I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.

I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my mothers a
few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was spooky. The
lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my car)on the screen was
exactly where I was all the way there.
Incredible stuff!

--
Gareth Slee

"Gareth Slee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>
> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my mothers a
> few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was spooky. The
> lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my car)on the screen
> was
> exactly where I was all the way there.
> Incredible stuff!
>
> --
> Gareth Slee


Welcome to 2005 Gareth.................
I also hear that this guy Edisson has been working on some truly remarkable
stuff...........


heheheheheheehehehe

sorry, I still remember how I felt after hooking up my Garmin 12xl to my
Psion series 3........... amazing.........

Gareth Slee wrote:
> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>
> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my
> mothers a few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was
> spooky. The lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my
> car)on the screen was exactly where I was all the way there.
> Incredible stuff!


hmmm, yeeees. when you get to your destination, can you load up memory map
and yomp your way several miles overland to an antiquity on a 1:50k OS map, view
the location on an aerial photograph, take a photograph of the location, perhaps
make a small video of the location, then phone someone up to tell them about it ?

no ?

****, I can do that on my mobile phone......

as someone else said, welcome to 2005 ;-)

/taps fingers impatiently, awaits jet cars, silver trousers and blue hair to arrive/

"yup" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Gareth Slee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
>> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
>> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>>
>> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my mothers a
>> few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
>> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was spooky.
>> The
>> lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my car)on the screen
>> was
>> exactly where I was all the way there.
>> Incredible stuff!
>>
>> --
>> Gareth Slee
>
>
> Welcome to 2005 Gareth.................

More like welcome to the 1990's.

Anyway, yes it is exciting and fun and useful.

"news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Gareth Slee wrote:
>> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
>> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>>
>> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my
>> mothers a few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
>> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was
>> spooky. The lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my
>> car)on the screen was exactly where I was all the way there.
>> Incredible stuff!
>
>
> hmmm, yeeees. when you get to your destination, can you load up memory map
> and yomp your way several miles overland to an antiquity on a 1:50k OS
> map, view
> the location on an aerial photograph, take a photograph of the location,
> perhaps
> make a small video of the location, then phone someone up to tell them
> about it ?
>
> no ?
>
> ****, I can do that on my mobile phone......
>
> as someone else said, welcome to 2005 ;-)
>
> /taps fingers impatiently, awaits jet cars, silver trousers and blue hair
> to arrive/
>
>

I love my Nokia 6680 too..................

yup wrote:
> "news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1RtJe.13344$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Gareth Slee wrote:
>>> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
>>> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>>>
>>> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my
>>> mothers a few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
>>> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was
>>> spooky. The lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my
>>> car)on the screen was exactly where I was all the way there.
>>> Incredible stuff!
>>
>>
>> hmmm, yeeees. when you get to your destination, can you load up
>> memory map and yomp your way several miles overland to an antiquity
>> on a 1:50k OS map, view
>> the location on an aerial photograph, take a photograph of the
>> location, perhaps
>> make a small video of the location, then phone someone up to tell
>> them about it ?
>>
>> no ?
>>
>> ****, I can do that on my mobile phone......
>>
>> as someone else said, welcome to 2005 ;-)
>>
>> /taps fingers impatiently, awaits jet cars, silver trousers and blue
>> hair to arrive/
>>
>>
>
> I love my Nokia 6680 too..................

pfft, i's a bit of a lightweight tho

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...a-compact.html

3G is a nice idea but I don't think it covers the remote areas I travel to.

"news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> yup wrote:
>> "news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:1RtJe.13344$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Gareth Slee wrote:
>>>> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
>>>> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>>>>
>>>> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my
>>>> mothers a few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
>>>> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was
>>>> spooky. The lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my
>>>> car)on the screen was exactly where I was all the way there.
>>>> Incredible stuff!
>>>
>>>
>>> hmmm, yeeees. when you get to your destination, can you load up
>>> memory map and yomp your way several miles overland to an antiquity
>>> on a 1:50k OS map, view
>>> the location on an aerial photograph, take a photograph of the
>>> location, perhaps
>>> make a small video of the location, then phone someone up to tell
>>> them about it ?
>>>
>>> no ?
>>>
>>> ****, I can do that on my mobile phone......
>>>
>>> as someone else said, welcome to 2005 ;-)
>>>
>>> /taps fingers impatiently, awaits jet cars, silver trousers and blue
>>> hair to arrive/
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I love my Nokia 6680 too..................
>
> pfft, i's a bit of a lightweight tho
>
> http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...a-compact.html
>
> 3G is a nice idea but I don't think it covers the remote areas I travel
> to.
>
>
That's ok, flips seamlessly to 2G and back.
Having the OS maps with me on the phone is fantastic, my bluetooth GPS is
tiny and locks on really fast to get a quick look at the map.

