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Looking at the Navman PIN 570 sat nav and pda all in one. Any one give me some tips on the best satnav with itergrated pda?
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I spent some time looking into this. i wanted to get a pda, phone, sat nav all in one to save all the technoclutter I was carrying around. That is to say PDA with satnav rather than the other way around. I originally got an XDA Exec as an upgrade but then found that it wouldnt run TomTom without a lot of hassle, but it had all the toys including a small keyboard, WiFi, bluetooth, cameras etc. However using the phone was a bit like holding a fridge door to your ear and quite bulky and heavy. After much more careful research I have now got an Ipaq 4700 with Tomtom and a bluetooth gps receiver, together with a seperate phone. Works very well indeed and (finally) delighted with the outcome. I think a lot depends on what is more important to you - pda or GPS. Personally I wanted good pda capability and thus a sensible sized and clear screen, with GPS as secondary. It was a close call between this and a Palm set up, Palm has the advantage of avoiding the sometimes clunky Windows software, but I cant get on with the handwriting recognition system having had a more modest one for a while. The 4700 also has wifi, bluetooth and will play music, video so it has a degree of future proofing as well.
MGs
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Thanks MG for the detailed response. I am keen to have the PDA as the lead regarding functionality with the sat nav as an extra
The MNC web site appear to have a great package (see link)
www.mynewcheap.co.uk/products/details/tomtom-bluet...q-
2410/2499/
The Ipaq 2410 has the bluetooth tom tom 5 set up and it sounds idela for my needs
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Hi TG, I checked out that website and to my mind that looks on the dear side, but I am a cheapskate and always look for the best value! If you look on EBay HP have a shop there where they sell factory refurbs with a full guarantee. Prices for the 4700, the one I was interested in were around £250/£270 in the auction, add on TomTom software at around £120/£140 depending on whether want bluetooth or not and you have the best PDA for around the same price as the package you mention, the MNC price for the 4700 package made my eyes water! I dont recollect the HP auction price for the 2000 series but would be much less I imagine. You can also get the software on Ebay as well at below TT prices, but of course you need to make sure you get a legit version with all the codes etc. I checked out the various review sites via Google for a range of PDAs and it was on that basis that I didnt go for my original choice, the XDA 2, which got very poor user feedback on a number of boards and reviews. It took me a while to research what I wanted but am delighted with the combination I have.
Cheers, MGs
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I have been using a XDA2 with TomTom Navigator 3 and now Navigator 5 for 18 months and never had any problems whatsoever.
Orange charged me about £99 to upgrade from a Motorola to the XDA2 and the software + GPS came to another £130. I use it every day and it brilliant.
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I use the 4700 and TomTom
The 4700 was chosen for its large bright screen - required in a sat nav application. Its only drawback is low sound levels requiring the use of an amplified mount.
Its a good PDA too.
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I also use a hp 4700 which is the dogs danglies of PDAs at the moment.
I use it in conjunction with a gps cradle that also amplifies the volume of the PDA and recharges it. I leave the cradle fixed into the car using a dashboard 'clip'. This means I only need to carry about the PDA and it slots very neatly into the cradle. (I know some may say that this is an invitation to theiving gits but in 18 months parking the car in some really dodgy spots, including the work car park I hav'nt had any bother, (dont get too carried away by the hysteria created by a few media articles that appeared over a period of two days roughly six months ago).
It also means I only need one power supply wire which is easy to hide.
This is 100% stable with tomtom3 which I legally own (not so with tomtom5 which I downloaded to try then ditched because of incompatibility) and I use the excellent free speed camera database that updates monthy.
The only gripe I have is that tomtom does not take into account what side of the road you are travelling on when warning you about speed cameras, unlike say a road angel.
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