in yesterdays SUN newspaper was an advert for halfords....
sat nav for £99.sure it was a garmin
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in yesterdays SUN newspaper was an advert for halfords.... sat nav for £99.sure it was a garmin
The Halfords advert had it listed at £129 in The Sun and a couple of other tabloids. Same price as on their online website.
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Computer Shopper recently commented about the i3 as follows:
"Navigating with the i3 is a very frustrating experience. Even though the small display clearly shows your route and the distance to the next turn, the software updates so slowly that we often missed the next turning before the i3 had updated to show the previous turn, making it useless in town.
Garmin's Streetpilot i3 is very cheap and beautifully designed, but the navigation software runs too slowly to be much use at tricky junctions"
Have either of you found this to be a problem?
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As i've never used any sat nav before i can't compare but you do have to be on the ball as to where you are ie keep looking at the display map arrow (mrmm job!)
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I have just bought one from Maplin a few weeks ago with speed camera database for £150.
I am very imprssed with it. When ordering my Golf GTI I thought do I want to pay £1500 odd pounds for satnav or couple of £100. Does the job.
Cheers
Jlo
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I looked at the Garmin, but thought the lack of touchscreen would drive me (sorry) up the wall, so went with a TomTom One instead. My dad now uses the One, and I have Navigator installed on my Pocket PC.
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"Garmin's Streetpilot i3 is very cheap and beautifully designed, but the navigation software runs too slowly to be much use at tricky junctions"
Have either of you found this to be a problem?"
I've been using the i3 since October and have not noticed this to be a problem. I paid £200 for it back then and feel even at that price, it was an absolute bargain in comparison to any of the Tom Tom units.
Doyle
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They must have had a problem with that particular unit.I have been using one for a couple of months now and have found it to be very useful.You do have to look at the screen for the street name,input is a pain to start with but you get used to it.My two gripes are difficulty accessing volume when driving,you have to stop to do it safely,and it trying to predict your destination,from no information,during which time you cannot input.It is also a bit odd how it suggests a string of numbers for street names.I paid £160 for mine and thought it good value.
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I bought an i3 before last November for use in our Megane and have had no problems with it at all. I don't find the screen size an issue, and don't miss the touch screen functionality since the BMW system doesn't have it either!
Like all satnav, actually inputting/changing things on the move is distracting and not to be encouraged, but if you set it up before you go it's fine. The only area where it is significantly worse than the set-up in my 535d is the time it takes to find the satellites; the BMW seems almost instantaneous (maybe becuause of the built in ariel?); the i3 can take 30 seconds or so
It even worked much further into France than I expected, though the further south I went the less detail was present...major roads were present down to Reims.
For the £169 I paid I can't fault it, and at £119 it's a steal.
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Not into satnav though garmin produce great stuff pocket GPS etc.
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