"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]
> wrote:
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>>> **Get a GPS equipped 'phone on a plan. Stick it in a plastic bag.
>
>>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.
>
>>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? Or have the ruggedness of the
> older hand-held Garmin units?
>
> Craig.
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Navman S30 has an external antenna socket on the side (and its the povpac
model) never had to use one yet as it seems to pick up more than enough
satellites without one :-)
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