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Topic: Advice for Newbie |
Grebo
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:56 pm Subject: Advice for Newbie |
GPS now installed and fully operational and I wanted to give some feedback to the group on the setup I bought.
Firstly, the Ipaq 2210. Fantastic little PDA, does everything I need and more.
TomT ... |
Topic: Advice for Newbie |
Grebo
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:00 am Subject: Advice for Newbie |
I already have a Kingston 256 SD card that I used to use in a camera (or was it a smartphone, cannot remember!!). I assume this will be OK or are these systems fussy about the make of SD they use.
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Topic: Advice for Newbie |
Grebo
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 10:42 pm Subject: Advice for Newbie |
Thanks for all the help here.
Using this information and doing some more investigation I settled for :
Compaq Ipaq 2210 186.00+vat
TomTom Navigator 3 99.00+vat
TomTom Carkit ... |
Topic: Advice for Newbie |
Grebo
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:22 pm Subject: Advice for Newbie |
By the way, I have looked at three main GPS systems so far :
Navman
TomTom
Kane
1st two seem to be well used but I can find limited information about Kane, any comments about this make? Also, ... |
Topic: Advice for Newbie |
Grebo
Replies: 12
Views: 3475
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:15 pm Subject: Advice for Newbie |
Thanks for all that info.
My main use for the GPS system is for in-car navigation. I can see the worth in having custom POIs and live traffic updates but these are not really a priority to me at th ... |
Topic: Advice for Newbie |
Grebo
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:47 am Subject: Advice for Newbie |
Oh, and I want it to have speech for the directions! |
Topic: Advice for Newbie |
Grebo
Replies: 12
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:47 am Subject: Advice for Newbie |
Hi,
Forgive me as I am new to all this GPS stuff!!
I am looking for a GPS package that I can use in the UK and then buy additional maps to use the same kit when I am on holiday in North America. ... |
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