PDA / GPS advice
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Hi All, I've finally decided that the time has come to "go mobile" and get a PDA, and also a GPS sat-nav system. I'd like to do the usual organiser stuff, sync my email, work on spreadsheets etc. Have been considering the HP Ipaq HX2410 with a TomTom Navigator 5 on Bluetooth to do the satnav stuff. Does anyone here have any experience (good or bad) or recomendations of these two products please? What PDA do you use, why, and what for (sucessfully or not!)? How easy is it to get files into/out-of them? Thanks, Sam
This is what I use: http://www.hipsterpda.com/[^] Works brilliantly, it's quick, easy and not frustrating in the slightest, and most importantly, you never have to charge the batteries ;P Of course, it doesn't do sat-nav either, but you can always print out directions and maps....
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This is what I use: http://www.hipsterpda.com/[^] Works brilliantly, it's quick, easy and not frustrating in the slightest, and most importantly, you never have to charge the batteries ;P Of course, it doesn't do sat-nav either, but you can always print out directions and maps....
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Hi All, I've finally decided that the time has come to "go mobile" and get a PDA, and also a GPS sat-nav system. I'd like to do the usual organiser stuff, sync my email, work on spreadsheets etc. Have been considering the HP Ipaq HX2410 with a TomTom Navigator 5 on Bluetooth to do the satnav stuff. Does anyone here have any experience (good or bad) or recomendations of these two products please? What PDA do you use, why, and what for (sucessfully or not!)? How easy is it to get files into/out-of them? Thanks, Sam
Do you need the PDA and GPS to be a single unit? To work together? Or are you just after 2 new toys pieces of tax deductible office equipment? I recently bought the Garmin Quest[^] and love it. Voice prompting for use in the car; handlebar mount for cycling; very clear screen, even in sunlight; Downloadable maps; waypoints and route planning; pocket sized with a 20hr rechargable battery. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Hi All, I've finally decided that the time has come to "go mobile" and get a PDA, and also a GPS sat-nav system. I'd like to do the usual organiser stuff, sync my email, work on spreadsheets etc. Have been considering the HP Ipaq HX2410 with a TomTom Navigator 5 on Bluetooth to do the satnav stuff. Does anyone here have any experience (good or bad) or recomendations of these two products please? What PDA do you use, why, and what for (sucessfully or not!)? How easy is it to get files into/out-of them? Thanks, Sam
This is the one I use Garmin 10[^] with a HP PDA via BlueTooth. So far it has been very accurate, found routes that I'd not have thought of. Does seem to like sending me by the most direct route (i.e. with most stop lights) rather than a highway. It reroutes very quickly, and the voice is nice and clear (as are the on screen turn instructions). Gary Marc Clifton: "In other words, VB is like a bad parent. It can really screw up your childhood."
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Do you need the PDA and GPS to be a single unit? To work together? Or are you just after 2 new toys pieces of tax deductible office equipment? I recently bought the Garmin Quest[^] and love it. Voice prompting for use in the car; handlebar mount for cycling; very clear screen, even in sunlight; Downloadable maps; waypoints and route planning; pocket sized with a 20hr rechargable battery. cheers, Chris Maunder
How's the accuracy on that model, Chris? I recently bought an eTrex Vista model and, like yours, it was advertised to be accurate to 3 meters (with WAAS enabled). The best I've managed so far is 6 meters; apparently there are no WAAS satellites covering this remote area. I tried it out in a more populated area - Albuquerque - and it was worse, an estimated 35 meters or so. Maybe there aren't any WAAS satellites in orbit.:omg: Not that I'm complaining - I love the little bugger. If I send a lineman out with this thing to fix a powerline fault at 35:06.707N 114:36:677W and he can't locate a 10 meter tall power pole set 6 meters away, I need a new lineman.:doh: "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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Hi All, I've finally decided that the time has come to "go mobile" and get a PDA, and also a GPS sat-nav system. I'd like to do the usual organiser stuff, sync my email, work on spreadsheets etc. Have been considering the HP Ipaq HX2410 with a TomTom Navigator 5 on Bluetooth to do the satnav stuff. Does anyone here have any experience (good or bad) or recomendations of these two products please? What PDA do you use, why, and what for (sucessfully or not!)? How easy is it to get files into/out-of them? Thanks, Sam
I use a hp hx4700 with a TomTom 3 over BT. Work quite well, you can confuse the life out of it if you are not driving and take a path that is not a road. The software appears to try and guess which road you are on so it keeps jumping around, but it very quickly (~1s) recalulates the route. So once your back on a road it knows it is fine.
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How's the accuracy on that model, Chris? I recently bought an eTrex Vista model and, like yours, it was advertised to be accurate to 3 meters (with WAAS enabled). The best I've managed so far is 6 meters; apparently there are no WAAS satellites covering this remote area. I tried it out in a more populated area - Albuquerque - and it was worse, an estimated 35 meters or so. Maybe there aren't any WAAS satellites in orbit.:omg: Not that I'm complaining - I love the little bugger. If I send a lineman out with this thing to fix a powerline fault at 35:06.707N 114:36:677W and he can't locate a 10 meter tall power pole set 6 meters away, I need a new lineman.:doh: "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
I've had mine to 2m accuracy fairly regularly. Maybe the satellites are all busy watching Southern Ontario :~ cheers, Chris Maunder
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Since when were you a PHB? :-D
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I've had mine to 2m accuracy fairly regularly. Maybe the satellites are all busy watching Southern Ontario :~ cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: satellites are all busy watching Southern Ontario Yes, well, winter is coming, and you lot bear watching. We can't have a bunch of snow-crazed Canucks sneaking across the border now, can we? Besides, things are getting a bit slow in Iraq.:suss: "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9