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Thread ID: 85376	2007-12-08 06:16:00	GPS advice	joe_exception (2874)	PC World Chat

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619176	2007-12-08 06:16:00	Hi all, In-the-market for a in car GPS. Currently considering the Garmin Nuvi 310 and the TomTom One XL, but open to suggestions... I like the idea of Bluetooth and also the text-to-speech stuff on the Garmin. Has anyone had any experience with these? The Garmin (in particular) is well specd but reviews suggest it might be a bit slow to issue turn prompts etc - it's also starting to get a bit old so maybe someone's heard about a successor? ' Cheers.	joe_exception (2874)
619177	2007-12-08 08:12:00	Last week we traded in a whole heap of Fly buy points on a Navman S30 (the smallest, cheapest of current range). Big advantage to us is that it was "free". If we had to pay for it then it probably wouldn't have happened. Mapping has a couple of minor errors near home (rural problem) but otherwise is great. Its as you use it you realise the limitations. For example, I have Tumonz map program on the laptop. Navman won't connect to it so I can't download our route to it. What do you want to use it for? Getting from A to B? Including your own Points of Interest? Downloading routes for later analysis?...	Mercury (1316)
619178	2007-12-09 01:06:00	Thanks. It's just getting around (cities mainly) in NZ. I travel a lot around the country for business and just want it as a back-up to find my way around, and hopefully find a few interesting spots to visit in my downtime!	joe_exception (2874)
619179	2007-12-09 02:02:00	The Navman big drawback is that the manual is for ALL models - and it isn't overly clear about which features are enabled on which models! Tends to get you a little bit excited about some things that aren't there, and overlooking things that are. We have the Tumonz map program on the laptop - but it doesn't appear as though we can download data to it from Navman. I think the Garmin does. We've also spent this wet morning investigating Geocaching (a GPS game like orienteering). Caches are found by latitude and longitude - but you can only search by address. Once you load the address then it will give latitude and longitude under "more details". A few things you start thinking of once you have it! For navigation in the last week I've used it on normal routes - to family mainly. But I also tried it on three unknown destinations and it got me there and back OK. One was in Mt Wellington where I had no idea where I was, the other two in more familiar areas and the directions made sense. One nice feature is a speed check. Default is 60km/hr (but you can change it in 5km increments). As you pass through 60 it briefly beeps loudly and a warning signal appears on the screen. Quite entertaining when it says "You are now entering the motorway"... B.e.e.p. - but it is useful reminder on straight suburban roads. Big pluses: - Very easy set up straight out of the box - Seems to navigate well (but haven't used it a great deal yet) - Useful speed check feature - Very clear audible route instructions (don't need to look at the screen whilst driving) - After loading an address you can either just drive following instructions or check out "turn by turn", or a small map, on screen first to see where you are going Cons: - Smallish screen - but I need reading glasses for most things these days anyway - Once we get into it we'll probably wish we had bought a more feature rich one (but in two years there will be more new features on the wish list anyway) Oh, and there are lots of inbuilt "Points of Interest" from museums to parks to schools to ... Haven't tried them yet.	Mercury (1316)
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