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gtivinny
15th August 2004, 11:19 PM
i am a total novice, so please be gentle!!

what do i need and what the best place to buy it all from??
griffog
16th August 2004, 04:32 PM
Viist my site for a start! You need a mount so you can see it whilst driving, a memory card for the maps, a GPS Mouse that is XDA/XDAII compatible and some GPS Software.
gtivinny
16th August 2004, 09:07 PM
thanks mate, what about the maps?
griffog
16th August 2004, 09:24 PM
Well not knowing where you are located makes that a difficult question to answer! If you're in Europe then I'd suggest TomTom, CoPilot or Navman as a good place to start.

Also consider Mapopolis, Teletype and Intellinav.
gtivinny
16th August 2004, 10:36 PM
i am in the uk!
griffog
16th August 2004, 10:40 PM
Well my package of choice is TomTom Navigator. Great user interface, clear display etc.
gtivinny
16th August 2004, 11:17 PM
i have hada look atya site and is this the 1 i should go for?

http://www.handtec.co.uk/moreinfo.asp?ProductID=207
gtivinny
16th August 2004, 11:20 PM
ohh and i have a 128mb sd card already!

will i be able to just plug that kit in load the maps etc on my card and off i go, never lost or asking for dirctions
http://www.handtec.co.uk/moreinfo.asp?ProductID=207
griffog
17th August 2004, 08:03 AM
That will do nicely and yes, install GPS, install, app and maps and away you go :)
plaver
17th August 2004, 02:43 PM
I use the NAVMAN 4410 blue tooth, with 4 disk european maps, fairly easy to install, I have only ever go lost once and that was when I ignored the sat nav instruction while drive round anterwp ring road, it then took other 45 mins using the sat nav to get back on the right road.

I use 128mb card and just upload the different maps when I need them.

All the map sofware have issues with regards to the latest roads missing and telling you to turn right across the M1.
gtivinny
19th August 2004, 12:59 AM
lmao @ "telling you to turn right across the M1" did you try?!?!

griffog!! will this kit work on the sonyericsson P900 or could you suggest one that will as my colleage has my old one?
plaver
19th August 2004, 10:11 PM
lmao @ "telling you to turn right across the M1" did you try?!?! No it just a stupid woman trying get her own back on mankind

griffog!! will this kit work on the sonyericsson P900 or could you suggest one that will as my colleage has my old one?
gtivinny
20th August 2004, 05:48 PM
griffog!!

will this kit work on the sonyericsson P900 or could you suggest one that will as my colleage has my old one?

i have looked about and found bits and bobs on development but nothing
that says that there ia a kit!!

so is there a kit yet??