Mio do several units suitable for pedestrians with an average battery life between charges of four to five hours. This could be used handheld but only for occasional use as the battery life is less than two hours, this is certainly an in car unit.

Yes you can choose what features to display - a good choice available - just don't pick to many as they can clutter the display. Planning a route is very easy and you would normally enter a few letters of the town, then a few letters from the street and f...

Putting away my paper-based maps, it was time to check out another SatNav device.

The POIs are categorised under headings such as Sport & Recreation; Food & Drink (hopefully non-alcoholic when driving); Natural Landmarks; Lodgings; Entertainment; Culture; and Shopping.  Basic search capabilities are provided to locate part...

A flexible personal GPS navigation system that can also provide a range of other in-car services.

I entered a number of known addresses via post-code into the system and each was correctly located and the selected routes seemed sensible and generally chose the almost the routes I would have taken

Technology can help take some of the strain out of driving by supplying directions through a SatNav device.

Included in the box is a DVD.  This contains maps for 22 European countries for those who like to travel further afield than the UK.  Documentation, in electronic format, can also be found on the DVD

Leaving the navigation to others can take some of the strain off driving.

Recently I have noticed a trend with portable peripherals that connect via USB.  Instead of providing, as part of the standard package, a power lead to recharge the internal battery via the mains, you have to rely on the USB connection to carry out t...

Having recently looked at the top of the range C520t that seems to do most things. Here is their entry level offering that is exactly what it says a satellite navigation unit.

I am pleased to say that unlike an earlier model I reviewed you can download a PDF manual and I would suggest you do so or you are unlikely to be able to find certain settings. There are a whole raft of features that will probably remain undiscovered with...

This is the top of the range unit from Mio and the size of screen makes it ideal for use in a car. There are modes for pedestrian and bicycle but the size and short battery life make these unsuitable.

For a purely car device battery life is not critical but if you give bicycle and pedestrian modes then I would suggest at least 4 to 5 hours is essential. This top of the range model comes with a slip case either for when you park the car or take it for a...

This is not just something to find you a route or show you a map. It's a very long way from the early Next Base product on a floppy disc, and it now comes on a DVD.

Doing my Internet searches found Microsoft AutoRoute 2007 at a best price of £34.61 from the first link below

I saw this unit at the Stuff Live show three months ago, it looked the ideal companion for those who walk around in unfamiliar areas. It can also work efficiently in a car.

Doing my searches found the Mio Digi Walker H610 at a best price of £245 from the first link below. This is still very new so the price may reduce as more vendors take it. This could be the pedestrians Sat Nav of choice

I would call it a personal navigation unit as not only can it be fitted in a car but it has a pedestrian mode that lasts a reasonable time between charges.

Any unit of this type that also does MP3, Photos, Etc is always a compromise and as the maps are on an SD card there is no chance of playing MP3 while on a journey