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Originally Posted by goldoni
Now he tells me   I think I paid £275 for my Ipaq 1710 ,,,,I wrote this before I read this post....
I have an Ipaq 1710 with a wired stat receiver with Tom Tom 5 UK street map / Europe street map and I just love it, but on my wish list is a compact all in one Garmin which I understand has short wave traffic information so no expensive mobile phone calls like Tom Tom.
I don’t know why this should be because they must use the same mapping information, my Ipaq put me in the next road when I pull my car on our drive yet the Garmin has me on my drive??? and it has full postcode input, my TT only puts me in the town.
Anybody know how one changes the battery in a Ipaq 1710 as this is one problem if you use an Ipaq if the battery drains you have to re-load the software which could be a pain if you don’t have your computer about. The battery will only last two days without having a re-charge and yes the unit is off. |
I would recomend the IPAQ RX5000 series over the 1710. I paid £150 for mine wich is an RX5720 and it comes with fully licenced tomtom 6 and an integrated GPS. It also boasts static memory so you dont lose your settings if the battery dies and 1GB internal memory aswel as an SD slot. There is also the RX 5900 wich has 2GB internal memory and I belive also has integrated WiFi.
As for your Ipaqs memory problems. What I found used to help with my Ipaq 2210 was to always restart the PDA before I switched it off and to put a system password on to prevent any applications loading when it restarts.
So basicly my process for switching off would be to have a system password set. Then Restart the PDA. When it boots up again and promts for a password switch it off. Mine used to last about 3 weeks on standby on a full charge. Its something to do with Ipaqs not shutting down correctly.