PDA Sat Nav Opinions

[FiDoDiDo]

Right, Ive seen this in Aldi on offer next week

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_462.htmlhttp://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_462.html

I looked to see if it was any good and what the price was like and then found this that is (from what I can see) exactly that same but cheaper.

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=MIO168UKhttp://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=MIO168UK

Im thinking of getting it but I need opinions on it.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

BUMP

Opinons please, someone must have a knowledge of these systems.

 

[Pete]

Depends if you only want the pda for sat nav and nothing else, would be better if it came with Tomtom. That one doesnt say what software is with it!

 

[Mole]

i do believe the aldi one is the same as the halfords kit, which has medion navigator on it.

 

[Jas]

That is a good price, but I dont know how good the software is.

After seeing jons satnav, I went and bought the same, its an HP iPaq 4150 with tom tom bluetooth, its excellent. I can recommend that. If you want a demo I can show you how it works.

 

[jon_r]

Ill get some pictures of mine this evening. Ipaq with TomTom.

 

[Pete]

Id do some more research into the software that comes with it. Can you add things to it like Speed Camera overlays like you can with tomtom etc.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Cheers for this guys, very helpful, more information the better!

 

[jon_r]

See my other thread in Media section mate.

 

[iwantaV6]

tom tom is good, but the lack of postcode search is annoying, and it doesnt list the surrounding road names.

you can download a postcode search program, and the speed camera thing is good, but their are many frustrated tomtom users, and TBH their are better software packages, but tomtom is the market leader due to its massive marketing.

 

[Mole]

i do believe u can overlay the camera map on the medion navigator, if u yahoo/google it.

i was looking into the aldi pack, which is the medion one a while back, and it is possible.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Cheers Mole.

Ive seen this now, thinking this might be a better option as it HP and TomTom.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=54935http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=54935

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2907468474&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=76216http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2907468474&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=76216

Might be a bit more but its got Bluetooth and Wi-Fi then.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

BUMP!

What do people think of the HP4150 and TomTom package that is linked above?

 

[M.C..]

do these units with tomtom or other give full directions before you set off or does it create them as you go along? my mate at work says they are the latter

 

[FiDoDiDo]

They do it as you go, otherwise if you took another route it would be able to calculate it.

 

[Doigy]

I got this:

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1098617851__DSCN0746.jpghttp://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1098617851__DSCN0746.jpg

Bargin ar £450 with TomTom 3, Bluetooth GPS, in-car holder and 128 MB card. I do need a bigger card but it puts you on. The PDA also has a 1.2 mega pixels camera on it. I also got a DVD with 1500 games on it, different themes, movies, software and loads of other sh*te.

 

[Pete]

Quote: Originally posted by iwantaV6 on 08 November 2004


tom tom is good, but the lack of postcode search is annoying, and it doesnt list the surrounding road names.

you can download a postcode search program, and the speed camera thing is good, but their are many frustrated tomtom users, and TBH their are better software packages, but tomtom is the market leader due to its massive marketing.

You can add a postcode search to it very easily.

 

[Doigy]

Ive got postcode search on my PDA... Its great.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Quote: Originally posted by Doigy on 14 November 2004


I got this:

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1098617851__DSCN0746.jpghttp://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1098617851__DSCN0746.jpg

Bargin ar £450 with TomTom 3, Bluetooth GPS, in-car holder and 128 MB card. I do need a bigger card but it puts you on. The PDA also has a 1.2 mega pixels camera on it. I also got a DVD with 1500 games on it, different themes, movies, software and loads of other sh*te.





What units that?

I still think the 4150 and car kit seems a good bad, just want to know what comes in the car kit.