I'm looking to get a gps system for the car. I'm not bothered if it is a PDA or dedicated. Aldi are selling a system for £229 (http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_231.html)
Anybody know if it is any good? or of any better deals about at the moment. would be appreciated.
Thats a decent price. The place to find out if the kit is any good is pocketgpsworld:
Medion Forum at Pocket GPS World (http://pocketgpsworld.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=106)
Looking at a Tomtom go 700 for my car. Anyone know if they are good?
What did you end up with Armitage?
All GPS mapping solutions have weaknesses. Tom Tom is prob best of a bad bunch.
Here is link to tt forum on pocket gps:
http://pocketgpsworld.co.uk/modules.php?na...=viewforum&f=93 (http://pocketgpsworld.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=93)
worth having a read through to get a feel for the product.
still not got one. but i'm going to look at this one tomorrowwww.halfords.com (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&productId=195319&categoryId=33962&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=33962&crumb=31265-31468-33962&varient=&CarSelectorCatalogId=)
NO, not the medion!!
Apparently Argos have 20% off all satnavs in the next few days so might be useful to go have a look
http://www.argos.co.uk (http://www.argos.co.uk)
little lady has the TomTom 300 and swears by it....and under £300 at Argos
And to think they banned mobile phone use in cars because of the distraction... :mad:
QuoteOriginally posted by DogMeat@Dec 2 2005, 11:13 PM
And to think they banned mobile phone use in cars because of the distraction... :mad:
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GPS in a car is a lot less distracting than a phone or a passenger! Additionally it gives you a chance of being in the correct lane early when you are driving in unfamiliar areas thus reducing the mad swerves some people seem to make at the last minute. Additionally it has voice so you don't really need to look at it that much, mine gives warnings such as "in 200 yds roundabout, take second exit"
Couldn't be simpler :D
QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Dec 2 2005, 07:23 PM
All GPS mapping solutions have weaknesses. Tom Tom is prob best of a bad bunch.
Here is link to tt forum on pocket gps:
http://pocketgpsworld.co.uk/modules.php?na...=viewforum&f=93 (http://pocketgpsworld.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=93)
worth having a read through to get a feel for the product.
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Thanks for the info BB. I got lots to read now. Cheers. :D
QuoteOriginally posted by Dr Sadako@Dec 3 2005, 09:40 AM
Thanks for the info BB. I got lots to read now. Cheers. :D
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Actually the UK website is a bit slow. Try the .com website (link below) much faster for me anyway:
http://pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name...=viewforum&f=93 (http://pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=93)
QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Dec 3 2005, 10:07 AM
GPS in a car is a lot less distracting than a phone or a passenger!
Not in my experience. I see drivers using them every day, weaving all over the road at 70+ while peering at the screen. Equally as bad in slow-moving traffic queues while I'm filtering past - I mean, WTF are they looking for - a giant hand to pick them up and lift them out of the traffic?
QuoteOriginally posted by DogMeat@Dec 3 2005, 04:43 PM
Not in my experience. I see drivers using them every day, weaving all over the road at 70+ while peering at the screen. Equally as bad in slow-moving traffic queues while I'm filtering past - I mean, WTF are they looking for - a giant hand to pick them up and lift them out of the traffic?
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Thats not a case of GPS being more distracting. That's a case of f***wits who don't know how to use it properly!
QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Dec 3 2005, 05:53 PM
Thats not a case of GPS being more distracting. That's a case of f***wits who don't know how to use it properly!
Quite so. They outnumber the ones who do by about 9:1. You know that advert with people wandering around with their eyes closed?
That's you drivers, that is... :dry:
LoL
It's being on the phone not holding it that is the problem.
The law is an ass :blink:
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either as a standalone or with a PDA.
I love mine...
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Dec 6 2005, 05:35 PM
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either as a standalone or with a PDA.
I love mine...
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Really? I've heard lot's of problems with the 700.. I was looking to buy one but now I'm not so sure.
NF
QuoteOriginally posted by Ninja_Freak@Dec 6 2005, 06:06 PM
Really? I've heard lot's of problems with the 700.. I was looking to buy one but now I'm not so sure.
NF
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There have been probs but I can't remember which TomTom it was with. I think it might have been the 300 where there was power issues or something. Think its fixed now. The other problem is with mapping errors or roads that have been altered since the maps were made. All solutions have this problem. However, Tom Tom have (at last) allowed you to buy newer updated maps - not cheap but if you need them as new as possible then its a solution. Seemingly you can download for 1 year after purchase:
http://tomtom.com/plus/services/mds.php (http://tomtom.com/plus/services/mds.php)
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either as a standalone or with a PDA.
