Navman S30 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Satellite navigation with 3D landmarks and a bargain price

Verdict: The S30 is a fairly basic device, but its sheer usability makes up for this

Review summary: Almost on a par with the best value sat-nav €" TomTom's ONE €" and with features that might make it more attractive to you

Pros: Simple, sleek and cheap

Cons: No shortcut keys, not as quick as the Tomtom

Verdict: Like the ONE, the S30's price point will appeal to first-time sat-nav users, sceptics and technophobes. It'll need to be easy to use. It is: menu icons are self-explanatory, address entry accuracy is helped by spoken feedback and actions are justified ...

Review summary: Since Navman joined forces with Mio earlier this year we've been waiting to see what interesting developments it'd come up with on new devices. The S30 3D is part of a new range of updates to ...

Verdict: Navman has produced a nice, navigation-only solution in the S30 3D. It's not worth upgrading for the 3D buildings and it would have been good to see a more compact design and a couple of extras, but you're unlikely to find a better pure-navigation ...

Review summary: The Navman S30 3D makes a valiant attempt to distinguish itself as a local travel guide rather than a point-to-point navigation tool with the addition of 3D landmarks and its strong directory listings

Verdict: The Navman S30 3D makes a valiant attempt to distinguish itself as a local travel guide rather than a point-to-point navigation tool with the addition of 3D landmarks and its strong directory listings. Its compact dimensions lend it to being carried ...

Review summary: With a budget product such as this Navman S30 GPS unit, your reviewer starts by looking for the areas where costs have been cut and in this case the search doesn't take especially long. It's the ...

Verdict: There's plenty to like about the Navman S30 as the software is very good indeed. The hardware is generic and a bit dull but it's only there to act as a platform for the superb software, which unfortunately needs a wide screen to do it justice, so we ...