Acer N35

On the whole I would not recommend purchasing this PDA. Good PDA when it works but it so disappointing to switch after about 5 days and find the unit has lost all its charge and data! My next PDA will be one with a non volatile memory - a must.

Battery life is poor - it is a volatile battery which means when it goes flat you lose all the data. I have replaced the battery now (after 2 years!) but the units still loses charge at an amazing fast rate with the battery going flat after 2-3 days sometimes. The GPS function is slow and doesnt always work.

The Acer N35 is badly designed, since it uses a common data transfer/charging port, which is multi pin and very fragile...being kept in place by a few spots of solder. If they had put in an extra jack port for charging while in the car it would have extended the life of the product. The simple fact is with constant use in the car and natural bending, the port eventually fails...and can't easily be repaired. Mine is now useless..... I can't re-solder the connection.

Don't buy one. Get a dedicated Sat Nav with a simple in car jack connection which will last a long time.

Bought it cheap on-line for the sat nav (119quid in march 2007)....not tom tom but destinator software that didn't work 100 pc all of the time, about the same price at the time as a cheap sat nav but with added extras of PDA.

lasted exactly a year and a day so as the warranty expired the unit promptly expired.

the battery isn't replaceable because its housed in the unit (what monkeys design idea was that!) and after a year and a day lacked the ability to retain charge. Also the power port becomes used quickly and malfunctions so you end up with a pile of elastic bands trying to hold the charger in place.

in short, really wasn't worth the spit its built with.

I have had my Acer N35 sat nav since May 2005 and have been generally happy. The connection to the fold-up antenna was sometimes flakey and had to get out my soldering iron! But! We were on holiday and I foolishly let the battery go flat. I could not restart the PDA and had to reset it. The Navigator could not be found after that.

I am now looking for a proper sat nav.

Constantly has to be reset ( both soft and hard resets ) resulting in lost data information for me etc.

Back up service from support have advised that unit might need returning for repair - like the unit they fail to respond to email communication and when chased they ask for ALL details yet again with no follow up. Do not recommend this PDA, Acer N35.

I would not recommend this produce as it has a serious design fault and is likely to fail within a short time.

Very poor connection, only had unit 12 months and the connection has broken.

Very poor design, have discussed with other users and they have encountered same problem.

Good when working but wont work for long, so very poor value

Do not recommend the Acer N35.

Each time the battery dies because the in car charger doesn't you have to reset the PDA which is extremely annoying. Directions are fine once you get it working, but like someone else said, you cant completely rely on it.

Acer N35 is a good all round GPS & pocket PC. Only bad point is you have to be carefull with it as the Stylus breaks easy.

My Acer N35 was bought as a present. The first time out the plastic grips on the charger cable snapped, so I bought a new cable. 6 months later, the pins on the system itself, (where the charger cable is plugged in) bent. Despite it only being 6 months old, Acer refused to repair it under warranty, and quoted me £200 to have it repaired. Needless to say it now sits in a box, absolutely useless.