yup wrote:
> "news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:agLJe.25174$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> yup wrote:
>>> "news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:1RtJe.13344$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Gareth Slee wrote:
>>>>> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
>>>>> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my
>>>>> mothers a few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
>>>>> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was
>>>>> spooky. The lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my
>>>>> car)on the screen was exactly where I was all the way there.
>>>>> Incredible stuff!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> hmmm, yeeees. when you get to your destination, can you load up
>>>> memory map and yomp your way several miles overland to an antiquity
>>>> on a 1:50k OS map, view
>>>> the location on an aerial photograph, take a photograph of the
>>>> location, perhaps
>>>> make a small video of the location, then phone someone up to tell
>>>> them about it ?
>>>>
>>>> no ?
>>>>
>>>> ****, I can do that on my mobile phone......
>>>>
>>>> as someone else said, welcome to 2005 ;-)
>>>>
>>>> /taps fingers impatiently, awaits jet cars, silver trousers and
>>>> blue hair to arrive/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I love my Nokia 6680 too..................
>>
>> pfft, i's a bit of a lightweight tho
>>
>> http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...a-compact.html
>>
>> 3G is a nice idea but I don't think it covers the remote areas I
>> travel to.
>>
>>
> That's ok, flips seamlessly to 2G and back.
> Having the OS maps with me on the phone is fantastic, my bluetooth
> GPS is tiny and locks on really fast to get a quick look at the map.

aye, but when you get bored can you light up the original arcade
version of defender or galaxians ?

"news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> yup wrote:
>> "news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:agLJe.25174$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> yup wrote:
>>>> "news" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:1RtJe.13344$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> Gareth Slee wrote:
>>>>>> I've got a iPaq PDA hooked up to a Holux GR-231 Bluetooth GPS.
>>>>>> On the PDA I've installed a copy of TomTom mapping software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried testing it today by planning a route from my home to my
>>>>>> mothers a few miles away. Bloody hell!!!
>>>>>> The damned thing talked me all the way there. The accuracy was
>>>>>> spooky. The lag negligible. The little icon thing(representing my
>>>>>> car)on the screen was exactly where I was all the way there.
>>>>>> Incredible stuff!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> hmmm, yeeees. when you get to your destination, can you load up
>>>>> memory map and yomp your way several miles overland to an antiquity
>>>>> on a 1:50k OS map, view
>>>>> the location on an aerial photograph, take a photograph of the
>>>>> location, perhaps
>>>>> make a small video of the location, then phone someone up to tell
>>>>> them about it ?
>>>>>
>>>>> no ?
>>>>>
>>>>> ****, I can do that on my mobile phone......
>>>>>
>>>>> as someone else said, welcome to 2005 ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> /taps fingers impatiently, awaits jet cars, silver trousers and
>>>>> blue hair to arrive/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I love my Nokia 6680 too..................
>>>
>>> pfft, i's a bit of a lightweight tho
>>>
>>> http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...a-compact.html
>>>
>>> 3G is a nice idea but I don't think it covers the remote areas I
>>> travel to.
>>>
>>>
>> That's ok, flips seamlessly to 2G and back.
>> Having the OS maps with me on the phone is fantastic, my bluetooth
>> GPS is tiny and locks on really fast to get a quick look at the map.
>
> aye, but when you get bored can you light up the original arcade
> version of defender or galaxians ?
>
>
Yes, as well as about a thousand gameboy colour games, SNES games, sega
games and anyone of the thousands of java games available. Commodore 64, ZX
spectrum, and so on.........

I used to own an Ipaq 2210 but have now given it the the wife as I can do
everything on my 6680 that I used to do on the Ipaq. I even have an Indiana
Jones DVD as well as 20 episodes of the Simpsons and a couple of hundred
MP3's...........................

OK the screen is much smaller but it's more practical to carry around.