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02 June 2006, 11:32 AM
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I bought a Palmone PDA with seperate bluetooth GPS receiver, TOM TOM software and all of the European maps from PC World a year ago for £250. Its an excellent bit of kit 
02 June 2006, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by GazTheHat
I thought you could buy a PDA and install TomTom on it. Is that the case? I'd prefer to do that, as i can use a PDA for other things.
Anyone done that? How much would that be compared to a dedicated TT700?
Anyone done that? How much would that be compared to a dedicated TT700?
You will need GPS device (typically bluetooth) and PDA, plus Tomtom (for windows mobile or palm)
I already have an 02 XDA, so could have used above setup, but wanted a one box solution.
Its a pain in the *rse when the pda loses the bt GPS device, you have to carry two chargers/cig adapters; need to mount the pda and bt gps device etc etc
Functionally TT700 and pda/bt gps/tomtom software is (almost?) identical, but you are correct in that you could use the pda for other things (OBDII for starters!)
The price is probably similar, if not cheaper, with the PDA solution and you get a multi-function device to boot.
I just preferred the single unit/mounting/power solution.
www.pdamods.co.uk and www.expansys.co.uk are both good sources for all things sat nav and pda related.
Hope that helps
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