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Looking for a handheld GPS system for someone as a gift. Seen this on expansys. Is this about as good as they get for the price or should I look elsewhere and do you need to purchase maps for it?
 
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Looking for a handheld GPS system for someone as a gift. Seen this on expansys. Is this about as good as they get for the price or should I look elsewhere and do you need to purchase maps for it?
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The GPS looks like a Bluetooth GPS. In other words it has no screen and is designed to send GPS data via Bluetooth to another device. eg Palm, PDA etc. Some thing like is a standard basic GPS. I you want one with more than very basic maps the price goes up a lot.

Towger.
 
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I purchased the Airis T920 myself from Pixmania

Has all of europe maps (UK and Ireland preloaded)



Eur259 which is as cheap as u will get for a touch screen GPS with 100% Navteq Ireland Q2 2006 mapping.


Actually now that I read you want a handheld you would prob be better off with the likes of the Garmin Streetpilot I3 which is available all over Ebay quite cheaply now for example
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Though it's not touch screen and is a bit unwieldy with a jogstick for selecting streets.

No, now that I think again, I would still go for the Airis (which still fits in a shirt pocket) or if you want to purchase locally Maplin Electronics have the Streetpilot 510 for I think €300 on offer

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thanks for the replies. Its for an outdoorsman, hillwalking, orienteering, that type of thing. Was thinking a handheld GPS would be a nice gift for xmas. Would the Airis suffice for that or be a bit unwieldy? Come to think of it, with the advent of GPS has the sport (art/skill??) of orienteering been made easier? ah...geocaching
 
The Airis/Garmins are solely based on road maps - Though you can get longitude latitude on a screen it would be only as an aside. So if knowing where u are off-road is an issue they probably are not what you want.
 
It is only the more expensive models that have the road maps, which are not needed for hill walking etc. Something small with long battery life is required for walking. If you go to Garmins web site it explains the difference between models.

The http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=100824 Garmin eTrex will do the job. It tells you where you are, the direction you are going, speed etc. You still need your OS Map to 'see' where you are.

Towger.
 
I bought a Canyon CN-GPS1, wrist-GPS. €139. It has no maps and is intended as cycle/walking/training aid with some navigation possibilities & can work as a GPS for a laptop when connected by cable.

Tried it for a week & returned it, getting a full refund. It was not accurate, slow to get a lock and hung frequently, especially when buttons pushed: Avoid.

General advice for road GPS buyers: they're only as good as the maps & Irish digital maps vary in quality. One I have does not have estates built 5 years ago in Dublin, even though the maps are for 2006. Same one found a 'bermuda triangle' in Mayo.
 
The Airis GPS unit uses the Navteq maps. Check out Mapquest.com to see the level of detail it has.
 
I got a new Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox N100. All ireland covered €379 from Harvey Norman's
 
How have found the LOOX N100?
Is it good for street nav as well as off road?
 
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