From reading those forums it looks like it is a no go for getting a N1 and using in Europe. The DVD map disk is a different region encoding, radio tuning doesn't work the same, no RDS info etc.. Looks like they have forced us to buy a more expensive one! However, the X1 is the European one. So, If I buy one in say Italy, I assume apart from the manual being in Italian (I can download the english one from their web site) it should be the same?

Also, points of interest. If I am driving along and want to find the nearest petrol stations to where I am , does it do this? I have an IPAQ with Navman sleeve at the moment. The TOMTOM 3 software does thi but the Smart ST Professional software that came with the Navman sleeve doesn't do this.