RSKim

Would you go for a proper Sat Nav package, or would you just go for the mobile one??

Its my xmas pressie but not sure which to go for, thinking maybe the proper package is best BUT I KNOW I wont carry it around with me, so if I go anywhere its going to be in my car, just worried about the scaly tw4ts breaking in the car for it, So would you say it was better to get the mobile one??

RSKim

Ye hun but you buy one that goes on your mobile instead of having the actual tom tom screen thing, so was wondering which was best

Thanks for replying I wondered that too, but know theres been a post abouit it so was going to search for it lol

Brookesy

Download the software onto your mobile kim its cheaper and you don't have to fit as much inside your car

foreigneRS

i've got it for my moby phone. works really well and you only need a small gps receiver to bluetooth to.

as said, easier to take away with you so it doesn't get nicked. do not leave any sign of it in the car though, or you will have your windows broken for nothing

benporter

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I bought the tomtom 500

Dangerous Malcolm..

There was a thing on the other night, I don't know whether it was Fifth Gear or the Gadget Show, but they were reviewing them. They reckon the TOM TOM ONE is the best on the market.

adamS2RST

Road angel navigator

RANJ

if somebody wants to nick ya mobile whilst your in your car thay will aswell

id go by tomtom 300 or the old classic version

and remove the holder after you use it , no one will know u have one

foreigneRS

of course they will, but you're less likely to leave that in the car than a navi device - don't you think?

Zetec Andy

Kim go for the new tomtom one, slimmer to fit in your handbag and has a faster processor and its only Ł270

cfoster

I got a TomTom500 and its the nuts! Very happy with it. Wait until after xmas as i suspect they will be dropping in price

Chris

Mike C

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500 seems most popular choice. What extra features does the 700 have?

andy_st200

personally id go for the proper tom tom 300/500 or 700.. ive had the original tom tom go (now the 300) and ive got the 700.. its got all of europe door to door mapping on the 2.5gb hard drive, no swopping maps plus all the 500 has

RSKim

Oh man your all confusing me

I want, a door to door one, for ALL of Englad AT LEAST so which one does that???


SO having it on my moby, is a no no

adamS2RST

Europe maps, and hands free car kit all built in iirc

cfoster

500 has all those features, i think the 700 has more diskspace (which in all honesty isnt really needed!), and the processor is slightly faster.

Chris

Dangerous Malcolm..

They're also reviewed in todays Auto Express, worth a look.

adamS2RST

I stand corrected

The Rapid 1

Can u just add this "mobile" software to any old mobile with bluetooth, or is it only certain phones, what requirments does a mobile need for it to be compatiable ???



Steve

4x4pete

HELLO Steve

As far as i know you need a smart phone ie 6630 6600

Rick

Tomtom 300 500 and 700 are all based on the same chip set. The 300 has no bluetooth, the 500 does have bluetooth, and comes with major routes of europe. The 700 is the 500 but also has a built in harddrive, which has all of western europe in street level detail built in.

The ONE is slimmer, uses the same software as the others, but uses a far better GPS chipset. It locks on very quickly - u can even get a signal indoors. It also has bluetooth, but this can only be used for handsfree mobile operation - and not for PLUS services as with the 500 & 700.

Tom tom mobile requires either a Symbian or Smartphone (Windows Mobile) mobile phone. U then need a bluetooth GPS receiver to actually receive the sat signal.

If your not intersted in Europe, then the ONE is easily the best - if u do want Europe, go for the 700.

I use My BT reciever with both my PDA and my Mobile, which i have maps of all of europe on. The BT reciever is mounted in my car, hardwired where it cant be seen. If im going on a jounrney, i'll mount the pda. If i just get caught out somewhere, i simply launch tomtom on my mobile - which is always with me - awesome kit
Rick.

EssexBoyRacer

Just to add. Consider using Route66. Its PDA / Symbian Mobile based but its free traffic updates and recalculates your route on the fly according to new traffic information! - Something you have to subscribe to on tomtom!

www.66.com

RSKim

Rick please can I have all that in plain Kim speak


All I want to know is which is best the navagation on my mobile or the actual tomtom package...

