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Ian Gourlay

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SAT Nav Programs
« on: June 27, 2007, 04:51:21 am »
Has anyone any experience of  buying a Sat Nav programme for a PDA.

Also Microsoft do a route finder programe with GPS has anyone used it

heritagecleaning

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2007, 09:51:47 pm »
I have Tom tom on my PDA, works fine. What do you need to know?

Cheers


Owen

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2007, 11:22:09 pm »
I don't have any experiance of this Ian as I just have a Tomtom and it works a treat!

I'm told it may be better to stick to a dedicated sat nav device.

I have also been thinking of upgrading my contract phone to a Nokia sat nav phone, just for convenience.........to my horror they tell me it costs £30 a month extra to recieve the sat nav signal from Nokia  :o

John


gwrightson

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2007, 06:00:24 am »
Ian , I have had the co-pilot sat nav system on my t mobile pda for a year now, never a problem
it came free with a 1 year contract for the phone , it costs nothing extra per month . my monthy bill is £24  for that I get 300 free mins any time any network. the sat nav itself I have found actually on par with any of the dedicated sat nav systems in respect of direction, poi, etc etc.
the only drawback, that some may find annoying is . 1. typing your destination in takes a little longer. 2 the memory of all your destinations can soon fill storage space, however , providing you erase things you do not require on a regular basis . they are god.
one other advantage . you have a walk mode, very handy for been in a strange city... simply slip the sat reciever in your pocket, size of a lighter.  and it will give you directions in yards.

Geoff.
ps it is programmed to work throughout Europe, and a disc allows you to install the programme for usa if your visiting there. So not bad really
who ever said dont knock before u try ,i never tried dog crap but i know i wouldnt like  haha

Ian Gourlay

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2007, 12:31:37 pm »
From what I can work out Tom Tom program is about  £70 and then I get a bit confused as to if I have it or not on the phone PDa but if I need one the GPS tracker is about  £70

Then I wondered if it would overload the PDA/



 

homenclean

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2007, 05:32:36 pm »
I have a co pilot for sale if you are interested works with mobile phone.

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rambly

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2007, 05:40:41 pm »
I've got a TOMTOM 510 (the 710s the same model with European maps) and its ideal for use in the van as it doubles up as a handsfree phone - if your mobile has bluetooth.

I cover a rural area with no street names or house numbers so the postcode function is a real asset as this usually gets me very close to the house.
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Ian Gourlay

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2007, 11:25:35 pm »
Not sure what Copilot is


gwrightson

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2007, 06:59:01 pm »
Ian  ;)read my reply above

geoff
who ever said dont knock before u try ,i never tried dog crap but i know i wouldnt like  haha

Ian Gourlay

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Re: SAT Nav Programs
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2007, 09:55:47 am »
Sorry  Geoff,

I usually read your every word. Think i read it the session before,

Think I need to phone Vodaphone see what I need

As I have had this for 2 years now.

Doubt if I will get an upgrade for £9 a month what I paid for this £500 PDA phone at the time.