Noob GPS questions (PDA)

[Mohinder]

I've just bought a Palm TE2 for two reasons..

1) Satsify gadget lust

2) Always wanted a PDA

and mostly

3) Can't afford a bike specific tomtom type jobbie, and the car ones don't have a headphone jack, so this bad boy's going in the see through bit of my tankbag so I don't get lost :D

I'm going to snide a copy of Tomtom 5 for it, but I'm a nub at this stuff. for a GPS receiver, will any bluetooth one do?

This one:

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/7246.htm

is cheap.. would that do it? I'm a noob!

I'm just waiting for it to charge so I can play with it :D

Just noticed on the list it doesn't list the Palm TE2 :(

[Mohinder]

But then it says here any bluetooth PDA :/

Make sense, you bummers!

[Matblack]

Probably worth paying the extra for SIRF III chipset tbh

MB

[Mark]

Agreed. Having owned various earlier GPS devices, I wouldn't buy anything that didn't have the SIRF chipset today.

[Mohinder]

Probably worth paying the extra for SIRF III chipset tbh

MB

Prices seem to be going from about £80 for those, I can't really afford that...

What will be bad about a cheap GPS receiver? I mean if it's not going to work properly/at all obviously I will have to spend more, but if it's just going to be a bit sluggish, I could deal with that.

[Matblack]

Eh?

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/10939.htm

;)

MB

[Mohinder]

ooo bonus :D

So... will that work with my Palm then? It's not listen on the list, but.. bluetooth's bluetooth, right?

[8 I3ALL]

Yes bluetooth is bluetooth ;)


I was going to suggest the Holux 236 slim which both me and MB have but looking at the price of them now :shocked: ..........ive had mine for a good 6 months and im sure i could sell it on ebay now for a good profit :cool:

But like MB said anything with the SIRF III chipset will be the way to go

[Mohinder]

I've ordered the one MB linked to. Well technically I ordered three but that was an accident! I've emailed them, it should be ok :/

I'm just going to go and thieve myself up some tomtom :D

Thanks for the advice, no doubt I'll be back!

[LeperousDust]

LOL, lub you Mohinder, when am i next going to see you at a meet (ironic because i'm not at the next few...) so really what are your plans for meets in future?

[Mohinder]

I'm at Essex, and I plan to be going to more in future now I'm mobile :)

[Mohinder]

This is so gay :/

I can't find a TTN5 that will install! Grrr! Getting proper wound up :(

[Mohinder]

Tomtom is go! Maps might be go, we shall see :D

Halfway there at least though :)

[Desmo]

I'm at Essex, and I plan to be going to more in future now I'm mobile :)
You're more than welcome to hop in with us for any of the longer meet journeys. Just bike up to ours and your sorted :)

[Mohinder]

Finally got my maps sorted at half past three the other night!

I need to sort out some sort of mount, I can't see it properly in the tank bag, so I've got some fabrication type stuff to do (or make my dad do :D)

And yeah desmo for longer journeys that might be something I'll have to take you up on :)

[LeperousDust]

Urg i formatted my phone the other day i forgot to backup tomtom. I have to go through the same hassle setting it up now :angry:

[Mohinder]

The setup for mine was super gay, I finally found out that the instructions for the hack were missing a rather large and vital chunk :/

Then it took me about four goes (i,e four sets of maps) to finally get a set of UK maps that worked.

Rabbish! But it works now :D

[LeperousDust]

Yeah it's always been a pain, I managed to grab an early release of TT6 when it first came out, shame the install instructions where german, and soddy at best...