scoobydoo Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 will any garmin or tom tom allow Thailand updates?....do you need a external card to insert into the device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huumlaar Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Disappointed with my new mobile map, no voice directions, no continual pointing in direction of car but does have no data option. My old Nokia was great, however thinking of getting a garmen just for the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Sygic does all that and more.Worth a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage_Kwai Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Agreed with Sygic. It's a one-off payment for the maps you need; updates are free. Was surprised when first using it as it locked on faster than the dedicated GPS I was using, and the directions and voice all work great. A plus factor is that the Thailand map is in English. The Nokia N97 (which is still kept in the glovebox as the spare) came with OVI maps and updates for life, BUT it still downloads the maps in Thai and can be quite tiresome to make sense of it. Which is why it remains a spare. The dedicated GPS has since been give to a friend's son when the battery started showing signs of age and the need for a (paid) update. Note that with the smartphone you also have the 'additional sensors' and 'data connection' to aid the 'GPS satellites' which is VERY useful if you ever go in a tunnel or someplace where the satellite signal is weak. You don't lose sense of where you are - I saw the actual tracking while I was in the tunnel - where with the dedicated unit the signal was completely lost and took quite a while to get a satellite lock back on. Enough time to get you really lost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Mekong is back? So that's what all the cheering was about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Anyone any thoughts on which is the better Satnav product, Garmin or Tom Tom? Had a taxi driver who uses them advise stick to the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I've ridden one time in a Bangkok taxi with Satnav/gps. I can't remember what kind, but it was fascinating watching the Satnav wove down the roads on a map of Bankgok. It can't be that costly, if a taxi driver can afford one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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