iPAQ 214 any good for gps

[paulol]

thinking of getting an iPAQ 214 with tom tom, not being a pda expert are they any good and are the other pda's to consider?

[wiz]

Hello paulol

I have one I think its GR8

Nice big screen only 1 issue thats the sound volume,
speaker in the rear and not that loud but love mine


see my signature for the rest of equipment i use
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Iphone 4S 16gb, ios 5 windows 7, CamerAlert, CoPilot & TomTom

[rothers]

Looks great but am I right in thinking the 214 doesn't have a built in GPS ?

Cheers
Neil

[wiz]

[AllyCat]

Hi Paul,

Yes, you would need to use an external BlueTooth GPS (or I believe the 214 has a Compact Flash slot which could take a CF GPS, but I don't recommend this). The 214 has a high resolution (VGA, 640 x 320 pixels) screen which is unlikely to be of much benefit when driving with TomTom. Such a screen is probably of greatest advantage for web browsing, etc., but a few people complain that the detail can be too small with some applications like Memory Map.

Just for TomTom you'd probably be better with dedicated TomTom hardware or a navigator like the HP 314. But if you want an integrated PDA/navigator to run other PPC applications, then the Mio P360/560 is a common choice, or if I were purchasing one, I'd look seriously at the Asus 696.

Cheers, Alan.
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Acer N50,HP114,Loox N560,Dell x50,CF/SD cards to 4/32GB.
RoyalTek,Holux236,Navman B10 & Copilot(Globalsat) BT GPS,TomTom5/6.
Memory Map (v5.4.2 & v5.1.3 OS & Euro), GPS gate,OSGPSconverter.

[raymondjamesaxon]

I have a ipaq 214 and I am using co-pilot 7 much better than tom tom 6 , and tom tom doesnt support the ipaqs screen res. it blacks out the screen ! ive tried it..................I have a loox n560 with tom tom 6 on it but first lock and any lock far to slow and its up for sale.............

[wiz]

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