# GPS Navigation

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gps-navigation/175810>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [July 22, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gps-navigation/175810 "2005-07-22T06:26:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![markstamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@markstamp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/markstamp)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gps-navigation/175810/1 "2005-07-22T06:26:41Z")

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so i was wondering if i should get a PDA and GPS or should i just buy a GPS system anyone have any input? what does everyone else have???

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**Author:** ![Ash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ash](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ash)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gps-navigation/175810/2 "2005-07-22T06:38:33Z")

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I used to have a Handspring Visor with the Magellan GPS attachment. Had it for 3 years. It was great, since I traveled a lot for work, finding locations out in the boonies with little markers made my life a lot easier with it. The problem with it, is it only had 8MB of RAM to store maps, which was about enough for a single state.

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**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gps-navigation/175810/3 "2005-07-22T06:41:09Z")

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A PDA with navigation can be awkward to use in a car. The one for my PDA is pretty bulky along side the PDA. I don’t own it, but i’ve used it. I’ve also got to use a Garwin (something like that???) Nav system that a guy at work owns. I much prefer that one for in a car. It seems alot less cumbersome while you’re driving and also had alot of options (like restaurants and gas stations and stuff) that the PDA one did not have.

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**Author:** ![markstamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@markstamp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/markstamp)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gps-navigation/175810/4 "2005-07-22T06:46:46Z")

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i have used both kinds of and the pda i think would be more useful and worth the money…cause the other serves only as a GPS

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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gps-navigation/175810/5 "2005-07-22T07:24:30Z")

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garmin make the best handheld GPS’s

you can simply get a USB reciever on your laptop and use it!

you can also use a compact flash GPS card, i think bobby311 and whitey both use those.

I think the pda is better all around, because i use mine here and there,

but the garmin will be more precise and will retain stupid info.

for a NICE pda and a GPS reciever you should be paying more than just a nice garmin handheld.

IMO