Sat Nav PDA Question

[kpowell911]

I'm in the market for a sat nav unit, and my mate recomended buying a PDA off ebay, and getting the top of the range tom tom software loaded on ot it (he can get this done for free for me). Then he said i needa little reciever that you canb get for £15 and a windscreen mount with an in car charger, he said this will work out MUCH cheaper than buyinga decent sat nav.

My question is how much is a PDA going to cost me? All i want is the sat nav on it, so spec isnt important.

Where can i get one from?

Where do i get al lthe otehr gubbins from?

thanks

 

[kpowell911]

could i use this one, or does it need to have blue tooth?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HP-iPAQ-rz171...726239887QQcategoryZ38331QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

i know its remanufactured

 

[Mark5290]

If you bought that PDA you would need to get the tomtom car holder for that PDA and the tomtom 'diamond shape' wired gps receiver to plug into the holder as it does not look if that PDA has bluetooth.

Another option if you wanted to use that PDA is to buy a SD slot gps receiver with inbuilt memory like the Globalsat SD502(around £115) because there is only one SD slot.

It would be better to find a PDA with Bluetooth or buy a nokia 6630/6680 smart phone, bluetooth gps receiver and memory card off fleabay, then just load TTM5 onto it, only downside is smaller screen and no touch screen.

A mate of mine picked up a 6630, gps receiver, memory card and ttm5 off fleabay for under £100.

 

[f1fan111]

I have a Hp Compaq 1930 which has IRDA no bluetooth and i run tomtom5 on this fine using the kit below

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...PageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

Maybe there is a kit for the PDA you stated above?? i would think of the phone option for value but depends how much you look at the screen

 

[kpowell911]

thanks for your help guys

anyone know where i can get a kit similar to F1 Fans for the PDA in the link above?

 

[FiDoDiDo]

For the 1930 try this link or your PDA should be on that site somewhere.

http://www.expansys.com/search.asp?sid=2300176&nf=1&cat=PPCMOUNTS