GPS Cam Detector/Nav

[llamekcuf]

I currently have a road pilot - dropped whilst removing from the car and has cracked the screen, its one of the originals and morpheous tell me that they have changed screen supplier and that a new screen is £200 plus my database subscription ends in less than a month so that’s another £50!

I don’t feel like its worth paying half of the original price to get it functioning again, its two years old and the design is VERY brittle. Morpheous products and databases seem very expensive.

I quite fancy the route of Pda because i then get a new pda toy, and satnav, and cam warnings..Only problem is I know nothing about these systems..! would also consider Road Angel 2 etc

Just wondering if anyone would be able to advise me of what is the best solution?

Cheers

[NorthernBoy]

I use Tomtom software on my telephone. Any smartphone will run it, and it costs about 165 pounds.

Although it is sold as a GPS naviigation tool (and it does all the talking you to your destinatioon thing, finding points of interest, navigating around traffic jams and the like, and showing you where you are), if you put a traffic cam database on there (which you download for free off the net), you can also get an audible warning as you appproach a camera, and you can set which distance it goes off at.

I think that, as a package, it's great. The database is not 100% perfect, but that shoudl be getting constantly updated.

[slinky]

I run TomTom3 on a Compaq Ipaq 3970 with the TomTom bluetooth GPS receiver, allied with that I also run checkpoint, a trafcam database early warning affair..

It's absolutely cracking, navigation is spot on and the trafcam db is regularly updated foc..

There are a lot of people updating their pda's to the latest devices, so I'm sure there are plenty floating around on ebay... or you can buy the whole kit direct from TomTom or totalpda or many others...

hth,

slinky

[llamekcuf]

Thanks for your help.
Have taken the advice of a friend and ordered a mitac mio 168 with an integrated gps receiver and all the car stuff. Will also be getting TomTom and a speed camera database to use as POI's. Have ordered a 1mb SD card as well so can use it to get me more organised as I hear you can synchronise it with Outlook etc..

Just have to wait for my new toy to be delivered now!

Cheers