If you are looking for a cheap Pocket PC/PDA

rikmartin

Yes the Acer N30 does run TomTom 5

Just had mine stolen from my car last week, and it was working fine up until that point

Damn scum

vicky1_2

If you want to use it for Sat Nav you will need the following

Windscreen Holder for the PocketPC
Tomtom Software
Bluetooth GPS Receiver
PocketPC charger/power cable

Hope this helps


where can get these items and how much do they cost?

ultrak3wl

Thought about this carefully and decided it is bad idea. You can't not have 802.11 wireless in PDA and that would run you about another 50 quid for SD-WIFI card. So that's about 150, for just over 200 you can have proper Dell Axim or something with more memory and 2003 2nd edition.

Godspeed

Am i right in thinking that there is free software for pocket pc's that use a free database of speed camera positions? I.e get the software and database and add a bluetooth gps unit?

talkshop

Shawz wrote:

It comes on an SD card if you get a licensed version and not an illegal one!

I should know because I bought one only a few weeks ago.

If you go for an illegal version from ebay, that would probably come on CD.

Tomtom Navigator 5 - pre-installed on 128 Mb sd card
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=1216

I have the full version with all the European maps on CD which was sent direct from TomTom and is on 7 CD's

I guess you have some different version !


TomTom Mobile 5 comes on MMC card for Nokia phones.

Shawz

vicky1 wrote:

If you want to use it for Sat Nav you will need the following

Windscreen Holder for the PocketPC
Tomtom Software
Bluetooth GPS Receiver
PocketPC charger/power cable

Hope this helps


where can get these items and how much do they cost?

For Example:

Windscreen Holder for the PocketPC & PocketPC charger/power cable £34.99
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=1411

Tomtom Software £99.99
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=1216

Bluetooth GPS Receivers (Prices Vary)
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/search.php?st=category|GPS%20Receivers&st2=BLUETOOTH%20RECEIVERS

Other online retailers I am aware of for Sat Nav stuff

http://www.easydevices.co.uk/

http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/?PHPSESSID=55fac4e6c8644af3935c2049cef6cea5

http://www.expansys.com/expansys.asp

I would also highly recommend anyone looking to get any form of Sat Nav to look here as this site is very, very useful

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/

Hope this helps

meinnit

Godspeed wrote:

Am i right in thinking that there is free software for pocket pc's that use a free database of speed camera positions? I.e get the software and database and add a bluetooth gps unit?

Thats correct. Database can be downloaded here

Shawz

Godspeed wrote:

Am i right in thinking that there is free software for pocket pc's that use a free database of speed camera positions? I.e get the software and database and add a bluetooth gps unit?

The software that can actually warn you about Points of Interest (POI's) in this case Speed Camera's in built into Tomtom 5 but the database of speed camera's can be downloaded from here:

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/uksafetycameras.php



Then just add a bluetooth unit. A link is in my previous post.

Hope this helps

meinnit

Sorry missed the "free software" bit in that post.. only saw "free database" You will need mapping software to use with the database

talkshop

Shawz wrote:

For Example:

Windscreen Holder for the PocketPC & PocketPC charger/power cable £34.99
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=1411

Tomtom Software £99.99
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=1216

Bluetooth GPS Receivers (Prices Vary)
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/search.php?st=category|GPS%20Receivers&st2=BLUETOOTH%20RECEIVERS

Other online retailers I am aware of for Sat Nav stuff

http://www.easydevices.co.uk/

http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/?PHPSESSID=55fac4e6c8644af3935c2049cef6cea5

http://www.expansys.com/expansys.asp

I would also highly recommend anyone looking to get any form of Sat Nav to look here as this site is very, very useful

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/

Hope this helps

Alternatively........

Look on Ebay, as you will get most of these things a lot cheaper than shop dealer prices.

A bluetooth GPS receiver on Ebay will cost under £60 from a UK seller including delivery (The one with the world picture on it and takes a nokia phone battery). I have bought lots of these for friends.