decision *********************** I really missed my old built in sat-nav unit and having to use a paper map seemed like returning to the dark ages. Time to research and buy a portable unit for my car (and walking). It is a tough choice due to the number of models and manufacturers on offer today. Ultimately price was a significant consideration, with the Navman coming in at a very reasonable £299 from PC World online (£285 after my company voucher discount scheme). This is for the UK version which includes all UK roads and the major routes of Europe. Additional EU country maps can be purchased for £70-£99. The Navman unit is also available in a 'Premium Edition', which just includes all...

a4angus 15.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Navman ICN 520

Fuji FinePix S1500. Descendant of the S1000fd

Advantages: Huge zoom, Focus Tracking, Easy to use
Disadvantages: Bulky, A little slow, AA batteries are a bit inconvenient

...The Fuji FinePix S1500 is the latest incarnation of the very successful FinePix S1000fd. It is very SLR-like in appearance and the added bulk of the battery-holder/grip does give it an assured feeling in your hands. Of course, this can be a disadvantage, and if you want a camera that you can just slip in-and-out of your pocket, then maybe a slimmer compact should be considered. The 12x optical zoom is excellent and it equates to 33-396mm in 35mm terms - and if this isn't enough, there is a 5.7x digital zoom feature too. The menus are friendly and easy to navigate, and there are helpful explanatory prompts that appear on thew LCD screen when the mode-dial setting is changed. There are 14 preset scenes to choose from, each setting the camera to its optimum settings for the given scenario, but on top of this, the camera can be used...

rabidbadger 31.08.2009 · Read review
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THE NAVMAN ICN 650

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

...incorporates a 2gb hard disk within the casing which allows for full European maps to be loaded on the device rather than having to keep connecting it up to your PC and transferring the maps from CD. The other thing you will notice is that Navman's prices have dropped. Originally when the iCN 630 came out you were looking at paying £999 and that was without a storage card. Over time prices dropped, the iCN 630 V2 price dropped to around £790 and the new iCN 650's SRP is £799. So you're not only getting more in terms of software and updated maps, but a pre-installed 2gb hard disk with Western European Maps Pre-loaded, and a remote control! This has to be a good bonus over the previous versions. When Navman introduced V2 they switched from NAVTEQ maps to TeleAtlas, and I know a fair amount of Navman users had objection to this as they found...

jsk1977 04.08.2006 (12.08.2006) · Read review
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