Best GPS device for Mini (Navman, Garmin or Tom Tom)

[Fabio]

Hi

With the GP coming soon , i'll no longer have my built in Sat-Nav so i'd like to get some sort of sat- nav system, once you get used to having one its hard to drive cars without one

I've been looking at

• Navman iCN 720
  
• Garmin Streetpilot C340
  
• TomTom Go 910
  

I'd even consider a system based on my mobile phone.

Which one would you recommend,whats important to me is that
it'll work in Ireland (Navteq are the best maps for ireland)
&
it'll will get me to Italy

Thanks

Fabio

[Paul]

I've only got personal experience of the OEM, Navman 510 and TomTom Go 5 (I think) software on a Pocket PC.

Personally, the OEM was pants. The Navman 510 gives you good routes and has good routing options (more flexible when giving "weight" to major/minor roads, quickest/shortest etc), but is slow and clunky. The tomtom is faster to work out routes etc and has better options/easier to use (especially the postcode search, worth it's weight in the UK). Overall for me I'd go for some sort of TomTom.

[Hat]

if you need ireland mapping then the tom-toms are non starters, they don't have any mapping of ireland currently other than major trunk roads.

[Irlmin]

Ireland will be 100% covered in September , Some systems are already available with the updated mapping , Fabio talk to Owen about Garmin as KOL have a really good 'deal' for these for the Mini Club of Ireland which is about to be launched here in the next few Days .
Gerard

[DaFlake]

What about Navigon? I have several co-workers that have this unit and love it.

[AidenL]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hat

if you need ireland mapping then the tom-toms are non starters, they don't have any mapping of ireland currently other than major trunk roads.

Yep, I think Tomtom use Teleatlas maps, Garmin use Navteq - I think its Navteq who have completed the Ireland mapping too, Teleatlas, used by Navman are still way behind.......

[Fabio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Irlmin

Ireland will be 100% covered in September , Some systems are already available with the updated mapping , Fabio talk to Owen about Garmin as KOL have a really good 'deal' for these for the Mini Club of Ireland which is about to be launched here in the next few Days .
Gerard

Thats great Ger, i'll give him a call in a few days to find out the details

Quote: Originally Posted by AidenL

Yep, I think Tomtom use Teleatlas maps, Garmin use Navteq - I think its Navteq who have completed the Ireland mapping too, Teleatlas, used by Navman are still way behind.......

yep, Navteq have the completed the Ireland Mapping and i'm veering towards Garmin also. Its appeals it me the most so far

[Hodude]

i'm in the process of setting up satnav via mobile phone, just getting all the bits together. Got the phone, got the gps receiver, got the software - Tomtom Mobile 5.2

Just trying to find a decent cradle/phone holder

[Roofas]

I've got the Blaupunkt Lucca - very stylish, very accurate but a bit slow. HTH.

[minispec]

This may be completely useless since I'm in the states, but we have a Garmin 330C and it is fantastic. My wife, God bless her, is geographically challenged and scorned me repeatedly for purchasing the unit when we moved to Virginia. Two days after she got here she was singing the Garmin's praises as "the best electronic gadget you've ever purchased!". Even though I haven't had the opportunity to try the others, if the mapping of Europe is as complete as it is for the U.S. Garmin gets my recommendation. Just my .02.

[Fabio]

are these devies much better than the Mini OEM NAV system???

[Hat]

from what i've seen of the latest oem nav there's not much between them in terms of navigation. i'd say the touch screen & menu set up of the tomtom is far easier to navigate than the oem

[Fabio]

does anybody know what size the tomtom910 is compared to the tomtom710 ???

[Paul]

About 200 bigger.

[Fabio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett

About 200 bigger.