Makro doing Pocket PC & GPS bundle for £270.00 inc VAT
01 July 2004, 01:01 PM
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Makro doing Pocket PC & GPS bundle for £270.00 inc VAT
Just thought that if anyone is interested, Makro are doing a deal on the above.
The package consists of:
iPAQ H1930 Pocket PC
Kirrio GPS in car SatNav kit
PDA In Car Cradle and charger
UK Map software
Full MS Pocket PC software
Thought it sounded a good deal so thought i would share
The package consists of:
iPAQ H1930 Pocket PC
Kirrio GPS in car SatNav kit
PDA In Car Cradle and charger
UK Map software
Full MS Pocket PC software
Thought it sounded a good deal so thought i would share
01 July 2004, 02:09 PM
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Do these guys do mail order or is it only call in person? Also any idea if this ha everything you need i.e memory etc? This seems a damn good price!
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01 July 2004, 02:20 PM
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I presume it's in the Makro mail, But I can't get it to work on their website at the moment 
You need to register as a customer to get a trade card, so you can get into the stores.
( http://www.makro.co.uk/ )
You need to register as a customer to get a trade card, so you can get into the stores.
( http://www.makro.co.uk/ )
01 July 2004, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
I presume it's in the Makro mail, But I can't get it to work on their website at the moment
You need to register as a customer to get a trade card, so you can get into the stores.
( http://www.makro.co.uk/ )
You need to register as a customer to get a trade card, so you can get into the stores.
( http://www.makro.co.uk/ )
So who's doing the group buy
01 July 2004, 02:27 PM
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Yes it does have everything needed for satnav and it is just plug and play. I'm not sure how much memory you will have left once the maps are loaded but you can always add a memory upgrade later.
If you are mainly buying it for satnav and not loads of mp3's and video the PDA should have easy enough memory to do all that you want
I've just been reading the write ups and for that price its a steal mate
Yes it does have everything needed for satnav and it is just plug and play. I'm not sure how much memory you will have left once the maps are loaded but you can always add a memory upgrade later.
If you are mainly buying it for satnav and not loads of mp3's and video the PDA should have easy enough memory to do all that you want
I've just been reading the write ups and for that price its a steal mate
01 July 2004, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
If your freindly with your boss, or know someone else who is a boss, then get them to to apply. If the company is already registered, all they need to do is put your name down for another card.
BTW, local store doesn't have these in until next Wednesday, but confirmed price at £229+VAT.
01 July 2004, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Buzzer
I've just been reading the write ups and for that price its a steal mate
Only I've not got time to spend the afternoon trawling the internet to see if it's a steal but I have got time to go and buy one (got a membership card so no problem) Makros 10 mins max from where I live.
BTW dumb question time but does it offer audio signals of any kind or do you need to look at the map?
01 July 2004, 02:47 PM
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Yes it will give you speech directions "Take the next left in 150 yards" and "turn left now"
Mate, GPS sat nav for £270 i wouldn't care if the thing swore at me every time i took a wrong turn
Mate, GPS sat nav for £270 i wouldn't care if the thing swore at me every time i took a wrong turn
01 July 2004, 02:49 PM
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Trashman
Where are you from?
If you really need the card, you can borrow mine but you will have to pay cash as the names wont tally up
Where are you from?
If you really need the card, you can borrow mine
but you will have to pay cash as the names wont tally up
01 July 2004, 11:34 PM
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<<<<<TWIGHLIGHT ZONE MUSIC ON >>>>>
hmmmm, go on then how many have i to buy this time ?
<<<<<Twightlight zone music off >>>>>>>>>
and yes i have a Makro card and its even near to me than Halfords is
hmmmm, go on then how many have i to buy this time ?
<<<<<Twightlight zone music off >>>>>>>>>
and yes i have a Makro card and its even near to me than Halfords is
02 July 2004, 09:28 AM
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NO! You've already got one, you cant have another
Does seem a good deal though doesn't it. I reckon you'll be saving about £80.00 on what is a good deal anyway. Most combined packages are are around £400.00.
Pete
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NO! You've already got one, you cant have another
Does seem a good deal though doesn't it. I reckon you'll be saving about £80.00 on what is a good deal anyway. Most combined packages are are around £400.00.
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02 July 2004, 12:57 PM
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It is a very good price. A couple of points to note though. The iPaq 1930 is pretty much low end and low powered - it is a 200 Mkhz processor I think - most of the good ones these days are double that.
I believe this system uses the Mapsonic / ViaMichelin software. This is not the most up to date available and you will find that you will need to do some updates before venturing out! Also the Mapsonic database is huge. You will struggle to get the whole UK / Ireland map on a 256 Meg SD card (in comparison, TomTom 3 takes just over 100 Meg). They do include some software for your PC to help with this, but be careful. I don't know what size SD card they have bundled with this deal. It is worth shopping around, as the cost of a decent 256 Meg SD card might not make this such a good deal.
If you're happy with what you're getting then fine - but it pays to do some comparisons.
Chris
I believe this system uses the Mapsonic / ViaMichelin software. This is not the most up to date available and you will find that you will need to do some updates before venturing out! Also the Mapsonic database is huge. You will struggle to get the whole UK / Ireland map on a 256 Meg SD card (in comparison, TomTom 3 takes just over 100 Meg). They do include some software for your PC to help with this, but be careful. I don't know what size SD card they have bundled with this deal. It is worth shopping around, as the cost of a decent 256 Meg SD card might not make this such a good deal.
If you're happy with what you're getting then fine - but it pays to do some comparisons.
Chris