davester_exallroad Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Since we don't have navigation availible in our cars. I was wondering if there was a cheaper solution. Do any of you kind folks know or have experience with a portable navigation system? Could you post some info on vendor names, model numbers, cost, any experience with these units. Thanks in advance........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Harada Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I was looking into the NavMan PIN which is also a PocketPC-based PDA. I figured that if I was going to get a portable I might as well get something that was useful outside of the car. Outpost.com has it on sale for $329 right now, but I need to do some more research on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P06781 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I am also interested in a navman or ? . Anyone with experience give us a review .... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ur a bus Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I have a Navman ICN510. It may be a discontinued model now. It is small enough to carry in your pocket if you want to when you are traveling on public transportation or on foot. We used it to look up an address in San Francisco on New Year's Eve that way. It runs on a rechargable battery for +/- 4 hours. It uses a SecureMedia card. I have enough street level maps loaded to take me anywhere from British Columbia to east Texas right now. Cool feature, the cheaper Garmins can't match the amount of memory that units with removable memory can. We used it on a 2100 mile road trip during the Holidays. We pretty much knew where we were going, and had paper maps for backup. Occasionaly, it wanted us to take some stupid route because it was a bigger highway. Is this a review?? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Yup Bill is on the money there, NAV MAN is the way to go, cheap, portable, updatable etc etc and has voice commands too. Adam. PS Moving thread to interiors. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wa-gone Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 I use an old Pocket PC with a GPS card that fits into the Compact Flash slot. The software I use is iGuidance by iNav. In the East Coast you'll probably want to have at least a 512MB memory card for all of the maps. I've used this set-up for about a year and am very pleased with it. Great display options and turn-by-turn voice directions. I purchased by GPS card, software and powered cradle with sound amplifier and metal extension arm suctioned to the windshield from Semsons.com. Here is the link to the newer version of the GPS portion of the set-up I'm using: http://www.semsons.com/itcfgpswigna.html Here is a detailed review of the iGuidance software: http://www.gpspassion.com/en/software/inav11/review.htm All you need to know is at http://www.gpspassion.com. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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