Best sat nav for<£400 (not tomtom)?

[uknaughtydog]

Hi

I would like to buy a top end sat nav for <£400

Main criteria:
1. Good maps which are updatable and reliable
2. Good POI / speed cameras which are accurate
3. connectivity to mobile phone

I recently bought a tomtom 720, which in the first instance I thought was fantastic. Turned out to be a complete pile of rubbish. Since promised functionality did not perform (notably the unit kept going mental and kept belting out a painfully loud siren noise which could not be shut down).

I would LOVE to buy another Go720 becuase it has amazing potential, but the sad reality is the current version is complete garbage. I would never waste good money again on such an appalingly executed product. Thank God I got my money back.

If there is a Garmin or other such product with equal functionality of the Go 720 but with good reliability I would gladly pay £400 for it.

Any advice is gratefully received.
Thanks

[Johnny_D]

I, personally, think you need to define what it is your are actually requiring?

TomTom are trying to reach the climatic pinnacle of SatNav, iPod & Handsfree convergence in one unit.

My 520 does all of the above reasonably well. Granted handsfree crashes sometimes - But I understand where and why this happens and have offered my comments to tomtom on that.

However if your serious about spending £400 notes on a unit I would, again personally, buy a fitted hands-free car cradle and a separate satnav.

I've had a few different one's and I have not found anything to be as good as TomTom's core application - SatNavigation.

JD
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[253]

Well. I would like to have the same as you, but for 200 quid.
Satnav in its present form is not so much Hitech as Lowtech !

OK, the connection to the Sats is Hitech, but the rest of the crap they put in the units, people wouldn't be seen dead with in a mobile phone.
The software is mostly 3rd rate even primitive.

No, the bottle of Ozy red has not clouded my thoughts, just genuine heartfelt belief.

I have a TT710, I have no intention of 'upgrading' - if that is the word - to anything new until the price comes down, the units have more 'bang 4 buck'.

PGPS is a good site by the way.

But please, don't go spending that sort of money - or even half - on the stuff available presently.
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