Advice (unsurpisingly)

MJRacing · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 2

I'm looking at giving our sales bods a SatNav option for their cars and decided to see what options there were that didn't cost the earth - either to buy or run...

A day later, I feel as though I'm much better informed (mostly thanks to this site!) but remain suitably confused...

My criteria is that the units are accurate, simple to use, cost next to nothing to run, give spoken instructions and don't rely on limited battery power. It's almost exclusively UK use and I'd rather it was to postcode point. Reps currently use laptops (which my original idea was to use them) but I'm not sure if that's really the best way of doing it (being a bit bulky and having them fall off the passenger seat, etc seemed a bad move).

Of the options I've looked at:

Tomtom go - around £380 but it doesn't seem overly well rated. When taken it comparison against others that come bundled with a PDA, the value also seems questionable.

TTN3 with Ipaq2210 - £335 seems to offer a much better package (and has a free PDA..? Why is this cheaper than the fully integrated version...what's it missing that TTG has?

Navman 4410 with Ipaq 2210- £400 - I prefer the sound of 'Navman' - it just seems more professional...but is there really much difference? Also, same question as the TTN3, does this miss something fundamental that the TTG has..?

I appreciate that there's no easy option to go for (otherwise, the ringing endorsements would make it an obvious one) but if there are any pointers and idiot-trips that I'm about to stumble into, they'd be appreciated.

Huge thanks in advance for any pointers and cheers for all the info on the site...

Michael

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject:

Well, the TomTom GO is certainly less difficult to use than the combined packages.

The accelerometer and the landscape display differentiate it from the Pocket PC based solutions. Also - Less cables, less hassle...
On the flipside you may have problems with the antenna placement - the BT receivers aere more flexible there.

Navman vs TomTom - that's a rather philosophical discussion, and three users will have four different opinions on it. I would say TomTom is more dummy proof (oops, suitable for sales people.)
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MJRacing · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 2

Many thanks for that - I've decided that the PDA will make the sales kiddies happier (new toy) so will go for the TT/Ipaq 4150 combo which, at £354 seems to give a good balance and fits in neatly with intentions to wean them off of the laptops where possible.

This site is a godsend to anyone looking at options and, similar to other postings, I cannot believe how involved and wide the options are with regards to GPS systems.

Keep up the good work!

Cheers

(And if anyone thinks that the combo I've selected has a flaw, please let me know!!)

Privateer · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:33 pm Post subject:

If you don't need WiFi, then I'd go for 2210s instead. You get the use of both SD and CF cards which is very useful.
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Hunnymonster · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject:

And if you decide you want WiFi later, you can add a CF WiFi card :D

AlfieB · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject:

If you're options are still open regarding what to buy and before you commit yourself, it might pay you to look at the latest Navman units which Dave & Darren looked at last week and reported on last evening.
Check out the Navman ( Hardware) Forum.

Regards

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topgazza · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:07 pm Post subject:

Indeed the Navman 510 looks interesting at rec price of 499. Probably end up at £450 - £475 initially.

Compare that with PDA bundles of about the same amount and those who want a more nav/PDA rather than more PDA/Nav biased solution will be smiling.

Although I understand Navman now use Teleatlas(?) which still leads me towards the Co Pilot solution

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