| Sony Go! Explore (PSP) |  | From: Sony
Category: Video Games
List Price: £104.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Platform: Sony Psp
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Sony PSP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 5 x 4.7
UPC: 711719926658
EAN: 0711719925255
Release Date: July 18, 2008
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 The Go Explore September 22, 2008
B. A. Wright (EU/UK Midlands)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well what can i say about the psp go explore.Used it for the first time in a two stage run to schotland,both times it performed like a clock, very accurate, down to the meter, tells you when you exceed your speed limit(which you can set in the setting),for a given strech of road but it did not point out eney speed camera`s Hmmmmm!.The lady`s voice is clear did not you`s the male voice will try the next time.I did not use this mode very often eather so i do not know if this is right, when you delet a file from the history you do not remove a singel file but all of the file`s in the history scetion in one go.The POI (Point`s of interest) very good if you need to find a petrol station or a police station or a restorant along a given rout or in a given area etc.When it come to calculating a knew rout it is very fast at finding a knew one if you take the rong turn or if you take the rong exit of a motor way or a duel carrieg way.It is slow to find the GPS when it it first turned on, it can take at least five minets for this to happen(It doe`s say this in the instruction manual)so it`s best to leve it on stand by when not in use.I have read that some one complaned about the price of the psp kit they must be rely mean compared to the market leader`s this is a bargin.
 Disappointed August 30, 2008
David (Gateshead UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought Go Explore expecting a less than perfect implementation of a Sat Nav but hoping to have some fun with it.
Despite the low expectations I have been severely disappointed with this bit of kit.
Whilst the build quality is as you would expect from Sony there isn't much else positive I can say about this device.
Prior to acquiring this device I had used Nokia's incarnation of sat nav for it's own N770 internet tablet. The problem with Nokia's implementation was that the N770 is a little short on memory and therefore once the latest update of the software is applied it makes it things grind a little when accessing menus and even starting it up could prove hitty missy sometimes causing the device to crash but once it was up and running and in use it was pretty immaculate. It even managed to take me from Gateshead in the north east of England to the centre of France with minimal effort.
So anything more than this would be a bonus and if nothing else it would provide a talking point for me and my IT colleagues.
Upon opening the packaging I noticed a note stating that heat reflective glass may cause problems for the gps reception.
Not deterred I continued to install software from UMD disk and as recommended allowed everything to be installed onto memory stick. This process was painless and in keeping with Sony products.
As the PSP does not have a touch screen text entry is via an on screen keyboard but using the buttons on the left to navigate around it, this is made very easy because as you type in an address the letters available to select reduces based on the possibility of towns or streets which can be used given the letters already entered. Sometime a street is highlighted after only entering two characters.
The PSPs screen lends itself well to the application providing a bright and detailed screen which scrolls around effortlessly.
Some of the funtionality is also quite inventive and would indeed offset any other small gripes.
The problems really are around the gps reception. The intructions state that for the first time in a day that you use it you should allow up to 10 mins for it to acquire the satellites. That seemed a little long compared to my previous device but again as I had bought this for occasional use I wasn't too concerned. Unfortunately the receiver just isn't good enough to use reliably certainly not in a Peugeot 307 SW which does have a heat reflective windscreen however it does also have a glass roof which provides a clear view of the sky.
Tonight I have driven 6 miles to the local Asda and by the time I got there it still hadn't found any satellite despite changing the angle of the receiver several times. After completing my shopping I came out rebooted the device, still no joy, I then pulled out and receiver and connected it again and hey presto it started to detect satellites immediately. I thought ok I have a work around. So I set off on another 10 mile journey first thing I noticed is that although I had set the measurement units to imperial i.e. miles rather than kilometres the voice gives instructions in metres yet the display shows miles and yards. I have yet to find a way of changing this and suspect you cant.
Never mind I thought as this was just meant to be a play thing. However, even when driving along A1 in the middle of no where it would lose the signal from satellites, ok when on a straight road but very confusing when at the point of changing directions particularly when it then gets it bearings for a split second before losing them again but it still chirps out an instruction which may be for a road a few hundred metres.
I shall try to end on a positive note. Unlike my previous device which would alert you to known sites for speed cameras, this device warns you when you exceed the speed limit for the road you are on. Though even this failed on a 70 mph road when it was alerting me to the fact I was exceeding 30mph this is obviously a mapping error rather than the device.
I will continue to use this device for a little longer and if I find any improvement in it's working I shall write a follow up review.
David
Not a game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! August 11, 2008
d-thinkerdotcom (UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Firstly it does work on the phat PSP, and there is a slight delay when it picks up the signal, sometimes it works instantly. Though on Friday the saved route from work to home took me half way, the route had changed, or I may have edited it, without realising it: I guess the saved routes option is for a journey before the journey - not to be used during a journey. You do have an option to save your favourte spots - I did just find my house number on my road and I saved it as a favourite, also work as a favourite destination. You get a cinemascope picture in 3d, and there are a few settings. I have not tried the econmical route to work, or when walking! Also the volume of the voice can be set in options which is loud enough.
It's alright, but well overpriced. August 9, 2008
Terry Carleton
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a great piece of kit - it really works well, but it is overpriced. It costs 6000 Yen in Tokyo - that's about 30 GBP. Do yourself a favour and try and import one instead.
By no means a bad GPS, but Sony. what's with the price??? August 5, 2008
Mr. G. R. Silvester (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this add on for the PSP so that I could watch films during my frequent trips to Spain and have a ready-to-go Sat Nav when I got there.
The Sat Nav function performs perfectly fine despite a slight delay initially whilst the Go Explore software works out your curent location and which satellites to use. Some reviews have criticised the amount of time this process takes however, I have found very few other Sat Nav devices which operate any faster. Locating destinations is very straightforward and the route planner works everything out for you seemlessly.
Map detail is pretty much spot on - very easy to follow. One way streets and speed limits are clearly indicated, and all driving actions are called out well in advance of any manoeuvres.
The only gripe I have with this product is the price. A top of the line, dedicated Sat Nav may cost you around 150. I imagine the bulk of that price might go to the actual hardware. In the case of Go Explore you already have the hardware, so why the price tag of 100???
In conclusion, this is a perfectly fine Sat Nav with some interesting features. Whether you think your money is better spent on a dedicated machine - I'll leave that up to you. Personally, having one device that plays music, and films on the flight, and gets me to my hotel in my hire car when I get there makes this the right device for me.
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