Need GPS advice for ipaq 3835!!!

[tam9]

i've been meaning to get gps for a while nwo and since i have got access to a pretty good car i want gps more than ever. I have an ipaq 3835, with cf jacket and a 256 sd card so plenty of space for tom tom or something like that. I only need the hardware as I think i can acquire the software from somewhere

Any help on the best cheapest device. i don't wanna spend over the top, but i'm not wanna cheap sk8 either...

Any help appreciated.

Tam

[Phreakster]

check ebay out, plenty of wired gps units about. shouldnt cost you more than £60. simply load up tom tom, attach the gps unit, configure the gps settings and away you go

[Conkers]

I've got a sys on chip CF GPS device... it cost me £90 from eBay and it's the bollox !!
draws power from the ipaq but battery life is still good with it active.

works great with both tom tom & destinator

[tam9]

Nice. I'll take a search about doods. Is it true that the UK maps are only like 100 meg or so?

Tam

(thanks for the replies, wasn't expecting them back so fast)

[Conkers]

I'm using tom tom 2 at the mo... the full UK maps take up about 93Mb

[tam9]

pingobingo: ah cheers mate. I will run the ipaq I have from the car adapter and then just mount it to the dash board. I will let the ipaq do all the fancy footwork

Thanks for the info

Tam

[rudey]

its the dogs nuts tom tom 2 used in conjunction wiv speed camera warner ,

[tam9]

rudey: does gps find speed camera's too if you got the right ipaq software?


tam

[muffy40]

rudey: does gps find speed camera's too if you got the right ipaq software?


tam

Check this out m8:

http://www.pocketgps.co.uk./modules....ownload&cid=16

Lots of info/downloads there.

[rudey]

yep m8ty u need to download the checkpoint v 3.2 and then download the latest poi overlay maps http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/uksafetycameras.php
ITS AWSOME M8TY
the lil vioce says "" whoo whoo (noise of siren) speed camera approaching 30 second's"" its enough to send a shiver down my neck and then it will say same thing with 10 seconds (if u set it up nicely) if u drive a lot this thing is unbeatable , i mean u can pay big bucks for the cyclops system,and with this your getting gps navigation and speed trap info , santa must be workin overtime :thumbs

[tam9]

woahhh, cheers guys. How reliable is the speed camera catcher?

Thanks for the info. I have been out at a party all night and need some sleep, i have bookmarked the url's ta.

Tam

[Chippa]

Tam, I picked up a CF GPS card with extra aerial and a PCMCIA adapter on Ebay recently for £50 inc vat and delivery. Watch out as when I was looking to buy a lot of the sellers bid on their own items so they magically jump up to near on the same price as the auction end nears. The one I dealt with (Techworldsg) didn't do that (or if he did it was a lot lower than the others)

[rudey]

they are only £60 from online shops

[tam9]

Are the cheap ones good value? i.e. do the right job and is pretty quick...sorry about all the dumb questions.

Tam

[Chippa]

Mine works no probs Tam.

Rudey. Can you give us a link to the shops please?

[rudey]

www.totalpda.com
http://www.rikaline.co.uk/
http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/
try these to start wiv

[Chippa]

Cheers Rudey. Checked 'em out but none of them do any CF GPS for less than £75 exc vat.

[rudey]

u dont neccesarily need to have cf card , i mean i would have thought the one with the cord would be a better proposition as u can the put the pda any where , the other sort u need to have them infront windscreen

[muffy40]

Totally agree with Rudey. I use a corded one and you can then put your pda in a more convenient and discreet position.

[krooks]

anyone know where I might "attain" the US maps for tomtom, I'm going there for two weeks in May, and don't really want to have to purchase them for £100 odd quid.