newbee

[crz15]

hi there people i am a newbee on here and i was just wanting some advice on buying a pda with sat nav system for my car , has anyone got any suggestions ? i can spend upto £300 and want a full system ready to go with sat nav anyone got any ideas what and were to buy , many thanks chris

[lupos0_1]

You do have different options but I would personally recommend a Tomtom package. The tomtom go 300 (I know its not a PDA but this would give you a very good sat nav package). The downside is that it may be a little over your budget at £368.95. Here is the link for that one:

http://www.totalgps.co.uk/section476.aspx

#If it is a PDA with sat nav you are after (personally this is what I use and would recommend) there are many different PDA's to choose from. If the main thing you are after is satellite navigation, I would recommend the following:

TomTom Navigation System with HP iPAQ 1710. This is the system that I am using at present and this gives me easy to use satelite navigation (tomtom 5) and will also allow you different PDA features. I use mine mainly for contacts and and for appointments in the diary. You can still have customised POI's (speed camera's, Mcdonalds etc) and unique voices for guiding you. The best thing about this system is that (a) Probably the cheapest Tomtom system on the market @ £292.58
(b) Works great as a basic PDA as well.

Here is the link for that system:

http://www.totalgps.co.uk/section478.aspx

I would recommend total PDA as I have used them before and have not had any issues with them.

Good luck

[dappa44]

Originally Posted by lupos0_1

TomTom Navigation System with HP iPAQ 1710. This is the system that I am using at present and this gives me easy to use satelite navigation (tomtom 5) and will also allow you different PDA features. I use mine mainly for contacts and and for appointments in the diary. You can still have customised POI's (speed camera's, Mcdonalds etc) and unique voices for guiding you. The best thing about this system is that (a) Probably the cheapest Tomtom system on the market @ £292.58
(b) Works great as a basic PDA as well.

Here is the link for that system:

http://www.totalgps.co.uk/section478.aspx

I would recommend total PDA as I have used them before and have not had any issues with them.

Good luck

Hey Lup, whats the volume like on the ipaq's, i was warned off them because of quiet voice alerts. Is this true m8?

I bought the Mitac Mio 168 instead and i love it as a PDA and Sat Nav.

[lupos0_1]

I've heard the same but find that the volume is not bad at all. It does lack a bit on the motorway I must admit and am looking into an amplified car mount for this reason.

What did you pay in the end & where from? (cheeky I know!!!)

[birky]

Originally Posted by dappa44

Hey Lup, whats the volume like on the ipaq's, i was warned off them because of quiet voice alerts. Is this true m8?

I bought the Mitac Mio 168 instead and i love it as a PDA and Sat Nav.

Hi

I use an Ipaq 3870 and the sound volume level is fairly loud...I just bought a Dell X30 which I was going to use for my TomTom5 upgrade but, have decided to keep using my 3870 instead because it's much louder.