GPS mapping.

[burgundyben]

I've been asked to look for a GPS with mapping ability as a chrimbo present for someone, budget is £160 max, its for use in a car, not boat, what is the score with handhelds that do mapping? city point databases look a bit crap, mapping ones seem to be big cash.

Can you interface a cheapo hand held to a mobile (nokia 6600) and down load a map to the fone and use the GPS to get position?

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[DepSol]

£160 now thats a task and a half. Best trying the Dell Axim route and seeing if you can get an all in package at the right price.

I can get you a Garmin Quest at a good price ut its way off the £160 mark. Dont know of any others. Have a look at the Dell site www.dell.co.uk and see what they have.

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[seashaw]

I agree the Garmin Quest is the best product on the market at the moment but it is way above your budget.

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[Dave1258]

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Very reasonable..

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[martynwhiteley]

TomTom are just about to release their excellent voice directional sat nav package for the Nokia 6600, so that would prob be the best option for less than £200.

You may find a few Garmin Legends still about (Staples were selling them off for little over £100 recently). They've got good mapping abilities, but limited to 8MB chunks.

For car though you don't really want anything less able than TomTom.

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