Great Cheapest Sat Nav Hunt

Yoshii

anyone used xda with proper sat nav software in their cars etc. or pocket pc or even t mobiles is it mda as a sat nav macine.i am in the hunt for one and like the all in one tom tom unit but want the flexibilty of checkin my email etc which the pda s give me.

also which are easier to use.eg can i do to b via c without having to reset my sat nav machine again.

thanks for reading

yoshii

tricky_3

Ive just bought an Acer n35 PDA from https://www.ebuyer.co.uk. It has a built in gps and Destinator 3 software preloaded........for the price of £199 (+vat) its blinkin' brilliant!

The sat nav is very accurate AND you've got a PDA!.........

barginunter

ri7ngo wrote:

Just received an email from Lidl - they are offering the My Guide" Navigator 6500XL at £199.99 from thursday 19.05 - BUT - only in South West stores (I know they did this offer in the Midlands back in April.

I've rung their info/helpline and they say they have had lots of enquiries and expect high demand.

try this link to get more details - http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050519.p.My_Guide_Navigator_6500XL

May be best to get there early if you want one!

This machine will be on sale here in St Helens on Monday for £279! Do Lidl think we're well off up here?

macgyver

Hi there,
I am desperately looking for a cheapish sat nav and as I was browsing Amazon for Tom Tom 300, it noticed that there were few private sellers as well selling the same Tom Tom at half the price.
I e mailed them asking whether it was used or refurbished but they say that it brand new and factory packed.
I am confused how is it possible????

What is the catch here? Does anyone know about it?
Many thanks

itxweather

Hi,

Does anyone know whether or not the Navigator 6500XL that's on sale at Lidl Mon 30th May is considered to be good value for money?.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050530.p.My_Guide_Navigator_6500XL

Is this a Mio 168 Pocket PC that's been rebadged?.

Does anyone know whether or not this Pocket PC has a 300MHz CPU or 400MHz CPU as am not 100% convinced :-(.

Thank you.
Best Regards.

heathen

itxweather wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone know whether or not the Navigator 6500XL that's on sale at Lidl Mon 30th May is considered to be good value for money?.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050530.p.My_Guide_Navigator_6500XL

Is this a Mio 168 Pocket PC that's been rebadged?.

Does anyone know whether or not this Pocket PC has a 300MHz CPU or 400MHz CPU as am not 100% convinced :-(.

Thank you.
Best Regards.

yep its a rebadged mitac mio 168(which i use and find excellent)not sure about the software i use tom tom.mines a 300mhz cpu which is fine really for a pda but it may have been upgraded to 400mhz.not a bad price (mitac mio 168 with tom tom usually costs £300+ (i paid £319 3 months ago) and the 3 years warrenty is a bonus.

itxweather

heathen wrote:

yep its a rebadged mitac mio 168(which i use and find excellent)not sure about the software i use tom tom.mines a 300mhz cpu which is fine really for a pda but it may have been upgraded to 400mhz.not a bad price (mitac mio 168 with tom tom usually costs £300+ (i paid £319 3 months ago) and the 3 years warrenty is a bonus.

Hi heathen,

Just had a quick read through what's included with the MyGuide Navigator 6500XL from Lidl, am unsure whether to buy a Mio168 or one of these .
The MyGuide Navigator is from what i've been lead to understand a Mio168 but with Falk Navigator etc.. etc.. They claim to have an External USB Antenna and seperate External Navigation Antenna in their flyer dated 30th May but there was no mention of two Antenna's on the box.

Any idea's why there would be two seperate Antenna's as well as a built-in Antenna?. Perhaps this is a typo error on their flyer.

Lidl claim that the pre-installed Falk navigation is installed in Flash ROM, guess this would remove the need to source a Sandisk SDIO 802.11b WLAN + 256Mb on-board memory, only an SDIO 802.11b WLAN Card?.
(or have I misread this?).

Not sure whether or not the MyGuide Navigator 6500XL is or is not a good buy @ £279.00. Any suggestions?.

Lidl claim that this has an Intel XScale 400MHz CPU which is a little confusing imho, particularly as this is a re-badged Mio168. Anyone know whether or not for certain this has a 400MHz CPU or indeed a 300MHz CPU the same as a Mio168 Pocket PC does?.

Your comments would be appreciated.
Thank you.

Best Regards.

hdequintal

Looking to purchase a sat nav, mostly for europe and world wide travels. Can anyone help me as to what specs make up a good sat nav? what i should expect to pay? any recommendations on names of good sat navs? im willing to pay 250-340pounds.
thank u.

hdequintal

Just one other question....would i have to purchase extra software etc??

Mick_Cranes_Sidestep

hdequintal wrote: »

Looking to purchase a sat nav, mostly for europe and world wide travels. Can anyone help me as to what specs make up a good sat nav? what i should expect to pay? any recommendations on names of good sat navs? im willing to pay 250-340pounds.
thank u.

Ebuyer have a myguide sat nav (I've used one for nearly 2 years and its a great gadget), but they now have it with European maps for the ridiculous price of £49.99.

These use tele atlas maps and are probaly the best budget devices around.