Anyone know where are Glasgow / Motherwell and surrounds I could get hand held sat nav at short notice - i.e. tonight or early tomorrow morning?

Thanks - Marky

 

Only place i can think that carry stock is Networx on the outskirts of Lanark 01555 666444.

I've bought both my origin units from them and not had any issues.

...John

 

hi John,

any ideas on price of the units?

cheers

 

http://www.networxautomotive.com/

Some prices on their UK site. Hope this helps.

 

Ive been looking into sat nav as well ( assuming your thinking of car as well) and Tomtom Go is good but £499 from PC world it aint cheap. Either that or perhaps a PDA and Tomtom nav 3 and GPS reciever from same place PC world, or most GPS web sites too for about the same. I do have the Tomtom nav disc here but no PDA etc to test it with.
Actually reading this, was this any help at all ??? lol
Spooks

 

D'oh!! :crackup:

 

Spooks, try looking at the sun/stars or getting a compass first!!!

Basics first!!!

 

Got TOMTOM out of PC world - was going to get the medion one from Halfords, but TOMTOM has a little speedo thing I thought was too cute.

Gave it a try and it was pretty good - giving it to my mum so she travel country without worry.

To explain, she was going into glasgow on the mway - missed here exit for the city centre, paniced, kept going till somewhere she recognised - glasgow airport, turned off and ran out of petrol. No money, no phone, no AA card - luckily my tearful mother was rescued by a taxi driver who got her petrol and led her all the way back to glasgow - what a gent. Think she just lost the plot in a panic.............after all that- hence the TOMTOM You'll understand

 

I use TomTom 3 in my Ipaq and it rocks

Get an Ipaq off Ebay and a GPS receiver and you could be up and running in no time. Used mine to get to JAE and Santa Pod - even just local places etc...worked great up north too...amazing how helpful it can be - I also have all the speedcams in it so it warns u - and I have all the UK SHell garages too Can always find Optimax no matter where u be

 

if I thought I would use a Ipaq for ANYthing else I would buy one but I know I would only ever use it for sat nav and seeing as I never bloody go anywhere...... I tell ya what it hard work being antisocial .
On a serious note pmacFTO, would love to see yer Ipaq set up inc wiring in etc so if yer local gimmie a shout
Spooks

 

Hi Spooks the Ipaq with TomTom software was £400 squid from non-'PC' World

Paul - are you the white FTO with black or carbon bonnet? Markyboy Malloy told it was you - but hes a GTR V-spec space cadet nowadays LOL!! You set up with cameras and shell stations is a particularly intriguing - NAH ingenius one

 

Yep I have the FTO m8 and it is proper Carbon Fibre Project F Ltd Edition one.

I had a Snooper SR6 but it's pointless if you have the Ipaq up to date with the speed cam database (free online). And the radar bit was no good IMHO! So I sold it.

If you ONLY want to get the Ipaq for the Sat Nav then you can get an older model which will handle it admirably - and altho I have TomTom 3 original I also have a link to a backup with a wee serial number generator...

 

Dont Spose ya know how well Tomtom runs on the lower end of the Ipaq range ie Ipaq 1940, its a lower end one with a mere 266mhz clock CPU.
Dont wanna waste a whole lotta money on sommit I may never use
Spooks

 

Not sure m8, I have a 3970 and neighbour bought a 2210 and they both run great. You'll find min spec on www.tomtom.com

 

cheapest in glasgow i could find mate was http://www.totalpda.co.uk/AndyfaeAyr

 

TotalPDA do some good deals...I looked there b4 buying mine in PC World, which I normally avoid, but they were doing it cheaper than any of the web places in a promotion