New toy: Navman F20 Sat-Nav
I’ve got a fairly good sense of direction, but getting around Dublin is a pain in the ass. The road network is all over the place, and the maps are useless when you’re driving. I don’t need extra features like MP3 playback (my CD player does that), or bluetooth phone support (my bluetooth phone thing does that), so a low end unit will do fine.
I bought a Navman F20 from Currys a week ago, primarily because cheap (???????260), but also because it was new on the market, so the maps would have some chance of being current. First impressions are pretty good. UK coverage is 100%, but Irish coverage is only 40%, so while it has every house number inside the M50 in Dublin, it doesn’t have anything other than N grade roads outside the cities. This would be a major pain in the ass if I was a Dublin jackeen who didn’t have a clue where I was going outside the pale, but I’m the exact opposite, a culchie lost in the big smoke, so it’s OK. The real nifty feature is the lack of a “make a U-turn as soon as possible” warning every time you make a wrong turn. It just shuts up and automatically recalculates the quickest route.
By gary | 21. Nov 2006 | Hardware | No Comments »