Hardware Features included
- magnetic mount GPS receiver
- comes with all connecting cables
- In-Car Windshield Suction Mount
- 12v Cigarette Lighter Power Adapter
- 12 Channel GPS Receiver
- Tomtom talking Navigator software

Tom Tom PDA pocket pc review Review

What a Deal Tomtom Navigator 2 Inc Gps & Map Uk

This super-thin Pocket PC is the ultimate personal assistant, keeping you totally organised, informed, and entertained on the move.

TomTom Navigator 2 transforms your Pocket PC into an easy-to-use personal navigation system. Route planning, map reading and finding a way around difficult traffic conditions are all taken care of. Plus there are numerous features to make travel by car easier and safer. With TomTom Navigator 2 you’ll always know where you are and how to get from A to B. Just start up the software and install the state-of-the-art TomTom GPS receiver included. Now you’re ready to enjoy all the benefits of personal navigation

Crystal clear navigation

TomTom Navigator 2 has all the best elements of the highly successful first version, like uncluttered maps, easy-to-use controls, and crystal clear on-screen directions and verbal instructions. In this new version we’ve added many new features.

TomTom Navigator 2 couldn’t be easier to use. Just enter your destination using the large finger-touch on-screen keyboard and your journey is planned door-to-door from your current location. TomTom Navigator 2 even finds a way around any obstacles you encounter en route, like traffic congestion or roadworks, so you’re always on the right track!

You can zoom in and out to see everything from a whole country or region to a single house number or road feature. That means a complete and reliable picture of your journey every inch of the way.

The very latest maps and information

TomTom Navigator 2 features the very latest digital maps of Western Europe from Tele Atlas. These give comprehensive coverage of Western Europe, and include cross-border regions for certain countries and off-shore islands. They’re also incredibly accurate. Yet despite containing more information than ever, they don’t take up more memory thanks to the latest memory-saving techniques.

Wherever you are TomTom Navigator 2 gives you the knowledge on local points-of-interest. It also remembers your recent trips and all your important personal locations like home, work and that favourite picnic spot!

Whats in the Box

TomTom Navigator 2 comprises navigation software, the TomTom GPS receiver, a magnetised car cradle with various mounting options and your choice of one of the following Great Britain map.

TomTom Software Features
- Now with House Numbers - Door to Door Planning
- Latest Up-to-Date Maps
- Seamless contacts/Pocket Outlook integration - tap & hold contact to add to TomTom Map
- Street to Street route planning across the UK
- Town to Town route planning in Great Britain
- Route Planning from Point to Point with Stopover Options
- Alternative Routes - ability to request alternative routes
- Street Level Planning
- Plan by Shortest or Quickest Route
- Plan a Route for Walking
- Turn-by-Turn Instructions
- Display Instructions, Map or Both
- Dynamic recalculation of route if you take the wrong turning
- Display One way Traffic Systems and more...
- Store Favourite Routes
- Store Favourite Locations - Now with feature to memorise locations whilst driving with the tap of a finger
- Instant "Where am I ?"
- Increase or Decrease Road or Area Details
- Bird's-eye View or Street Level Zoom - NOW with 3D View/Birds-eye perspective
- GPS Position on Screen
- Instructions Synchronised with GPS Position
- Improved POI's, Stations and Airports [better categorised]
- Improved 'find Places' function
- Customisation Features [personalise your own copy of tomtom]
- Onscreen large Keyboard Feature for the easy input of addreses'
- directions give by voice via PDA’s speaker


Compaq iPAQ H1940

When launching its iPAQ h1900 series in late 2002, Hewlett-Packard managed to stir up the low-end Pocket PC market sufficiently to reignite competition through a combination of adequate power coupled with an excellent display and low price. Now, the h1940 is here - and with it, HP is attempting a feat akin to moonwalking after Michael Jackson. But if the h1940 is as Bad as its predecessor, competitors can just Beat It - it's time to find out in this exciting Thriller of a review.

As far as low-end Pocket PCs go, the h1940 comes with all the bells and whistles

Design

Being as small and neat as its predecessor (in fact, the h1910 and h1940 share similar physical measurements although the latter weighs 4 g more), the h1940 honours its heritage by remaining one of the smallest Pocket PCs on the market. It is, in fact, incredibly minute, and with its sleek shape quite comfortable to hold - although rubber grips would have been preferable.

Its display is of the 3.5", 16-bit transflective TFT variety, capable of displaying 65,536 colours and offering exceptional brightness and clarity. Unfortunately, however, an issue with the display technology opted for by HP leads to a disturbing yellow hue gracing the display when not viewed precisely head-on. Although this does not interfere particularly - depending on personal preference, of course - with normal use, those seeking to do professional image processing should look elsewhere.

On the bright side, stylus travel is very short and as such makes the h1940 a pleasure to navigate by means of its comfortably weighted metal barrel stylus. Likewise, its buttons all provide excellent tactile feedback, with the exception of the apalling top centered power on/off button, which also doubles as an alert notification and Bluetooth status LED. The excellent five-way directional pad of the h1940 is placed centered below its screen, with two hardware shortcut buttons on each side, while a voice record button is placed just below the Infrared port on the upper left side of the device.

Despite its speaker being placed beneath the directional pad, the iPAQ h1940 provides well-balanced and loud speaker output, devoid of distortion and considerably less tinny than many other Pocket PCs. Alas, the unit lacks the bass/treble adjustment options of the h2200 and h5000 series, but instead provides an intuitive microphone gain settings dialog which yields good results as well as a separate control for the 2.5 mm earphone jack of the unit. A set of 2.5 mm earphones is bundled, but audiophiles beware: this will not rock your world - rather use the 3.5 mm converter included in the box and get a proper set.

Connectivity

The original iPAQ h1910 did not offer much in terms of expansion except for a USB synchronization cable, an Infrared port and an SD/MMC Card expansion slot. The h1940 still offers all of this, but adds SDIO capabilities and Bluetooth, increasing its versatility ten-fold: not only can it now connect to a slew of computing devices wirelessly, but is also future proof due to its support for input/output accessories. Also, the line-up of Bluetooth profiles is far from just a basic set, further bolstering a positive impression.

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