metallima

Hi Guys,

Complete newbie to PDA and was hoping someone could offer some advice.

Basically i was looking at buying a cheap GPS unit when someone told me that i would be far better of looking at a PDA and loading up the reuqired software. Problem is i have no idea about it!!

Any suggest:

A good not too expensive PDA
What else i need? I'm assuming some reciever or something
Software

Any other advice would be appreciated.

All i will be uisng the GPS for will be driving mostly in cities.

Thanks in advance

acejas

Mate you need to clarify "not oo expensive"' But anywa an ASUS 636 gofor about$5-600

Look on te ntfor sofware and it has built in GPS reciever and away yo go.

Fo $200 you can bu the dealxtreme GP which is also great

metallima

Thanks for the reply.

Was looking at the 200 to 300 mark. Will prob end up ebaying so its good to know waht to look for

ballbelter

Most PDA's are fine these days for running as GPS. There are just a couple of things to bear in mind when you are looking at which model to purchase.

1. It either needs to have a GPS built into the unit or at least have BT to allow for coupling with a BT unit.

2. If you're only going to use something like TomTom with the PDA, you may want to look at the screen size of the unit and check on the volume output of the PDA (some of the HP's are quite poor in this area)

3. The only other thing to think about, is whether you will be using the unit to do things like Geocaching. If so, you may want the GPS built in for easier portability.

I myself would go for the seperate BT unit. In my experiences, I have just found them to be a little more reliable and faster to track satelites, especially if they come with a attachable ext ant as an option for the car.

Newton

Airis T620 PDA & GPS

Features

• Wireless PDA
• Built-in GPS navigation system (no need for external bluetooth GPS receiver)
  
• Includes up to date GPS and Windows pocket PC software. Route 66 GPS software.
• Bluetooth® technology
• Wi-Fi technology
• MP3 Player
• Large colour screen
• Store data including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
• View photos, videos, web pages
• Access your emails
• Access WI-FI networks
• Accessories: Sync USB cable, car charger and car holder

REVIEW HERE

$379.00 at Deals Direct

metallima

Thanks guys, this is the exact kind of info i wanted

sulrich

Hi,
I have been using the dopod d810 (from Three) which has a built in GPS chipset...works with tomtom and google maps very well. Runs WM6 as well.
Cheers
Steve

robbith

I've also used TomTom and I'd recommend it to everyone. It ran fine on one of the Dell Axim x50's & a bluetooth receiver. Compared to a Navman unit I also had, the Axim with TomTom had a LOT more features and was generally easier to use (especially while driving)

Pets

This is what you probably want, probably just over 300. Its a PDA, GPS, Phone, Camera & it comes with gps software and an inbuilt receiver. go into ebay.com.au and type in windows mobile 5 + java + pda unlocked

Pets

alligator

From my experience a dedicated sat/nav is better. I bought one on eBay for $191 INC Postage, and it's great. I recently borrowed an ASUS PDA and tried to set up other maps on it and even though I posted on 3 forums, no one can tell me how to do it, and it appears that putting other maps on PDA's is virtually impossible. The car sat/nav I have has 3 maps on it, MIO (which I like) IGO, and Route 66. See my post asking for help in this section, I only got one reply.

sdrambo

Putting extra maps on a PDA is easy. Check the GPS forum. I have two versions of Australian maps and NZ on my Asus 636

doda

Putting maps on PDA's is easy, I have the Asus 636 running CoPilot 7, Igo8 & Tomtom 7. There is help you just need to use the search function.

suptob

The only other suggestion is if you have a suitable mobile phone (Nokia N73, N95 are two examples), you could install GPS software at no cost, only need BT receiver if phone does not have one built in.

Newton

I'm running tomtom on a 6120 classic, paired with a BT receiver. Works like a charm...