I love mine...
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OK OK
I finally got tomtom 500 today. very cool + it is a Bluetooth hands free kit.
Been using TomTom for a couple of years. PDa linked to bluetooth gps. Cool thing can use other map software on foot for about 4hrs battery on receiver. I and a mate have used it all over Europe as well and have no complaints - other than local drivers :)
got a p900 sony erricson about 18mths back cause some ejit said that tom tom worked on a p900 ............banker :sad:
QuoteOriginally posted by big-paddy@Dec 17 2005, 12:45 AM
Been using TomTom for a couple of years. PDa linked to bluetooth gps. Cool thing can use other map software on foot for about 4hrs battery on receiver. I and a mate have used it all over Europe as well and have no complaints - other than local drivers :)
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Well apart from it couldn't even get us to the LAN mate, I wasn't impressed with it last to be honest, didn't you turn it of in the end :narnar:
QuoteOriginally posted by Dewey@Dec 17 2005, 11:14 AM
Well apart from it couldn't even get us to the LAN mate, I wasn't impressed with it last to be honest, didn't you turn it of in the end :narnar:
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I took a wrong turn for fun at one point. Another bonus with sat nav is it doesnt whinge when you go the wrong way. Apart from that i think we did lose the sats for a short while. Other than that I dont recall any problems getting to March using it. My memory aint as good as it was mate, but would you really pitch your memory against mine?
I have Tom Tom 5 on a DELL X50V PDA...........it maybe costs a little more but it is sure as hell worth it.
I travel a lot for business and i find it invaluable to take me straight to a place i have never been......or for diving off into backroads when there are motorway probs.
Add to that a wireless PDA and it had pretty much everything i need.
anybody with a TomTom 500 know how to add safety cameras to my POI's
QuoteOriginally posted by Niel@Dec 18 2005, 10:52 AM
I have Tom Tom 5 on a DELL X50V PDA...........it maybe costs a little more but it is sure as hell worth it.
I travel a lot for business and i find it invaluable to take me straight to a place i have never been......or for diving off into backroads when there are motorway probs.
Add to that a wireless PDA and it had pretty much everything i need.
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We use TomTom at work as well, and *most* of the time it proves pretty useful. However if you're going into deepest darkest Cumbria then it does sometimes take you down backroads that are too narrow for your vehicle (as in they're footpaths...), or tell you to turn onto a minor road which turns out to be (literally) a dirt track across a field, used by farmers in tractors and uncrossable by our Discoveries, though the Defender can manage it :).
Also it did on one occasion expect to me drive off a motorway bridge onto the motorway, which would have been quite interesting. It was a motorway bridge unaccociated with a junction...
QuoteOriginally posted by Armitage@Dec 18 2005, 11:07 AM
anybody with a TomTom 500 know how to add safety cameras to my POI's
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Yes
Go here:
http://www.totalpda.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4638 (http://www.totalpda.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4638)
and If that doesn't help come back to me...
PEN
Cheers Pen.
installed them this morning. 8)
QuoteOriginally posted by Armitage@Dec 19 2005, 08:41 AM
Cheers Pen.
installed them this morning. 8)
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Excellent....
Remember you cna change the 'sound' that the POI makes to ensure that you're aware when you're driving near one.
You can also set it to only warn you if the speed camera is 'on route'..... the upside of this is that you won't get alerted should there be on on the other side of the road but the downside is that some of the newer camers can rotate to either direction. I leave mine on just in case.
Finally - there's load of other handy POI's available out there on pocketgps - so check to see if there's anything you're going to like.
GL, HF and if you got any other questions let me know.
PEN
POIEDIT is the way to go for speed camera databases ( and many otherthings ).....automatically synch with online databases...for free.
I have Tom Tom 5....only time i've had anything strange with the routing is when i've used "shortest" route and not "fastest".....there is 1 local route in particular it would like me to use in this mode....and it's a footpath.......
QuoteOriginally posted by Niel@Dec 19 2005, 11:20 PM
POIEDIT
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Where dis dat den ?
google :)
here (http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=22)
See....BB is a much nicer guy than me :(
QuoteOriginally posted by Niel@Dec 20 2005, 07:25 PM
See....BB is a much nicer guy than me :(
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//humour onAttilla the Hun was a much nicer guy than you :narnar: ;)
//humour off