I want something that will take me door to door in ALL England and if poss streets in Europe in case I get REALLY lost joke

I dont have a fookin clue about any of them, all I know is I have a SHITE sense of diection and need help

kjc300

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just for info the TOM TOM ONE doesn't have hands free calling, it's only for data and downloads!!

RSKim

Not too bothered about hands free, I already got one, its called Stuart and it sits in the pax seat fpmsl

XRdodgybird

Welll how's this for a Tom Tom nightmate....

the other week a few of us attended a Prodrive day in Warwickshire for the Fiesta ST.... the night before we stayed in a Premier Travel Inn...... the Tom Tom got us to about 2 roundabouts before our planned destination.... so after having sommat to eat, we "consulted" Tom Tom for the local points of interest cinemas.........

Right, so we jump in the my car armed with Mark's Tom Tom and head off 25 miles to our cinema..... Keith was getting giddy, he really wanted to see Saw II......... Ozzy promptly told us..... "you have reached your fucking destination..." only thing was.... our destination wasn't built yet......

So we sacked Ozzy and opted for the more understandable John Cleese.... Well now, Cleesy took us to the middle of a housing estate telling us that we had indeed reached our destination..... "now get out of the car and walk....... you are on your own now" Yeah, we would have been, nearly in the centre of Birmingham!

So after getting fed up with trying to find somewhere to Park in Birmingham that wasn't somewhere I would get back to my car to find it wheel less, seatless and probably car less....... we drove back to the hotel.....







..... less than 2 miles from the Travel Inn...... coming in from the opposite direction...... we passed.....

















a SHOWCASE CINEMA!



So from now on...... I shall use my trust AA Atlas, Multimap, AA Route Planner and do research on Yell.com to find my "points of interest" before I set off in future!!!!!!!

Sarah

darren.cudd

kim just get the mobile one. ive got it on my nokia 6680and im well happy with it. cost me Ł45 for the gps reciever and Ł26 for a 512meg card which leaves you loads of extra space. as far as maps the software comes standard with pretty much everything you will need in this country. if in the highly unlikey event that the map cant find some stupidly out of the way little back street then you can just download the detailed citymap there and then with your phone (ive never had to do this though as its pretty detailed anyway and can pinpoint my house within 10 yards )

if you get the gps and card drop me a pm and i can probably help with the software you need

RSKim

afpmsl...class

darren.cudd

ha ha i wonderd why you went all that way when there is both a showcase and an odeon in coventry its prbably because you started from the black hole that is fen end where prodrive is

RSKim

Can you see it easily when its on your phone?? I was panicing a bit that the screen was too small??

IM not bothered about cost as its not me whos buying it lol....as long as its not a stupid amount!!! Im gonna have a good look into it tonight I think, might go have a looksie on the tom tom website, thanks for your help Darren, and the software offer lol

Rs Gus

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navman 520 slimmer and works just as good and cheaper

darren.cudd

kim, depends what phone you have of course. lol my nokia 6680 screen is 38x45mm. i can see it absolutly fine tbh i dont really look at the screen a great deal anyway, i just tend to listen to ozzy telling me to turn fucking left

just get the phone one. so much easier

GARETH T

tom tom one,, 219 quid
http://www.thelink.com/product.php?sku=058534

RSKim

God Gus, dont start with MORE sat navs pmsl...im confused enough as it is....

Ta Darren, ye Ive got the 6680 too, thats why I asked

If I get the mobile one, Ill have to start buying a holder to mount it on, and a handsfree kit wont I??

Whereas the TomTom One will have all the bits and bats with it??

God im bad at making decisions at the best of times

RichardPON

Okay, I want this on my mobile.

How do I go about doing this?

RSKim

Dont hijack my thread























pmsl na check out www.tomtomgo.com

RichardPON

Ah bollox, it doesn't work with my W800

andy_st200

dont think cheaper ones are the same.. they use different mapping software and look different as well.. IMO tom tom has the best looking maps and they do keep them upto date.. theirs loads of poi (points of interest) places you can download for free, dont just rely on the ones supplied..

ive got loads like pizza hut, mcd's, bp, shell etc on mine