Garmin Sat Nav

DoaM

couriervanman wrote: »

Offline maps are no good........you want a sat nav with live traffic,once you've used live traffic on tomtom (very good) Garmin (good) you wont go back

If you have no phone signal then TomTom and Garmin will also fail with live updates because ... guess what? ... they also use mobile phone infrastructure for the traffic data.

(PS: Google Maps also gives you traffic hold-ups)

couriervanman

DoaM wrote: »

If you have no phone signal then TomTom and Garmin will also fail with live updates because ... guess what? ... they also use mobile phone infrastructure for the traffic data.

(PS: Google Maps also gives you traffic hold-ups)

I think you know what i meant ............offline ie sat nav with no live traffic

DoaM

Seriously, you're shooting yourself in the foot.

Standalone satnav with maps loaded = Google Maps (or similar) with maps downloaded.

Live traffic updates on satnav (mobile data signal) = Google Maps (or similar) with mobile data signal.

ShandyAndy_2

Thanks all, looking at IPhone 6 Plus so bigger screen and I can get 3gb for £10 month with GiffGaff

couriervanman

DoaM wrote: »

Seriously, you're shooting yourself in the foot.

Standalone satnav with maps loaded = Google Maps (or similar) with maps downloaded.

Live traffic updates on satnav (mobile data signal) = Google Maps (or similar) with mobile data signal.

I think if you look at Halfords........you will see 6 out of 31 sat navs don't have live traffic:p

Arklight

100mb? I had to check and see if this thread was from 2009.

If you don't want to deal with tethering smartphones and worrying about their capabilities, which considering the 100mb thing I guess you don't, a Garmin is a much better choice.

The Garmin UI isn't as slick as Tomtom's but they are much better Satnavs in general and Livetraffic will update through the ether.

DoaM

couriervanman wrote: »

I think if you look at Halfords........you will see 6 out of 31 sat navs don't have live traffic:p

Which is completely irrelevant to the point being discussed.

In reference to the old saying ... I suggest you stop digging.

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ShandyAndy wrote: »

Thanks all, looking at IPhone 6 Plus so bigger screen and I can get 3gb for £10 month with GiffGaff

The 6 plus will not get the new iOS 13 in September so if you can stretch your budget go for the 6s or 6s plus as that will be better in the long run.