Ah, ok. The GPS system, should work anywhere in the world. That said, in order to do routing you'll need to also buy some GPS software for your area.
As far as a comparison with the SE P1e, spec wise the devices are very similar. It looks like it boils down to the Symbian vs Microsoft operating systems and and the aesthetics of the device.
Personally I'd go Loox, but then I may be a touch biased......
