Acer N35 GPS

ACER N35 GPS HANDHELD POCKET CHAUFFEUR My darling hubby bought me this about a month ago now, he was concerned as I have to travel around the West Midlands to different Spiritualist Churches, worried that I might loose my way when I travelled on my own, so he bought me a sat. nav. I'm afraid I am not a techno buff, so this will be my experience of using the Satellite Navigation System not the technical side. *** OUR SEARCH *** We had been looking around on the internet, shops and reading reviews on Ciao, but most of them were well over our price range and I have to say all the specifications did not mean a thing to me. So two ...

This unit is rather old now, although still available second hand. I would however be rather wary, as in my experience it was plagued with problems. On the positive side the intergrated GPS works well, and makes an ideal sat nav PDA combo. The Destinator Lite software that came with the unit whilst being functional was rather as the name suggests light in the features department. When I got my unit it was only £99+VAT, so was a bit of a bargain I thought. And it has done well when it hasn't been broken. The battery life is sufficient for most things, although don't expect to be able to have a full day on the hills using this as a GPS, as it will run ...

Having messed around with some basic GPS tools, I fancied the idea of a PDA/GPS combo to get some colour mapping and route finding software. Looking around in January 2005, the Acer N35 seemed to be well priced at under £300, and I liked the idea of the integrated GPS rather than the separate GPS units included with some packages. The unit itself is nicely built, with a bright sharp screen. It came as part of a generous bundle including Destinator 3 navigation software, and a car mount and car charger. The handheld itself doesn't have quite as high a specification as others, for example no bluetooth, but as I wanted it mostly for the GPS capability, and the ...