I bought this to use with my Palm pilot. It took me a day to get it working and I had to copy the SW onto another SD card (as recommended) AND I had to download the latest file for my palm onto the SD card as well.

Once it was up and running it is easy to use. I use the 3D view and it is very easy to follow, notice of turns etc. are given 300 yards before - plenty of time to get in lane, signal etc. The display also gives you mph, distance to your destination and approximate journey time. Also shown is the distance to the next turn, the name of the road and the direction in which you will need to turn; this enables you concentrate fully on the road on the longer sections of the journey.

I use the "Journey Planner" a lot: you type in the postcode and it calculates the route gives you the distance and an approximate journey time.

I feel lost without it in the car now! I can even take it with me as a pedestrian or a passenger in other cars.

The only disadvantages are:
-the time it sometimes takes to log onto the satellites; very frustrating if you have no idea which direction to start the
journey!
-It can be distracting; yet another thing to look at rather than the road. However, it is less distracting than trying to sneak a look at a road map while driving.
-it can "Jump around" on the map if you are in a heavily built-up area or city centre, but as you tend to be driving very slowly it shouldn't be a problem.


straight out of the box   January 22, 2006
 27 out of 32 found this review helpful

well pleased with this, just plugged sd card into o2 xda2 and it loaded and worked without any problems . only one thing let it down , post codes are out of date by 5 years in oxford area.
otherwise spot on.