I’m not sure where the traffic information is sourced from in the UK.Īs with many sat navs, the 3D interface looks pretty cool, and is a decent representation of the road ahead. However, it’s a nice free service – but perhaps this could be improved in future versions. It’s a bit more limited than other sat nav packages, and won’t update mid-journey. One nice feature I found in Garmin – Free traffic information! – via GPRS, so required a nice data package and compatible phone – but free all the same. However I would say that the Garmin boys really need to do more design work as, compared to other sat nav products out there, the UI isn’t very pretty. The main menu, and most of the menu area is pretty simple. However once running, things seem quite fluid. The startup time is not particularly quick – in fact it’s quite slow on the N95 but I’m told that it’s much quicker on Windows Mobile devices. Similar options are available for Garmin Bluetooth, and Other bluetooth gps devices.ĭown to business then. After that I simply enabled “Integrated GPS” and off it went. Installation and setup is a breeze, when you insert the memory card the software automatically starts up and installs. The install size is on the large side – so there really isn’t much room on the supplied card for much more. We’ve since found out that Garmin wont allow you to transfer the software to another memory card, in case you need a larger one, which means you’ll have to card swap if you have stuff saved on another card. I have been using the Garmin software with the memory card installed in my Nokia N95 8GB.
Installation is nice and easy providing you use the original microSD card, or the supplied card-size adaptors. Garmin is one of the bigger names, and the latest release has plenty of nice features. Since the biggest player in sat nav no longer bother with our industry, it’s left to the others to put together decent sat nav solutions for phones and PDAs. Devicewire have kindly sent us a review copy of Garmin Mobile XT.
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