ipaq and gps advice and help please

[only me]

Has any one got a handheld and gps system. im looking to buy, and after a bit of advice from someone who has used! , the one i've looked at is Tom Tom on a hp ipaq 1940 but shocked by battery life as a handheld only 8hrs (is this normal for windows handheld) as is gps any good and can voice commands be heard in say a tvr or will it need to be amplified somehow, anybody got anything else that they would recomend! budget is about £500.00

[simond001]

I have an ipaq (3950) with Navman GPS. I started of with the basic Navman 3000, and have upgraded at every opportunity.

In my opinion its a brilliant system,battery life is useless, and in the Cerb i dont bother with the voice commands. The visual signals are easy enough anyway and give ample notice of where to turn.

The only downside at the moment is that it hasnt been updated for the new one way systems around london for the congestion tax, and it wouldnt be too hard for them to incorporate speed camers in the programming (a lot more useful that railway stations)

[AJLintern]

The Ipaq 2210 is not much more expensive than the 1940 and has the advantage of the CF card slot as well as the faster processor. Tom Tom Navigator 2 is recommended particularly as you can use it with GPS Assist, which can warn you of speed camera locations.
If you are using the PDA in the car you can always keep the battery topped up by connecting it to the cigarette lighter plug. Voice commands are audible enough, though it depends how loud your car is!

[roop]

I have TomTom Navigator 2 on my Dell Axim with the TomTom GPS unit. Battery life is not an issue because the cradle must be plugged into a 12v source to power the GPS receiver (ie: the GPS cannot be run off your PPC battery). At the same time as the 12v feeds the GPS module it charges your battery / powers your PPC.

A disadvantage if you want to minimise the wiring, but no batteries to worry about.

An advantage of the TomTom GPS unit is it leaves the CF slot free on your Axim meaning I can plug in my CF WiFi and go Wardriving, plotting the results using the GPS feedback The TomTom database is held on a 128MB SD card in the SD socket on the Axim.

I also have the CheckPOInt speed camera (and Pizza Hut ) database and it works just fine with my PPC although some of the cameras seem offset to one side by 20m or so which is a bit irritating, still - it was free and complements my Snooper well.

I can hear the nav perfectly in the Civic (road noise is the horrendous, but still not as loud as a TVR). The on-screen directions are excellent - the 3D style display being easy to see at a glance.

Recommended...!

>> Edited by roop on Saturday 24th January 19:18

[only me]

"Tom Tom Navigator 2 is recommended particularly as you can use it with GPS Assist, which can warn you of speed camera locations."

Any more info on this please is this another piece of software or a free add on and does it update for new cameras ?

[AJLintern]

Take a look at this site: www.pocketgps.co.uk/menu_gpsspeed.php