Chinese Win CE GPS's and Garmin maps - Good idea?

**rik70** · 11th November 2011, 11:33 AM

Brand manufactures which gives their products assembled / made in China is different from a Chinese manufacturer. He does not have and does not so much investment in developing, is a plagiarist. Not developed service and often save their own parts, not configuration management, it is manufactured only "make it work." Maybe you will work well or not ... only time will tell ...
The topographic map I have no experience, sorry. I suppose, the principle is the same, work iGo navigation software with Navteq maps is the best solution, but perhaps in this Garmin is number one, produce a lot of tourist navigation (and probably should remain only in doing so).

PS: Garmin me angry for the differences, it is not democratic and very restrictive. EU / US models are much depleted than Asia.
Garmin devices have the major limitations in using any add-ons such as 3D terrain, viewing and sorting POI, assistance for drivers as are exits, junction view, line Assist, drivers alert, etc. is bound to the type of device.
In other producers navigation (iGO, Sygic ...) you have, or you can use always the same, many things and the difference is only in the license, but you can use all the device without any restrictions.
Garmin bought the company Navigon, so the situation can be improved. Btw the Navigon device is used iGO modified.

**floydo** · 12th November 2011, 01:56 AM

I now better understand your original comments. You are right about generic China manufacturer, and the firmware support, etc. I do like Garmin performance in North America for my use (except they are slow, or have very small screens), but don't have experience otherwise. I had tried Tom Tom some time back and found it friendly but without the map support Garmin has. It is good there is strong competition out there. That will only make things better.
Garmin, like a number of large companies are in it for the money, and if they can control the market, they expect profits......hmmmm..sounds like Apple

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As I stated I am stuck with certain topographic maps, and if I could display them on faster devices it would help. Using them on a Windows laptop is great (but no gps on laptop). So the logical extension of that appeared to be these generic tablets with CE. The biggest complaint is the resolution, so if one zooms out on the topographics you lose the detail....it makes it difficult to map a path any distance due to the inability to "look ahead". Again, laptops using the software make that easy. The China devices have much higher resolution screens...so....
I will continue to look, and if anyone has comments to the original question on emulating the software on these devices it would be welcome.

Thx for the thoughts rik70!

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