Upgrade to Destinator 6 or TOM TOM 5 for PDA

[TonyHSoton]

Hi All,

I hope someone can help me out with my questions.

I am very new to Sat Nav and have an Acer N35 PDA with Destinator Lite software. So far I have managed to find out that in order to download either POI or Speed camera databases I will have to upgrade as Destinator Lite is not designed for this and has no POI, favourites or much else other than the basics.

From what I have managed to find out, I should be thinking of upgrading to either TOM TOM Navigator 5 for PDA’s or Destinator 6 for PDA’s. I have read that some people believe the Destinator software uses a better Satellite tracking system.

I would be interested to hear from anyone who has installed either of these software options to an Acer PDA or any other PDA and would appreciate comments on the following:

• What do you really like and dislike about the software?
• Is it reliable?
• Have you managed to download POI and speed camera databases and do they work?
• Are the POI and speed camera databases free or do you have to subscribe and if so how much and is it annual fee or for life fee with free updates?

I am very confused about all this and have read that it is harder to get POI and speed camera databases to work with Destinator but I am not sure why and what the issues are at the moment. I would appreciate any views about these two software options as I have to decide which to buy for my PDA.

Many thanks for your help.

TonyHSoton

[Martin Laverty]

Tony someone else has posted on these boards about destinator 6 running very slowly on an N35. It barely meets the minimum spec so if you were Using the N35 I would stick with tomtom as that works OK.

Originally Posted by TonyHSoton

Hi All,

I hope someone can help me out with my questions.

I am very new to Sat Nav and have an Acer N35 PDA with Destinator Lite software. So far I have managed to find out that in order to download either POI or Speed camera databases I will have to upgrade as Destinator Lite is not designed for this and has no POI, favourites or much else other than the basics.

From what I have managed to find out, I should be thinking of upgrading to either TOM TOM Navigator 5 for PDA’s or Destinator 6 for PDA’s. I have read that some people believe the Destinator software uses a better Satellite tracking system.

I would be interested to hear from anyone who has installed either of these software options to an Acer PDA or any other PDA and would appreciate comments on the following:

• What do you really like and dislike about the software?
• Is it reliable?
• Have you managed to download POI and speed camera databases and do they work?
• Are the POI and speed camera databases free or do you have to subscribe and if so how much and is it annual fee or for life fee with free updates?

I am very confused about all this and have read that it is harder to get POI and speed camera databases to work with Destinator but I am not sure why and what the issues are at the moment. I would appreciate any views about these two software options as I have to decide which to buy for my PDA.

Many thanks for your help.

TonyHSoton

[TonyHSoton]

Hello Martin,

Many thanks for the information. If that is the case, then it pretty well means I will have to go the TT route.

Shame really as D6 is so much cheaper!

Thanks again,

TonyHSoton

[Fred333]

Yea I had the same issue.