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27.1.2012

Technically, this little GPS "sports computer" does what it claims to do (if it were packaged in a tin, you could roll out a cliche at this point) but I have some major reservations about it, particularly given the price of the unit. It's not cheap and the user-friendliness aspect is wholly missing.In the box you get:- the unit itself - slightly larger than a small matchbox and weighing about 50g- a strap to let you wear it on your wrist- a device for attaching it to a bike- a mini cd with software- an instruction book- charger cable.The software downloads easily enough although on downloading the Travel and Sports Suite I had a message to say an updated version was available but when I clicked through to download that,had the message that it couldn't be found.But once you've downloaded it, you are on your own. There's little in the way of instruction on how you might use this and it's not particularly intuitive. Eventually I worked out how to download a route to the unit but it was hard going and frustrating. A video link would be helpful.The instruction book is basically a German version translated into other languages (yes, including English). However, the images within the instructions of the unit to help you with set up and use all have screens in German that haven't been translated. It's not a deal breaker, but at this value, I'd have appreciated that extra thought to the user.It's claimed that you can use it as a wrist watch type device - allowing a more hands-free experience when you are out. Well, yes, provided you don't mind looking like you've stepped out of a 1970s sci fi movie. It's a chunky thing to have on your wrist and at least initially is annoyingly heavy and always quite bulky. It does stay on the wrist but is not comfortable and certainly not stylish. The bike attachment works well - no complaint there.And so to the practicalities of use. The unit has a multitude of screens (speed, pedometer, altitude, compass, pace, distance etc). The set up is not intuitive and the screens are busy and while carrying an impressive amount of data, not exactly critical for use. It's as if it's been designed solely by technical bods rather than by users. The only thing it doesn't show is the energy expended while shouting at the unit while out! Clever, yes - but useful and user friendly, much less so. If you are expecting a Sat Nav kind of directional guidance system, this isn't it. What it will do is give you endless stats about what you've done and where you've been. Useful if you are a dedicated athlete - say a fell runner or a triathlete maybe, but for most, it feels like data for data's sake. Having battled with it for a month to assess it, I won't be taking it with me on my next outing. It's just too confusing and although it does what it claims to do, that isn't particularly interesting or useful.Most of all though, where it fails is not on the cleverness of what it does, but on design. If Apple had never existed, then maybe we would all thinking this is what tech looks like - but it looks and feels terribly dated.If you are looking at this thinking "oh, I need that data" then get it by all means, but if you are thinking "that might be fun and useful" don't - it isn't. And it is certainly not a navigation device - it's a recorder of where you have been.