Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )

Bystander wrote:
Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.

I've got a Nokia E71 and it's pretty darned good at knowing where you
are if you've been sat on the top of a hill and had a long picnic. In
central london a couple of weeks ago it wook about 3 hours to work out
where I was.

My Garmin knew where I was.
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Gyp
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Bystander wrote:
Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.

If you can live with the odd screen freeze and the fact they're not
updating the maps because it only runs Tomtom Navigator 6 or earlier,
the HP iPaq hw6515 works pretty well for me both in town and in the country.

If not, there's a list of compatible phones for Tomtom Navigator 7 he-

http://www.tomtom.com/landing_pages/...aq.html#faq-05

Navigon has wider compatibility list on their version 7 product, but the
user interface is very different.

Hope this helps.

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Tciao for now!

John.

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Bystander wrote:
Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any
help.


Thank you Gyp and John. I think I will stick to my trusty Tom Tom after
reading your observations.

Bryan

"Bystander" wrote in message
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Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any
help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )


Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
[roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
than the Blackberry ones.

On 15 June, 14:01, "R. Mark Clayton"
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"Bystander" wrote in message

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Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any
help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )

Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
[roughly] where you are. * As it happens Google maps are better and faster
than the Blackberry ones.

I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.
Sue

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Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for
any
help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )

Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
[roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
than the Blackberry ones.

I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.

GM uses phone masts for the first position. There should be a blue circle
of circular error probability and a little message "your position within
[say] 1,000 metres". Once it gets a fix on GPS this goes to a dot and 3 or
4 metres.

Sue

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"Bystander" wrote in message

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Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for
any
help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )

Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
[roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
than the Blackberry ones.

I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.

GM uses phone masts for the first position. *There should be a blue circle
of circular error probability and a little message "your position within
[say] 1,000 metres". *Once it gets a fix on GPS this goes to a dot and 3 or
4 metres.

Sue

Thanks will try that and be more patient.
Sue

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On 15 June, 14:01, "R. Mark Clayton"
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"Bystander" wrote in message

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Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very
happy
with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of
these
gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need
UK
coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for
any
help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )

Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it
knows
[roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
than the Blackberry ones.

I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.

GM uses phone masts for the first position. There should be a blue circle
of circular error probability and a little message "your position within
[say] 1,000 metres". Once it gets a fix on GPS this goes to a dot and 3 or
4 metres.

Sue

Thanks will try that and be more patient.
Sue

Unfortunately it appears that the Blackberry makes little use of the
approximate position.

Bystander wrote:
Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )




I have an HTC Touch Pro with in-built GPS and the main thing I notice when I
run any GPS application is that the battery drains much too quickly.
Not such a problem if you're driving a car and can keep it topped up with the
car's power, but definitely a problem for me.