Dave wrote:
Just wondered if this is worth the £ do you think?

http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_bu...uctnl_214.html

Do these things tell you if there's major road works going on? with
diversions in progress so you can avoid on the long journey. :-P

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Dave wrote:
Just wondered if this is worth the £ do you think?

http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_bu...uctnl_214.html

Do these things tell you if there's major road works going on? with
diversions in progress so you can avoid on the long journey. :-P

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite



Ones like the Aldi unit don't, but if you have TomTom with their
subscription service it does, and traffic, to navigate you round it.

Alan wrote:
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Dave wrote:
Just wondered if this is worth the £ do you think?

http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_bu...uctnl_214.html
Do these things tell you if there's major road works going on? with
diversions in progress so you can avoid on the long journey. :-P

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite



Ones like the Aldi unit don't, but if you have TomTom with their
subscription service it does, and traffic, to navigate you round it.


Read the survey of SatNav in (I think) the Telegraph on Saturday, not
for me!

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Read the survey of SatNav in (I think) the Telegraph on Saturday, not
for me!



Hmmm, didn't read that, but I know I can rely on TomTom to get me to
where I need to be far easier than paper maps. But you do have to have a
backup for when things go wrong (hmmm, memories of tearing around
Nerviano (Italy) looking for a company when I'd left the GPS receiver
turned on overnight, and had forgotten to bring the charger).

When they work (99% of the time) they are brilliant. The remaining 1% of
the time is a right bugger.

Alan wrote:
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Dave wrote:

Just wondered if this is worth the £ do you think?

http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_bu...uctnl_214.html

Do these things tell you if there's major road works going on? with
diversions in progress so you can avoid on the long journey. :-P

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite




Ones like the Aldi unit don't, but if you have TomTom with their
subscription service it does, and traffic, to navigate you round it.


AIUI this unit probably uses WinCE OS and hasn't got the ability to use
Tom Tom for a PPC. So you're stuck with the s/w it comes with.

john2

On Fri, 19 May 2006 19:02:29 +0100, Mike Dodd
wrote:


Read the survey of SatNav in (I think) the Telegraph on Saturday, not
for me!



Hmmm, didn't read that, but I know I can rely on TomTom to get me to
where I need to be far easier than paper maps. But you do have to have a
backup for when things go wrong (hmmm, memories of tearing around
Nerviano (Italy) looking for a company when I'd left the GPS receiver
turned on overnight, and had forgotten to bring the charger).

Garmin GPS V .. takes 4 AA's (I normally use 2300mA NiHM) .. Duracells
found in petrol stations worldwide and 20 hour battery life .. ;-)

And no stupid "Scott Scott" TV adverts .. !

All the best ..

T i m

On Fri, 19 May 2006 19:09:56 +0100, john2
wrote:

Alan wrote:
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:

Just wondered if this is worth the £ do you think?

http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_bu...uctnl_214.html

Do these things tell you if there's major road works going on? with
diversions in progress so you can avoid on the long journey. :-P

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite




Ones like the Aldi unit don't, but if you have TomTom with their
subscription service it does, and traffic, to navigate you round it.


AIUI this unit probably uses WinCE OS and hasn't got the ability to use
Tom Tom for a PPC. So you're stuck with the s/w it comes with.

I 'fixed' one for a bloke .. (he was plugging the power / charger lead
into the earphone socket sigh), when powering up it took quite a
long time and from memory it looked like a Windoze box. Not sure I'd
want to trust my journey to Windoze anything but .. ? ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

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Dave wrote:
Just wondered if this is worth the £ do you think?

http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_bu...uctnl_214.html

Do these things tell you if there's major road works going on? with
diversions in progress so you can avoid on the long journey. :-P

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite



Ones like the Aldi unit don't, but if you have TomTom with their
subscription service it does, and traffic, to navigate you round it.


Or some of the Garmins (the more expensive ones, they call it TMC I think)
do it without subs