Great 'Sat Nav' Hunt (merged)

Yoshii

wolvesinwales wrote:

If you can't get the synch to work i guess the pocket pc takes a memory card ? if so just put the mp3s onto the card via a card reader / writer.

hi wolves in wales .what is a card reader /writer nowadays?
yoshiii

yogi_bear_4

I am new to all this and am puzzled by all the initials used, is there a glossary?POI-Points of interest but PDA ov2 etc ?
So is there agreement on a best value GPS receiver for the UK which plugs in and talks directions? Is it Tom Tom, Garmin, of Sat Nav or?

heathen

anley1 wrote:

I'd love SatNav the trouble is I can't remember the last time I drove somewhere when I didn't know the exact route!

Useful though if your job is on the road or if you do a lot of European driving but otherwise just another gadget that we most probably don't need.........

fair point,
as a driver its a fantastic bit of kit and makes life so much easier

on the other hand my dad has had one a while and never realy uses it but got me to get him 1 because he liked the look of mine:rotfl: (oh well guess ive got a spare in case the worst happens)

gd2

Even if you know where you're going most of the time they're worth it for the speed camera alerts!

wolvesinwales

Yoshii wrote:

hi wolves in wales .what is a card reader /writer nowadays?
yoshiii

A device that you plug into a USB port and slot your memory card into it and if you are on Windows XP your computer recognises it as a seperate drive and you can simply drag files onto your card, stick your card back into your PDA and away you go..

Card readers / writers are available for around £5 from places like www.7dayshop.com or try E Bay.

wolvesinwales

anley1 wrote:

I'd love SatNav the trouble is I can't remember the last time I drove somewhere when I didn't know the exact route!

Useful though if your job is on the road or if you do a lot of European driving but otherwise just another gadget that we most probably don't need.........

99% of the time you are probably not going to need one but when you do you will be so glad you have got one !
We recently had a weekend away at Oxford it got us straight to the Hotel but even better we could then drive away from the Hotel and explore not having to worry about how to find our way back. The one evening we went out for an indian meal so i used my wap phone to find restaurants in the area then plugged the postcode into my satnav to get us there, oh the wonders of technology !

amar_2

Does anyone know if any of the other gps brands other than tom tom(navman,garmin etc) have the feature where you can choose to avoid areas such as motorways.I do know that tom tom one has this feature but as i am on a budget of £180 i cannot afford to get one. Thanks in advance!

amar_2

anyone...please?

Yoshii

wolvesinwales wrote:

A device that you plug into a USB port and slot your memory card into it and if you are on Windows XP your computer recognises it as a seperate drive and you can simply drag files onto your card, stick your card back into your PDA and away you go..

Card readers / writers are available for around £5 from places like www.7dayshop.com or try E Bay.

would i need to buy another memory card as the other memory card is full of map data.as you can gather i am a novie at all this techie stuff.

thanks for reading

Yoshii

if for instance i wantd to put some mp3 music files/ songs . i would need t o buy another card to put these songs on.that is what i meant to say in the previous messsage.

thanks yoshii