 | GPS Shootout review
It's only when your GPS routes you the wrong way up a newly designated one way street that you realise your system is out of date. I was driving to a wedding a few weeks back using my trusty TomTom 5/O2 IQ combination as always when the aforementioned navigation catastrophe occurred. During the lengthy technophobic rantings from my wife that followed I was struck with an epiphany. It was time to upgrade. The price of peace can indeed be a costly one but in this case I decided £100 seemed a small price to pay.
For many people, the word GPS is synonymous with TomTom. Indeed this was true for me also, until I investigated a little further into navigator software world and discovered a plethora of other options. Unfortunately, as is so often, a vast choice can often bring about the "can't see the wood from the trees" syndrome and I was weighed down with choices before me. It was at this point I realised another famous 4WM shootout review was inevitable. To this end we've kindly been provided with the 6 of the most commonly used Pocket PC hardware and software GPS navigation systems available today. For your pleasure we will individually review each of the products below, and then finally, we will pit one against the other in an all out, no holds barred, head to head comparison. |
Review Products
The product selected for review are:
 Copilot Live (ver 7)
Pharos GPS Phone 600
Route66 Navigate 7 |  |  |  |
Garmin Mobile 10
iGO Navigator
TomTom Navigator 6 |  |  |  |
Feel free to click on the images, they will redirect you to the relevent product web page.
Test Hardware
As I'm sure you're all aware navigation software, complex as it can be, will often push our trusted devices to their performance limits. To try and determine the effects of this we'll test each package on a range of devices where possible. The majority of the testing will be performed using the following hardware:
HTC Touch.
Proporta supplied Freedom Bluetooth Keychain GPS reciever.
Proporta Alu Leather case for HTC Touch.
Proporta magnetic vehicle docking system.
Plantronics 655 Bluetooth Headset.
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Feel free to click on the images, they will redirect you to the Proporta product web page.
The Touch, while light and compact is a relatively low powered device, so the HTC Kaiser (Vodafone v1615 variety) will also be used to test as a more powerful platform with integrated GPS.
The first product review, Copilot Live (7) will be published on Friday 26th October. Stay tuned!
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