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HP rx1950 PDA plus GPS navigator review

Aug 12, 2006 gps navigation, reviews

At the beginning of this year we had a couple of posts about the HP rx1950 which is basically a PDA but works seamlessly with a GPS cradle to become a navigation system. Now, about 7 months later we get the first real review of this GPS PDA bundle. The review sees the HP rx1950 only worth 5 orange rectangles out of ten, and it gets the worst points in usability for a mere 4 out of ten.

I wasn’t entirely convinced by the GPS performance. I found that often the icon of my vehicle was not aligned with the road, which was a little disconcerting; and the update speed was rather jerky. Even worse, I found that the angle of the road in the 3D display was just not right and it was often too hard to see where I was meant to go. At one point I had my TomTom One on the screen for reference and I simply could not work out which exit the HP was telling me to take and only chose the correct one by glancing at the TomTom – not a great advert for the HP.

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