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I got a copy of MS Autoroute 2006 last summer which was £49 from PC world - came with the software and a GPS jobber (~3cm x 3cm x 2cm with a sucker on the back) and USB lead.  Software includes the ability to be uploaded to a PDA, and the GPS unit can be unplugged from the cable, and attached to a CF card adaptor (supplied separately).

You get all the maps down to street level for all of Europe, and running on my laptop it does all the nagging turn left n right speaky stuff.  Only slight disappointment was that it doesn't do any trip computer type functions - ie average speed made good, eta at next waypoint/end destination - all the stuff you need when hacking across France to make a ferry/shuttle crossing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mat Walker [mailto:lists at four0four.net] 
> Sent: 08 December 2006 11:12
> To: underscore at under-score.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [_] Bluetooth GPS/Satnav?
> 
> On 8/12/06 09:50, "Darren Beale" <bealers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm going to dust off my PDA (Dell Axim x3) and turn it 
> into a Sat Nav 
> > thing as soon as I can find the right kit. There's quite a few 
> > Bluetooth units that sit on the dash but was wondering if 
> anyone has 
> > already done this and has any recommendations?
> > 
> > TomTom seem to have the market cornered in the all-in-one 
> world, but 
> > I'm guessing it's just a piece of software, are there others that 
> > might be better?
> 
> Hi Darren,
> 
> You can buy a kit from TomTom which includes a portable 
> bluetooth GPS device and the software for your PDA/Mobile for 
> about a ton.
> 
> If you want to do it really cheap you can pick up a generic 
> bluetooth GPS device from eBay for about 20-30 quid and get 
> the software separately.
> 
> Mat
> 
> 
> 
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