Key Features: Zire 31 handheld with colour display, SD/MMC expansion card slot to add memory and built-in MP3 player¹ ViaMichelin GPS Navigation Pack : GPS receiver, tailor-made cradle for the Zire™ 31, MapSonic Voice Navigation Software, complete country map Select destination from handheld's address book 3D map and route display Day and night modes Voice guidance: 12 languages available Large, customisable points of interest library: car parks, petrol station Automatic repositioning
Samsung Processor at 266MHz Microsoft Windows Pocket PC 2003 Premium 64MB SDRAM 32 NAND Flash Memory SD (SDIO)/MMC Slot 3.5" transflective TFT 256MB SD Card (UK and Ireland maps) Destinator 3 Software Integrated GPS receiver Dimensions: 120 (L) x 72 (W) x max. 20 (H) mm Weight: 165 g Built-in microphone and speaker3.5 mm stereo earphone jack Rechargeable 1000 mAh Li-ion battery 8-hour battery life when backlight is inactive 3 hours to fully charge Warranty: Two years Collect-and-return (first year international warranty)
RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
dusty321(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 26th July 2005, 15:48
And both cheaper than the crappy Medion standalone unit at TRU!!
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RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
marksparks999(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 26th July 2005, 15:53
RichTea(Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 26th July 2005, 18:37
I have the Acer N35 and can fully recommend it. I`ve put a 1 gb sd card in it, and it now holds all the sat nav software, games, music etc I need.
The Destinator software is good and gets you where you want to go the only down side is that you can`t download the speed camera database to sit alongside it (I think with Tom Tom you can?).
Cheers, Rich.
RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
dusty321(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 26th July 2005, 21:14
Rich, might be worth checking out http://www.pocketgpsworld.com for the speed camera database, the forum I found to be as helpful as a heart attack but you might drop lucky ;)
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RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
lordrobs(Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 27th July 2005, 22:48
Crappy Medion unit?
Whats wrong with the Medion? The only thing I can fault with it is that the plastic body feels cheap but i`ve had no problems with the quality of mine.
RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
Ran Dan(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 28th July 2005, 10:49
Does anyone have any experience of `obtaining` and the use of maps for other countries - US, Germany, France, Italy, etc.
Can this be done and if so how much do they cost ??
You can`t beat a good bargain !!!
RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
Rassilon(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 28th July 2005, 11:40
Mapopolis do software & (9 days) time limited demo maps that work well for Palm, Pocket PC & Smartphones.
I am actually going to take the years subscription & d/l the US\Canada maps that I require for my holiday this time.
I quite like the Helpdesk people in a benevolent (as opposed to malevolent) way as they do some valuable work in preventing us being inundated by every halfwit who can work a phone.
RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
slipperysam(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 28th July 2005, 12:23
I too have the Medion PDA model, no compalints at all. Came with 4 CD`s with all the maps of Europe down to street level so no need to shell out extra.
Sam.
RE: Couple of Sat Nav PDAs
dusty321(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 28th July 2005, 15:51
Quote: Crappy Medion unit?
Yup, had 2 units from TRU and both had a nasty habit of loosing sat signal, sometimes for as long as 10 minutes. Also the amount of time the unit takes to re-fresh a route when you get it wrong is silly. Maybe I was just unlucky?
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