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Going back to the Autocab, we got a quote off them for a 55 car setup and for the money they quoted we could get the Cordic system we are running twice over.

Also they told us why would you want TomTom, apparantly their static maps are more useful to the drivers on their data terminals, cant remember which one they mentioned. what help would that be its like pulling out your A-Z.

TomTom is the way forward when drivers dont have a clue which direction to head to at least it gets them close.

Their static maps are sh*te

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Cordic like Excel are a bag of brown stuff. No company that runs on a PDA system can say that their system is better than a data system, it might look pretty with all the colours but it can't do the job simple as that.

As for Tom Tom, well it's just overpriced crap. You can get better Sat Nav systems for much less money.

Several years back I used to say the same Nige but technology’s moved on considerably and now I don’t have any problems in recommending PDAs to those that want them, even though we’ve made our living from manufacturing data units. It’s much the same with TomTom, drivers expect it and some even struggle to work without it.

We give our customers the choice by allowing them to use PDAs on the same system as their normal data and it generally doesn’t take long before they all want the PDA’s. In the last couple of years just over 50% of our customers have moved to PDA and to my knowledge I don’t know of a single company that thinks it was the wrong move.

Fair enough Bill, I've worked with Data for years and the PDA system for the last 3 years and IMO Data p!sses all over the PDA system by miilion miles.

I agree that PDAs can be just as reliable as dataheads.
Key factor is network, BT very good and from what Bill told me, the orange m2m network is good too.
I've only used PDAs for about 20 months but noticed that a few drivers have the same problems over and over again. I cannot simulate these errors that they come up with so I cannot stop them happening. I have done my best with Kiosk but some drivers can work wonders when it comes to making them 'cock up'.
I like the unlimited range that the PDA offers. I also like the 'idiot proof' dataheads.
Both win in my opinion

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We have used a data system and a time came when we couldnt go any further with it. They had too many limitations ie radio coverage etc.

Excel i would just stay away from, infact they were the first supplier we ever went to for a demo and the vibe coming off them stunk a mile away.

as for Cordic name any other supplier that would be willing to help at 3 in the morning if things went wrong? and everything in the system does what it says. and you dont have to travel miles to sort out your plots!!