Monday, January 08, 2007

Satellite Navigation - Singapore

Today we tested a satellite navigation system in Singapore. The unit is named Tipo. Having spent an hour figuring how to work it, we spent the day putting it to a road test. We drove from west to east of the island and then back again. All in all we found the unit very useful and easy to use. When a mistake in the driving direction was made, the system recalculated a new route and we were able very quickly to get back on track again. The unit is small and compact and easily fixed to the front just on the inside of the windscreen.

The only drawbacks that we found were,

1. The voice for the direction instructions spoke with an American accent and the pronunciation for some road names were unclear.

2. The touch screen is a little sensitive and the alphabet and number panels are too small. Operation on these while the car was moving proved a little problematic.

These are the only down points of the system. I enjoyed using the system and look forward to purchasing it for our use in Singapore.

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