VA va voom has officially...
VA va voom has officially become part of the language. The phrase from Renault"s TV commercials starring French football ace Thierry Henry has been included in the Concise Oxford Dictionary. While he spends most of the ad trying to sum up what va va voom is, the dictionary says it"s "the quality of being exciting, vigorous or attractive".
The popularity of in-car...
The popularity of in-car and portable satellite navigation systems has forced the map maker to change its thinking, and its new SatNav Atlas Great Britain is designed as a companion for the set-ups.
It essentially gives a bigger picture than the often narrow view you get from sat-nav, as the 100 town and city centre maps provide great detail. We tried it in an unfamiliar city, and found it useful for negotiating a roadworks diversion. It also gives details of surrounding areas; while most of the locations it flagged up would be in the points of interest database on a sat-nav unit, drivers would have to ask the right questions to find out about them.
Another useful feature is the short des?cription of each town, which includes three ‘don’t miss’ places to visit. The 1.4 miles per inch scale of the town and city plans makes it easy to see what is nearby.
On longer journeys, the map’s 10 miles per inch scale was short on detail, but this is where the sat-nav would take over. So at less than ?10, the new Philip’s atlas is a useful in-car companion.
Philip’s SatNav Atlas Britain, price: ?9.99, rating: 3/5, buy from: 020 7531 8473, www.philips-maps.co.uk