Good morning all.

I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.

Bryan ( Winchester UK )

Bystander wrote:
> Good morning all.
>
> I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
> it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
> could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
> anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
> but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.

I've got a Nokia E71 and it's pretty darned good at knowing where you
are if you've been sat on the top of a hill and had a long picnic. In
central london a couple of weeks ago it wook about 3 hours to work out
where I was.

My Garmin knew where I was.
--
Gyp
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Bystander wrote:
> Good morning all.
>
> I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
> it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
> could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
> anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
> but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.
>
If you can live with the odd screen freeze and the fact they're not
updating the maps because it only runs Tomtom Navigator 6 or earlier,
the HP iPaq hw6515 works pretty well for me both in town and in the country.

If not, there's a list of compatible phones for Tomtom Navigator 7 here:-

http://www.tomtom.com/landing_pages/...aq.html#faq-05

Navigon has wider compatibility list on their version 7 product, but the
user interface is very different.

Hope this helps.

--
Tciao for now!

John.

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> Bystander wrote:
>> Good morning all.
>>
>> I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
>> with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
>> capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
>> gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
>> coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any
>> help.
>>
>
Thank you Gyp and John. I think I will stick to my trusty Tom Tom after
reading your observations.

Bryan

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> Good morning all.
>
> I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
> with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
> capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
> gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
> coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any
> help.
>
> Bryan ( Winchester UK )
>

Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
[roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
than the Blackberry ones.

On 15 June, 14:01, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> "Bystander" <grandad1...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> > Good morning all.
>
> > I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
> > with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
> > capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
> > gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
> > coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any
> > help.
>
> > Bryan ( Winchester UK )
>
> Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
> [roughly] where you are. * As it happens Google maps are better and faster
> than the Blackberry ones.

I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.
Sue

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wrote:
> "Bystander" <grandad1...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> > Good morning all.
>
> > I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
> > with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
> > capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
> > gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK
> > coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for
> > any
> > help.
>
> > Bryan ( Winchester UK )
>
> Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
> [roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
> than the Blackberry ones.

I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.

GM uses phone masts for the first position. There should be a blue circle
of circular error probability and a little message "your position within
[say] 1,000 metres". Once it gets a fix on GPS this goes to a dot and 3 or
4 metres.

Sue

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> On 15 June, 14:01, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
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>
>
> > "Bystander" <grandad1...@virgin.net> wrote in message
>
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>
> > > Good morning all.
>
> > > I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy
> > > with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
> > > capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of these
> > > gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only needUK
> > > coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for
> > > any
> > > help.
>
> > > Bryan ( Winchester UK )
>
> > Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it knows
> > [roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
> > than the Blackberry ones.
>
> I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
> shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.
>
> GM uses phone masts for the first position. *There should be a blue circle
> of circular error probability and a little message "your position within
> [say] 1,000 metres". *Once it gets a fix on GPS this goes to a dot and 3 or
> 4 metres.
>
> Sue

Thanks will try that and be more patient.
Sue

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> On 15 June, 14:01, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
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> > "Bystander" <grandad1...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> > > Good morning all.
>
> > > I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very
> > > happy
> > > with it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS
> > > capabilities could be better for me, not having any experience of
> > > these
> > > gadgets, could anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need
> > > UK
> > > coverage really, but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for
> > > any
> > > help.
>
> > > Bryan ( Winchester UK )
>
> > Blackberries are OK, although first fix takes too long, even when it
> > knows
> > [roughly] where you are. As it happens Google maps are better and faster
> > than the Blackberry ones.
>
> I've got google maps on my HTC touch diamond and half the time it
> shows me half a mile adrift. Other times it is ok.
>
> GM uses phone masts for the first position. There should be a blue circle
> of circular error probability and a little message "your position within
> [say] 1,000 metres". Once it gets a fix on GPS this goes to a dot and 3 or
> 4 metres.
>
> Sue

Thanks will try that and be more patient.
Sue

Unfortunately it appears that the Blackberry makes little use of the
approximate position.

Bystander wrote:
> Good morning all.
>
> I have been using a Tom Tom for some years now and have been very happy with
> it's performance, however I am thinking a mobile phone with GPS capabilities
> could be better for me, not having any experience of these gadgets, could
> anyone give me some advice on what to buy. I only need UK coverage really,
> but quality is my first consideration. Thank you for any help.
>
> Bryan ( Winchester UK )
>
>


I have an HTC Touch Pro with in-built GPS and the main thing I notice when I
run any GPS application is that the battery drains much too quickly.
Not such a problem if you're driving a car and can keep it topped up with the
car's power, but definitely a problem for me.