Muffleman

Are there any deals out at the moment that would give me the same for less ? ie a PDA deal with TomTom software ?

Comet are selling the TomTom Go for £411, which is a pretty good deal !

Cheers


Matt

Andy Tang

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Have a look at the Dell website:

Dell Axim X30 (with bluetooth and wireless) and a wireless GPS solution (although not TomTom) - From £408

Dell Axim X30 (without bluetooth and wireless) and a wired TomTom GPS solution - £336

Dell Axim X30 (with bluetooth and wireless) and a wired TomTom GPS solution - £406

I also looked at a Palm Tungsten T3 along with a TomTom solution, but the PDA costs about £200 and the TomTom kit about £240, and I can't seem to find a package deal.

Muffleman

Cheers Andy, will do.

The TomTom Go does look good, but I was thinking that if I got a PDA too then I could use this for other things aswell as the nav.

Thanks


Matt

Andy Tang

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I have a friend that works at Dell and can get staff prices on all hardware and he ended up buying a TomTom Go (as he didn't need a PDA)!!

You will have the same functionality, so if you need a PDA it seems worthwhile getting a package deal.

I found a couple of websites, but they weren't very competitive (compared to Dell)

If you get a PDA, do you need the extras such as wireless and bluetooth? (If so, I can post my findings)

Muffleman

Hi Andy,

Nah, don't really need Bluetooth etc, so post away Although I guess it would be nice to have a wireless GPS so that I can just take the PDA with me and put it in whatever car I like (I don't always drive the cool car to work )

Had a look at Expansys and got confused Then had a look at TotalPDA.co.uk site too, which was a bit better. However, the Dell deals do look quite good actually, think I'll have to place a wee order later

Cheers


Matt

Andy Tang

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A number of options available here, but remember to look at the prices including VAT!!

Bigwood

TBH you really cant beat the actual Tomtom go gps unit. I have used both pda's and now purchased a tomtom go and its really good, well built great to look at, and the sound quality os superb. I give ita 10/10 and would recomend it to anyone.

Mark Miwurdz

Take a look at www.holux-uk.com

I got a bundled deal off them which was pretty good which included the top-scoring GR-230 bluetooth GPS receiver.

Cheers
Kav

Simon C

Have a look at gps warehouse too, based just outside heathrow.

www.gpsw.co.uk

HTH
Simon

Muffleman

Thanks for the links lads. I've been having a look round and found this http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/p761

Seems pretty good to me, but I've never heard of Spotlight Mio PDA's !

Any good ?

Cheers



Matt

Andy Tang

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The only thing that puts me off is that the PDA is quite chunky with the aerial on the back.

Also read the reviews and from what I gather everyone recommends getting a larger SD card memory card. Not really a problem as 1Gb ones are about £60 on www.aria.co.uk

Muffleman

I've decided to give it a go, and I did indeed order a larger SD card too

I found a review somewhere on the 'net, and it had a picture of the PDA in someones hand - it's not particularly big although not the slimmest either. But the reviews I found were more than favourable, and at £325 inc vat, built in GPS and TomTom 3, seemed like a reasonable deal.

I'll post my findings

Cheers



Matt

Muffleman

Well having given this a good try out, I have to say that I'm mighty impressed. The PDA doesn't have bluetooth\wireless etc, but I don't need it. It does have a built in GPS receiver though, and so is ideal for bunging in the car.

The TomTom3 software is very good actually, and if you go off-route, it recalculates very quickly - quicker than the satnav in my now sold x-type Jag !

You don't need the larger SD card, and that makes it just £325 inc vat and delivery. Although the SD cards aren't exactly expensive.

Thanks for your suggestions lads.

Matt

Nicks VR4

I have the same PDA but use software called Falk Navigator
Most impressed too very easy to use and very fast at recalculating route and at under £300 just a few ££'s

Nick

NickAdams

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Tomorrow (Friday) BT Shop have another of their 'Advent' offers on.It's for an RZ1710 pocket PC with Tom Tom GPS.They sell the package normally for £330 but you get 30% off that by using promotional code ckckjf which brings the price down to £220 including vat and delivery.I think that's a bit of bargain isn't it??
Todays offer was for a Relisys 17in lcd TV which also had 30% off so I ordered one of those for the kitchen.Came out at £280 inc vat and delivery (Cheapest other place was Richersounds at £350 plus you have to collect it)
Link to BT's offer for tomorrow for you - http://www.shop.bt.com/page/adventcalendar10

Good luck

Nick

P.S: If anybody does want one of the above items then my advice would be to order at the stroke of midnight just to be sure you get one!!

NickAdams

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Just read somewhere that good old BT have put the price of this PDA up 60 quid.It WAS £269.99 and you would have had 30% off that price which made it more of a bargain.Now I'm not so sure if it's a bargain anymore!!

boomer

TT Go was GBP399 at Dixons/PC World in an advert in today's paper!

mb

Kevin Groat

Copied the below from the Moneysaving forum..

Currys are selling the TOMTOM GO for £399.99 until 12/12/04

Use voucher code AFF35OFF and it will reduce to £364.99

http://tinyurl.com/5ngke

Even better - if you have an Egg card you will get 5% cashback by using the link on their website making it £346.74

http://tinyurl.com/4pa4f

bigsinky

£346 **** me i bought mine about 3 month ago for nearly £100 more than that. next thing you know Lidl will be doing a special on them for £100