Re: Who owns a GPS?

Saab C900 Viggenist <c900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> GrassyNoel <geracen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Apr 29, 6:45=A0am, "Trevor Wilson"
>> <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> **Get a GPS equipped 'phone on a plan. Stick it in a plastic bag.
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>> I have one of those - an Asus. The display is small for in-car use
>> but because it runs Windows Mobile 6 it is compatible with TomTom
>> Navigator software. Easy as.
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>> Is there any way to get TomTom Navigator 6 to display altitude? I
>> know my Asus will read it from GPS data but Navigator doesn't
>> display it (other software I used in Malaysia did display altitude).

> Good thing I like about my trusty old Garmin GPS12-XL is that it
> displays speed, heading, altitude, etc. plus has an MCX socket at
> the back for an external antenna. How many commercial 'in-car'
> navigation units with GPS actually have an external antenna socket?

Most of the tomtoms do. Tho you dont need it, they're fine without that.

> Or have the ruggedness of the older hand-held Garmin units?

You dont need ruggedness with an in car GPS.