Re: Recommend an in-car GPS

"Saab C900 Viggenist" <c900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>"Wolfy 'Dial-up' Wildeblood" <wolfgangwildeblood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Last time I was driving around in SA, I took a wrong turn-off and
>>> added over 100 km to my trip. Sucks d00d. I figure I could do with one
>>> of them GPS thingies before I go back there again. (Those SAians could
>>> learn a bit about sign-posting, too.) Anyone care to recommend a GPS?
>
>>**Nokia 6110 Navigator. Makes a nice 'phone, half decent camera, music
>>player, address book, etc, etc. Get it for free on a $49.00 cap from a 
>>bunch
>>of places. Carry it in your pocket, for bushwalking, etc. All the roads
in
>>Australia (and a few other places) are on-board. Free access to the GPS
>>satellites. For a few Bucks more, they let you use the network for
faster
>>GPS'ing. I'm too tight to bother though. Best of all, no bastard knows
you
>>have one and your car is less likely to be broken into.
>
> Forget a phone - unless it sits running off the car's power supply the
GPS
> function will kill the phone's battery charge very quickly, they take
> forever to acquire enough satellites, and when moving they stop updating
a
> lot because they can't re-acquire enough satellites to keep providing up

> to
> date and accurate (within the limits of the GPS signals themselves) 
> position
> and heading data.
>
> The only time a mobile phone GPS is really good is when stationery, but 
> the
> battery issue is still the most serious downfall for a mobile phone with
> inbuilt GPS.

**Bull****. Well, some is. Battery life is severely restricted, yes. It 
takes longer to acquire satellites than dedicated units, yes. As for when 
you're on the move, it works a treat. Brilliantly, in fact.

Trevor Wilson