HELP. Idiots guide on how to install sat nav required

[Jodyktm]

Hi all new to the forums and new to 99.9% of the terminology used!!!

I've done a search but didn't so much as understand the thread titles!:confused::confused: I've looked in the kaiser page but it just me feel even dumber!

Here's the score

I currently living in France

I have a HTCTYTN11 (aka Kaiser) no simcard in it currently

I also have a Acer N35 PDA


What I am after is software to use either or both these devices as Europe wide sat nav for use on my bikes and car.

Like most people I would much prefer not to pay for it!

As well as the software I also need an idiots guide how to install it, by that I mean if you were explaining it to your granny and she'd never seen a PDA before!

Thanks in advance for your help

[timmymarsh]

Well u have some good choices here:

Do a search for nav4all, a free satnav program (well free for a year or so anyway), only downside is that it uses data plan to download maps whilst on the move, as do most free aps.

Second choice is the very good google maps, google it:D self explanitory really.

Both are easy to install and dont need a dummies guide, just ensure that windows is set to manage ur gps, and same setting applies to the programme.

THere are other apps that dont use maps, but are tracking apps. Trackme is awesom (search for it on here) and u can view ur journey afterwards on google earth for example.

Or another tracking app is noniplot (search here), which once set up (see the online manual (also online manual for trackme)) which u can manually or automatically set waypoints so u can find ur way back to a point u set..... why???? park ur car and go exploring in an unknown place....... u can then find ur car or hotel etc.....

these are just a few, but u need to have a play with them all and get used to them before u go out in the unknown :D

have fun:)

[tweker]

I have both iGuidance 2009 with North America maps, & TomTom 7.450 with the 720.1803 NA maps installed. Only possible with my 8 GB card (it takes almost half of it). iGuidance was the easiest in the world. Using a card reader, unless u have usb2.0 on your phone, copy map folder to your card's root, install cab, run. Tomtom was more difficult but as long as you use the same device and have installed it at least once, it is also a simple matter of copying map folder to card root, installing cab & running.
iGuidance works best for pure voice guidance & tomtom is best for visual navigation and it also has voice guidance.
I can run iGuidance even when the sim is out. TomTom needs the sim for some lame reason.
Can't help u with where to get the soft.