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"Alan" <alan@alan.net> wrote in news:OQ4s1vjdEHA.1152
@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
> Hello all,
>
> currently using Ipaq H5550 and have been considering a GPS option. I
have
> downloaded the Tomtom demo programme from their site and am quite
impressed.
> I am looking at using the GPS on both car and motorbike......anyone
have any
> opinions on the best option to go for based on user experience (I'm in
the
> UK if that makes any difference) and what sort of prices we are looking
at ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Alan
>
>
>
I don't know by heart if the 5550 has built in Bluetooth, but if so you
also may consider a combination of a good nav-programm with a BT GPS
receiver. In that way you can simply slip the GPS module in your pocket
and mount the PPC in a water- and shockproof casing on the bike. With
some inventivity you might even be able to connect the 5550 to the
electrical system of your bike for powersupply....
I know several people who use Tomtom and are satisfied with it, though
they regard the limitations of TT to work bordercrossing as a
disadvantage, although not really serious.
I myself use Alturion. Which offers (in my opinion) as big advantage that
when buying that one, you get a nav-program of high specs for the PPC AND
one for a desktop or laptop at teh same time. Which enables you to
comfortably set out a route to travel behind your desk, and when you're
ready just export the route and the mapdata needed for the route to your
5550.
But in the mean time it still is possible to set up a route completely in
the PPC as well!!
It also offers POI's, street- and adress navigation all over Europe,
traffic information (when connected to the internet, e.g. through BT and
a cell phone), audio information etcetera etcetera. And for a price that
is abt the same as for TT.
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