Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Apr 15th 2006 | 12:26 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by soapy
i think you have touched on the main point here 
when u arrive its quite stressful trying to find your way about and getting lost a lot. i can rembr arguing all the time when we first got her, most of it was for one of us pointing the other in the wrong direction.
my tip
dont leave home without one
when u arrive its quite stressful trying to find your way about and getting lost a lot. i can rembr arguing all the time when we first got her, most of it was for one of us pointing the other in the wrong direction.
my tip
dont leave home without one
Being a bloke I don't ask for directions ...lol, but the added bit of being 'cab driver extroidinaire' I feel I SHOULD be that bit better at finding my way about, but hey, who am I kidding! ...
Gonna sort one out over the next few days I reckon, but have to first check if MY road is on the map as the local streets ARE very new!
No good if I can find the Sydney Opera House if i can't find me home!! ...
Cheers
Apr 15th 2006 | 1:35 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
my streets about 3 months old in pac pines and it found that. dont think u will have a problem mate unless u live in cairns (near bix) it does a body swerve round his area 
unless u live in cairns (near bix) it does a body swerve round his area
Originally Posted by Paul&Nic
Cheers everyone, it looks like both (or all) seem to work ok, altho if the Navman ISN'T (?!?!) portable then the Tom Tom will be the one as I'm just as useless on foot ...lol
Being a bloke I don't ask for directions ...lol, but the added bit of being 'cab driver extroidinaire' I feel I SHOULD be that bit better at finding my way about, but hey, who am I kidding! ...
Gonna sort one out over the next few days I reckon, but have to first check if MY road is on the map as the local streets ARE very new!
No good if I can find the Sydney Opera House if i can't find me home!! ...
Cheers
Being a bloke I don't ask for directions ...lol, but the added bit of being 'cab driver extroidinaire' I feel I SHOULD be that bit better at finding my way about, but hey, who am I kidding! ...
Gonna sort one out over the next few days I reckon, but have to first check if MY road is on the map as the local streets ARE very new!
No good if I can find the Sydney Opera House if i can't find me home!! ...
Cheers
Apr 15th 2006 | 1:39 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by soapy
my streets about 3 months old in pac pines and it found that. dont think u will have a problem mate unless u live in cairns (near bix) it does a body swerve round his area
unless u live in cairns (near bix) it does a body swerve round his area Tracey
Apr 15th 2006 | 1:45 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by Hilton`s
Hiya Soapy, Where abouts in Pacific Pines are you, we are also in Pacific Pines!
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Apr 15th 2006 | 1:56 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by soapy
just round the corner from the skateboard park. if u know where that is?
I 'think' it was being finished off when we was over in July.
Apr 15th 2006 | 1:58 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by Paul&Nic
I know where that is!!
I 'think' it was being finished off when we was over in July.
I 'think' it was being finished off when we was over in July.
Apr 16th 2006 | 7:40 am
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
I have TT installed on my pocket PC, have the maps for Europe, UK & Oz. Used it with no problems in Oz, definately recomend.
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Apr 16th 2006 | 11:53 am
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by soapy
well it has all the streets round there mate, even the ones without houses yet lol
Around the corner there's a new road that climbs upwards. We drove up there the other day and it's just plots of land with the little peg in the corner, all ready to go!
Altho a lot of that all over the place from what I see.
Apr 16th 2006 | 2:34 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
The next Generaration of Mobile phones will probably have Sat Nav as standard.... If you can wait 18 months, the sat nav function will hardly cost you a cent.
In fact Nokia already have one that takes a sat nav Attachment, however you have to be connected to the telephone network at present to download the maps, which makes it too expensive too run. Phones already take Memory chips and thats were the problem lies, in the Memory capacity, so the problem is all but solved.
In fact Nokia already have one that takes a sat nav Attachment, however you have to be connected to the telephone network at present to download the maps, which makes it too expensive too run. Phones already take Memory chips and thats were the problem lies, in the Memory capacity, so the problem is all but solved.
Apr 16th 2006 | 5:58 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by Paul&Nic
Yeah there's a lot of empty streets up here!
Around the corner there's a new road that climbs upwards. We drove up there the other day and it's just plots of land with the little peg in the corner, all ready to go!
Altho a lot of that all over the place from what I see.
Around the corner there's a new road that climbs upwards. We drove up there the other day and it's just plots of land with the little peg in the corner, all ready to go!
Altho a lot of that all over the place from what I see.
Apr 16th 2006 | 7:38 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
The next Generaration of Mobile phones will probably have Sat Nav as standard.... If you can wait 18 months, the sat nav function will hardly cost you a cent
It doesn't have my street or the next one to the main road, but does have the main road! ... which is a start ...
Been up to IKEA at Brissie earlier and it performed ok. All of a journey up the motorway so not a lot could go wrong really ...lol, but it does seem good ...
Apr 16th 2006 | 7:39 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by soapy
sounds like u drove past my street paul. u should have waved
Apr 16th 2006 | 10:59 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by Paul&Nic
Didn't you see me? ...
Apr 17th 2006 | 12:59 am
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Medion do one now, I have seen these on ebay, but the UK one.
I believe there are a few makes available now.
Paul
I believe there are a few makes available now.
Paul
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
The next Generaration of Mobile phones will probably have Sat Nav as standard.... If you can wait 18 months, the sat nav function will hardly cost you a cent.
In fact Nokia already have one that takes a sat nav Attachment, however you have to be connected to the telephone network at present to download the maps, which makes it too expensive too run. Phones already take Memory chips and thats were the problem lies, in the Memory capacity, so the problem is all but solved.
In fact Nokia already have one that takes a sat nav Attachment, however you have to be connected to the telephone network at present to download the maps, which makes it too expensive too run. Phones already take Memory chips and thats were the problem lies, in the Memory capacity, so the problem is all but solved.
Apr 17th 2006 | 3:56 pm
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Re: Sat Nav .... Tom Tom ... ??
Originally Posted by Rachel & Paul
Medion do one now, I have seen these on ebay, but the UK one.
I believe there are a few makes available now.
Paul
I believe there are a few makes available now.
Paul
The Treo and Ipaq 02 can already handle sat nav.
I must check out that Medion one,
